Blog Profile / Black Web 2.0
| URL : | http://www.blackweb20.com | |
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| Filed Under: | Technology / Internet | |
| Posts on Regator: | 3393 | |
| Posts / Week: | 14.3 | |
| Archived Since: | October 30, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
The Last Mile Creating a Technology Eco-System Within the San Quentin State Prison
Three years ago Chris Redlitz didn’t know much about the incarceration system, what he did know was technology. After a tutoring project at the historic San Quentin State Prison in San Francisco he realized the true potential in the inmates and would come to form The Last Mile. The Last Mile is a program co-founded [...]
PictureMenu Changing the Way People Dine Out
Let’s face it – Americans love to eat out! The average consumer spends approximately $2,500 a year dining out at restaurants according to the United States Department of Labor. NewME Accelerator Spring 2012 graduate, founder Chris Lyons wants to make that dining out experience a great one withPictureMenu. PictureMenu is an iPhone and iPad app that [...]
NewME Sp.12 Graduate James Norman Launches Start-up Ubi Video
NewME Accelerator Spring 2012 graduate James Norman recently launched his online video start-up Ubi Video! Ubi-Video is an online data-driven video platform that provides users with all of their favorite video content in one place. “I started Ubi Video because myself and a couple other friends were tired of the high price combined poor customer services [...]
Visualize Your Natural Hair With The Big Chop iOS App
In 2011, Washington D.C. native Arsha Jones co-founded Capital City Apps; hence the name “Capital City”, with her husband as a platform to venture into technology related business ventures. Jones has always had an interest in Apple products including its apps, but noticed there were not many that targeted the African-American community. “One day I [...]
African-American Tech Start-up Creates Financial Literacy iOS Gaming App Mindblown Life
Jason Young, an African-American founder and CEO of Mindblown Labs, an Oakland, CA based education technology start-up, knows first-hand how financial literacy or lack thereof can impact the African-American community. Through his own personal experiences he learned very quickly that financial literacy is essential for everyone so he created a mobile app called Mindblown Life. [...]
African-American Women in Tech Honored at Interactive Digital Vanguard Awards & Creative Technology Festival
The Inaugural Women Interactive Digital Vanguard Awards and Creative Technology Festival in conjunction with Spelman College Digital Image Salon successfully took place in Atlanta Oct 12 and 13th. The festival opened to a crowd of hundreds of women seeking to gain knowledge and insight in the world of creative technology. It provided an interactive, in [...]
NewME Accelerator Launches First Pop-Up Location in Miami, Florida
NewME Accelerator announced that it will run a “Pop-Up” program in Miami Nov. 12-14 in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The LAB Miami. NewME Pop-Up is a concentrated three-day version of the start-up accelerator held in San Francisco. The program will allow Miami ‘s tech startups to gain critical advice, [...]
NewME Accelerator Start-ups Raised $3.4 Million in Funding and Created 60 Jobs Since 1st Class
NewME Accelerator, a residential technology program that launches minority and women-led start-ups, announced recent updates and data tracking the startups in its program since it’s launch last June. NewME has shown to be successful in helping its start-ups create a robust network of investors and experts and improve product development. New data shows 59 percent [...]
NewME Accelerator Announces 2013 Applications Are Now Open
While our Summer/Fall 2012 founders are quickly approaching Demo Day, it’s time for us to prepare for the next cycle. Yup, it’s that time again and we are happy to announce that applications are now open for Spring 2013 Cycle! Spring 2013 will take place from February 18 to May 6, 2013 and we want to give [...]
Andreessen Horowitz Invests $15M In Text Annotation Start-up Rap Genius
Here’s an investment out of left field, but not really. Andreessen Horowitz is dropping $15 million into startup Rap Genius. It’s not just about rap, though. Think of it as “crowdsourced explanations of lyrics and historical texts.” Here’s what the firm had to say by way of Rap Genius’ blog: I’m delighted to announce that Andreessen Horowitz [...]
Will.i.am in Search for the Next Steve Jobs?
There may be a unique twist coming to the popular show X Factor with the help of Black Eyed Peas front man Will.i.am. The Sun reports that X Factor judge Simon Cowell and Will.i.am are working on a project called X Factor for Tech. Something Will.i.am tells the The Sun is going to be “out [...]
12 Tips To Building A Successful Start-up Community Where You Live
Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. You can now take advantage of this wisdom directly as Brad has [...]
#CBCFALC2012 Puts Focus on High-Tech Engagement
Events held at this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference emphasized the need to engage more African Americans in the nation’s digital economy and encourage them to use technology for self-advancement. “I believe that technology is one of the most dynamic tools for empowering individuals in society. Our economy and society are [...]
Google for Entrepreneurs Supports Start-ups With Diverse Tech Programs Across the World
Start-ups and entrepreneurship is booming right now with approximately 400 million across 54 countries! Because of the high population of entrepreneurs across the world, people are constantly looking for new resources to help build their start-ups and connect with the right people; that is why Google launched Google for Entrepreneurs. Google for Entrepreneurs is an [...]
How to Get the Most Out of AngelList: As a VC and Entrepreneur
I love AngelList. I truly believe it is disrupting the way early stage deals are being discovered and funded. When I was with BlackBerry Partners Fund (now Relay Ventures), I used AngelList to virtually meet and screen tons of companies. I set up Super Fridays for myself, filling my mornings and/or afternoons with back-to-back 30 minute calls [...]
Customer Loyalty in the 21st Century
With right-to-work laws at the forefront of local commerce conversations, it opens another discussion completely: what does customer loyalty look like in the 21st century? And how much do economic values play into purchasing decisions?...Show More Summary
What Start-ups Should Know About Hiring a Lawyer
Hiring and working with a lawyer is often confusing and daunting, especially if you’ve never done it before. But when you’re starting a business, it’s crucial. With the right expertise on your side, you can feel confident you’ve got your legal ducks in a row as you’re getting down to business. We sat down with start-up lawyer [...]
Developing Minorities in STEM
If we want America to succeed in the 21st century, making sure we offer the nation’s students a world-class education is more than a moral obligation, it’s an economic imperative. In the long term, our country faces a stark choice: we can invent and manufacture the clean energy technologies of tomorrow in America for export around [...]
BeCouply Wins Ford SYNC AppLink Developer Challenge at TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon
During TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this past week, Ford offered the developer community an opportunity to create new mobile apps that will be compatible with the voice-activated Ford SYNC system in what was called SYNC AppLink Developer Challenge. Show More Summary
Apple Event Wrap-Up: a New iPhone, New iPod Touch, and More
Well its finally here, the moment you all have been waiting for- the iPhone 5! Apple announced the new phone and other new and exciting things at today’s event. They gave the people what they wanted – minus the iPad mini, but it was predictable that wasn’t coming today. So with new iPhones, iPods, earphones [...]