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
Bowie State University Opens Innovation Center for Maryland Start-ups
Bowie, MD — Historically black college, Bowie State University and the city of Bowie teamed together to launch the Bowie Business Innovation Center and incubator program. The center provides early stage companies with access to low cost office space, mentoring, and other essentials needed for launching a start-up company. Located on Bowie State’s campus, The [...]
WWDC 2012 Round Up: Apple Introduces iOS 6
The day everyone has been waiting for has come. Apple introduced the latest version of of its mobile operating system, iOS 6. iOS will be released in the Fall, but is available for developers today. So what’s new? Well, much of what was predicted. Siri enhancements, Facebook integration, photo streaming, mail enhancements, and a new [...]
Obama for America Looking to Hire Engineers to Help Revolutionize The Way Campaigns Use Tech to Communicate
Obama for America is looking for talented engineers to revolutionize the way campaigns use technology to communicate. In effort to get President Obama re-elected, his campaign is developing various online tools to help communities organize and communicate in real time. The campaign engaged the people early on with social media practices and wants to continue [...]
Congresswoman Carolyn Kilpatrick and Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D. Elected to Joint Center Board of Governors
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, one of the nation’s leading research and public policy institutions focusing primarily on African-American issues, has announced former Michigan Congresswoman Carolyn C. Kilpatrick...Show More Summary
Evernote Food Launches on Android
Following the successful release of Evernote Hello for Android, the Evernote team is back to launch Evernote Food for Android today, the much desired foodie app that was previously only available to iOS users. Users on both platforms can now capture, remember and share all their food experiences in Evernote’s elegantly designed UI. Show More Summary
Microsoft Launches 2012 Summer Camp to Teach Kids Innovation
As kids are finishing up school and parents are in search of a Summer camp, Microsoft is preparing something creative and free to get children moving in innovation. Microsoft will host in store summer camps in 18 cities this summer for children ages 8-13 years old. The camp is a great way to get kids [...]
NYC: Witness to Driving While Black? Use the Stop and Frisk Mobile App to Record and Report It
Police misconduct has been witnessed by numerous people, even more so by Black and Latinos. Well now in New York City you can report it with the Stop and Frisk Watch mobile app. The Stop and Frisk Watch app allows New Yorkers to monitor police activity and report NYPD officers who conduct unlawful stop-and-frisk encounters [...]
Rachel Brooks from NewME’s Spring ’12 Class Talks Putting Her Best Foot Forward in the Application Process
Rachel Brooks is the founder of CitizenMade.co, a product customization tool designed specifically for small brands and makers and recent graduate from NewME Accelerator’s Spring 2012 class. She shares how she made her company shine in the application… In applying to NewME, I made an effort to put my best foot forward in demonstrating my [...]
Reasons Why You Got Unfollowed on Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]
Tweet the wrong thing and Twitter users will unfollow you in a minute. Can’t figure out why? Well, there are a number of reasons. According to the infographic below too much tweeting, self-promotion, just plain boring, among others are getting users cut left and right. Another reason was retweeting Follow Friday’s (#FF). Do people still [...]
Foot Locker Launches #Kickstagram Campaign
People love sneakers and probably love Instagram even more. Put the two together you have Kickstagram. Not exactly an app, but a campaign Foot Locker created to encourage Instagram users to tag pictures of themselves wearing their favorite kicks. All you have to do is upload your pic to Instagram and tag it with with [...]
Privacy Settings You Need to Know for Location-Based Apps
There are roughly 792 mobile apps downloaded each second. As a result, more and more services are taking to mobile in an effort to capitalize on this trend. That also means location-based capabilities and features are being integrated into many apps, whether users know it or not. You may be someone who takes personal and digital privacy [...]
Documentary Web Series Jabari Presents Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Season 2
Jabari Johnson continues to dominate the digital world. He recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the second season of his documentary web series Jabari Presents. Jabari Presents is an online documentary series Jabari created in response to getting turned down by numerous television networks. Instead of giving up he decided to create his [...]
Oprah Bringing Back Book Club Digitally, Launches Oprah’s Book Club 2.0
Remember how popular Oprah Book Club was? As soon as she announced her book club choices, sales usually increased tremendously. Now years later she is bringing the club back but with an interactive and digital spin. According to the Associated Press, the revamped book club renamed “Oprah’s Book Club 2.0,” is a joint project of [...]
Usher Set to Have Digital Backup Dancers for ‘American Express Unstaged’
Holograms and now “digital backup dancers?” Usher is using a little technology infused fan participation. In partnership with American Express, Usher will perform for their interactive music series “American Express Unstaged” where fans...Show More Summary
Andre Gabriel from NewME’s 2012 Class Talks Why His Start-up Applied and Advice to Other Founders
Andre Gabriel Butlr: Easy and fun way to find any kind of deal on the Web. Our company was at a crossroad in terms of transitioning. It became clear to us that having the opportunity to join an accelerator would be ideal for us. We were in the daily deals space, but realized we were going [...]
Songkick’s Tourbox Makes It Easier For Musicians To Get Their Concert Dates Across The Web
I’m not a professional musician, but apparently it’s a headache for artists to publicize their tourdates on the myriad number of websites and apps that cater to music lovers. Not only is there Facebook and Twitter, but there’s YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud and Hype Machine. Enter Songkick, a concert promotion startup that’s backed by Sequoia Capital and [...]
New York’s Tech Boom Here to Stay This Time?
These are heady times for New York City’s tech scene, as I wrote about in Monday’s newspaper. But as local businesses find success and the city government talks about the flourishing industry as a firewall against finance’s boom and bust cycle, it is worth remembering one thing: this has happened before. During the tech bubble in the [...]
Groupon to Compete with Square And PayPal in the Processing Space?
Word on the Digital Street Word on the digital street is Groupon is considering entering the payments space. Keywords like “Extremely aggressive” and “reaching” have been used to describe their pricing in recent bids to gain entry, and here’s why. Groupon already has a major deficit of trust among many small business owners. Add that to [...]
The Grio Reveals New Streamlined Site Design
TheGrio.com revealed a newly redesigned website giving readers a more focused, streamlined approach with a sleeker visual appeal. The site now features content across “News,” “Politics,” “Business,” “Living,” “Inspiration,” and “Entertainment” with a unique user experience around each focus area. Show More Summary
Christopher Lyons from NewME’s Spring 2012 Class Shares Experience and Advice for Applicants
The 7 founders from NewME Accelerator’s Spring 2012 class recently finished up another exciting and successful cycle and the applications for Fall have been rolling in! With the June 15 deadline approaching us, some of the founders wanted to share their experiences in getting into the NewME program where they had to stand out among [...]