Afrigator: Are You Listening?

Afrigator is one of several African blog aggregators which collects and displays web pages, blog posts and more from all over the continent in one aesthetically gorgeous package. As shown here on the home page, the top 20 tags and searches are displayed; articles are categorized by date and country channels, including a five-star ranking system, [...]

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Black Enterprise Gives Small Businesses Advice on Blogging

I am always excited to see web technology articles from Black content providers and when I came across a short article by Brent Leary on Black Enterprises’ website title “Hard Facts About Blogging” there was no exception. The article itself had some good tips for new bloggers, here are some of the highlights: [...]

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Take Note: Blogging While Brown Conference

With citizen journalism taking mainstream news sources by storm the Black Blogosphere (AKA Afrosphere) is now more than ever a viable voice of black people. From fighting injustice to celebrating achievements, the Afrosphere is now as powerful as it has ever been. Enter the Blogging While Brown Conference (BWB). The BWB Conference gives bloggers of [...]

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Kanye West Launches UniverseCity Microsite

Lots of microsites and online mini-branding campaigns going on in hip-hop right now. The most recent addition is Kanye West’s UniverseCity microsite. The site features his blog, music, videos, and appearances. Yes you heard right…Kanye’s blog. The other areas of the site are the typical fan-fare, though his blog I would [...]

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Week in Links: Mashup’s and Web 2.0 Color

Mashup Challenge Every 90 days a new Mashup Challenge starts so don’t worry if you haven’t quit thought of that perfect Mashup yet. FYI they also have a Mashup Awards. 10 Tools to Help you Select a Web 2.0 Color Palette BookmarkBliss.com has found the perfect solution for your Web 2.0 color problems, and they are web [...]

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National Museum of African American History and Culture appears online

Powered by Mochila Tech Tags: Smithsonian, African-American, social networking, IBM, African American History and Culture

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FreeFoxyBrown.com

In the quest to acknowledge every black owned new website or Internet startup, currently imprisoned Foxy Brown has created a website. The Brooklyn Queen’s portal allows fans to stay up-to-date with her activities, send messages and hear her latest singles. Twitter should be nervous about the new competition….

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Interview with Rocky Williform, CEO of StreetCred.com

Black Web 2.0 sits down with Rocky Williform, CEO of StreetCred Media Group. StreetCred is a new social network and mobile distribution channel, targeting the hip hop culture. In this podcast we discuss StreetCred’s unique features, business model, and funding sources. Check out BlackWeb20 on StreetCred.com. Feel free to join our squad. Time: 33 min 27 [...]

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BET.com Cleans Up its Act

BET.com recently redesigned their site, if you swing over there you will be please to see that the content is organized so much better then before and thus easier to read. Editorial and news on the site is presented in blogs rather then articles on static web pages powered by overly complex Content [...]

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