“Radio 2.0″: NPR’s Bryant Park Project

“NPR” and “hip” are not terms you think about seeing in the same sentence. NPR’s news program , The Bryant Park Project, will change your mind. It has all the requisite elements of hipness: underground following, irreverence, Web 2.0. Web 2.0? On a radio show? On NPR? That’s right. Taking it’s name from [...]

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Y! Live experimental release

Yahoo launched a new product called Live. It is basically a live video chat but I think what is innovative about it is they have real people broadcasting live, answering questions, and basically giving shoutouts. I am on the JTtheBiggaFigga Channel right now, he is broadcasting live from yahoo offices in Friscoe in [...]

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Black Web 2.0 Launches Job Board

TGIF! The staff here at BW2.0 have a treat, we have been working hard over the past few weeks to develop a Job Board. Most of the jobs that will be posted will be related to the web and technology industries but not all. If you are interested in posting a job [...]

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Black Weblog Awards Theme Contest

Create the new Black Weblog Awards theme and you could win an iPod! The Black Weblog Awards is looking for a new theme for 2008, and your entry could be the winning one! The grand prize winner of our theme contest will have their creation used as the theme for the 2008 Black Weblog Awards and [...]

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Add some spice to your Startpage with a little Ginger

Ginger is Netvibes newest release, it is described on their site as being: “Completely redesigned and rewritten, Netvibes Ginger makes it easy for new users to enjoy a wide variety of social [...]

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I Love I, my EYE-FI that is!

The Eye Fi Card is a wireless memory card. It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking site. Here’s why this is so great. Because you don’t have to drag any wires and have access to a [...]

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IAC Announces the Launch of Black Web Enterprises Inc.

Via PRNewswire IAC, the web conglomerate that owns and operates more than 60 of the top web destinations online, including Ask.com, Match.com and LendingTree.com, has just launched their foray into the African-American targeted web space. Black Web Enterprises Inc (BWE)., will house a number of yet-to-be-announced online destinations catering to the distinct needs and interests of [...]

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Get Your Thrillercast: 25 Years of Michael Jackson’s Thriller

In the event of bringing people closer to celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Legacy Recordings teamed up with SpringWidgets to create Thrillercast, a year-long podcast event featuring legends of music, film and culture taking you behind the scenes to their own experiences with Michael and hearing the album for the first time. [...]

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The Lenny Kravitz Revolution

Being an “analog girl in a digital world” (to quote granola chanteuse Erykah Badu) isn’t the greatest stance in today’s music industry, when everybody from Rick Rubin to Soulja Boy is chasing the new web 2.0 business model for how to deal with declining sales and an increasingly MP3-savvy audience. Bohemian rock star Lenny Kravitz [...]

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