Black Web 2.0 Show: Interview with Omar Wasow Co-founder of BlackPlanet.com and Product Strategist for TheRoot.com

In Episode # 8 of the Black Web 2.0 Show we speak with Omar Wasow co-founder of BlackPlanet.com and Product Strategist for the TheRoot.com. Omar is pursuing a doctorate in African American studies and political science at Harvard University. In addition to his graduate work, Omar is the co-founder of BlackPlanet.com. Under Omar’s leadership [...]

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Cuil is not Cool

So, to much fanfare, $30 million dollars in venture capital funds, multiple TechCrunch stalkerage, and even CNN frontpage coverage, a former Google exec’s secret product was officially unveiled today. Pronounced like the world ‘cool’, cuil.com is touting itself as a better search engine, proclaiming to have indexed more than 4x’s the number of sites than Google. Being [...]

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Blogging While Brown Keynote wrap-up

So far so good, we are having a great time! Lots of interesting questions, some highlights and topics of interest were: Content Strategy SEO Publishing Frequency Stay tuned for more and some exclusive interviews! See below to view a video wrap-up and also view our presentation w/ SlideShare:

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@ the Meet-up

Quick interview w/ James Andrews who was so kind enough to host this event: Black Web 20/ The keyInfluencer.com Meet-u from blaqlist on Vimeo.

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Black Web 2.0/TheKeyInfluencer.com Meet-up

We have some great things planned at this meet-up, some surprise guests, stop through to watch live or chat w/ us on uStream.  The event will be projected on a wall so that we can all interact!  We are super excited and can’t wait to see everyone! Oh an one last thing before I forget, [...]

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Peeps of the Web: Billy Johnson, Jr.

This week we spoke with Bill Johnson, Jr. Billy is the Senior Program Director - Urban at Yahoo! Music and was kind enough to take the time out to chat with us about what he does at Yahoo! He also gives some great tips on how to get hired at Yahoo! and how [...]

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Glam Media’s Black Life

Glam Media, the largest women focused website network, has launched a content channel dedicated to Black Women. Glam’s Black Life combines some of Glam’s most popular black women focused content into a channel with groups like; Face & Style, Scoop & Celebrity, and Culture & Lifestyle.

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LG DARE: Go ahead I “Dare” ya

The new LG Dare cellphone is out and its getting alot of looks. Can’t tell if those looks are turning into purchases just yet. LG is continuing to try and differentiate itself from the iPhone and to some extent its working. The LG Dare looks stylish, feels comfortable in your hand and pocket, and is [...]

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ATL Meet-up

We want to take advantage of everyone who will be in ATL this weekend for Blogging While Brown and also give many of us to meet in person and place a name w/ a face, informally.  So if you will be in ATL either for BWB or for the Arts Festival or maybe you already [...]

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Open Discussion: Rushmore Drive Traffic Surges after Steve Harvey Interview

Did you have trouble getting on Rushmore Drive this morning? Well you weren’t the only one; it seems as if after Johnny Taylor, CEO of Rushmore Drive, appeared on the Steve Harvey Morning Show, drones of users flooded the site slowing it to a near crawl for most of the morning. The interview also subsequently [...]

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