Diddy + Politics

You are living under a rock if you don’t know the presidential election is this Tuesday! Both presidential candidates have campaigned over the last couple of years, but I can say that Barack Obama has extended his reach online way further than John McCain. In a previous posts, we’ve shared the external channels where Barack [...]

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4 Ways to Find News Relevant to You

Most blogs and websites seem to be geared towards technology, making money, and blogging. There is definitely a site out there that covers the things you want to read about (assuming I didn’t cover those things already), but how do you find it? We mostly rely on word-of-mouth to find the best sites. Google and [...]

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The African-American Internet Summit

Target Market News is holding its first ever African-American Internet Summit today in Chicago.  If you can’t make it we’ll be there and Tweeting live, follow us @BlackWeb20 for updates. The agenda for the event looks a little something like this: 8:45 Welcome and Introductions Ken Smikle - Target Market News 9:00 The Latest Research on African-American Internet Usage [...]

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PBS Offers ‘Tavis Smiley’ on iPhone

While on my regular internet travels I came upon the iPhone-optimized website for Tavis Smiley. It looks like the folks over at PBS have made available a mini-version of their regular Tavis Smiley website. The mobile site looks clean and well-designed for the iPhone. It provides you with the week’s schedule of guests appearing on the [...]

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WiMax It!

The name is called XOHM and many of you may still not know who that is BUT you should. XOHM is supplying the U.S. with WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) a wireless data system and Baltimore city (my hometown) became the 1st city in the US to launch this service. Check out the video [...]

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The Original Music Television is Back!

This week MTV launched a new site, MTVmusic.com. The site takes it back to the original MTV - when the acronym stood for Music Television. This website houses only music videos. You will not find the latest in The Hills drama or who got voted off The Island here. This site presents 100% videos including [...]

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How not to launch

So you have secured one of the coolest domains on the planet.  Heck, you can’t even believe it was available! So you snatch it up right away.  You have a great idea for a web product that might exist but isn’t being done correctly, and you are positive you can do it better. You also [...]

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Co-op Keeps Everyone on the Same Page

What Is It Harvest Co-op is a new service that provides groups and businesses with a micro-blogging platform. That’s right, Twitter for business. The service fits into the same niche as the Yammer service, which won TechCrunch50 despite outrage from the tech community. While Yammer will cost you about $1 per month per member of your [...]

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Global Grind Implements Facebook Connect

True story. I had just finished reading Lynne’s comment about the influential Black Tech Evangelists on Twitter and decided to start clicking around in people’s profiles and sites. I stumbled across Miss Theda’s site and found a gem. Director Charles Stone III had updated his international, award-winning ‘Wasssup’ commercial for Bud Light to highlight the need [...]

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Black Enterprise Goes Beta

In my constant quest to make sure OUR sites are up-to-par, I am proud to have stumbled across (with the help of Angela) the new beta site for Black Enterprise magazine. Black Enterprise had a brief article about it on the 15th of October stating their new site would launch today, October 27th. While I hope [...]

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