Dame Dash Gets Magnetic With New Business Venture
Once upon a time, Damon Dash was one of the biggest names in Hip-Hop. Co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records and clothing line Rocawear, and owner or PRO-KEDS, Dash was definitely a mover and shaker. According to NYMag.com, at one time he had a “$400,000 car, a cook, a butler, and 1,300 pairs of sneakers.” But nothing lasts forever and the man who used to “donate his once-worn Socks to charity,” has hit hard times with the New York Daily News reporting on his financial and personal woes including his recent split with wife Rachel Roy.
Read MoreGetting Started with Yahoo Meme
Meme is a Tumblr-like service recently launched by Yahoo. Many have called it a Twitter clone, but the similarities are pretty minimal. The only things they share are those basic features you would find with any microblogging service. Meme is basically a blog where you can post random stuff. There is no 140-character limit, but you probably wouldn’t want to use it for lengthy blog posts.
Read MoreThe Way to a Gamer’s Heart is Through the Stomach
Sony wants you nice and fat. That way you won’t have the strength to get off the couch and do something besides playing video games. No, I’m not a conspiracy theorist (well, maybe a little). Sony just made the announcement that a genius, yet diabolical partnership with popular pizza franchise Papa John’s has been forged. Instead of pausing the game and have pesky verbal contact with another person, gamers can simply, order the itis-inducing food staple via their PlayStation 3. There’s even a special button that takes you to special pizza website on the PS3′s web browser.
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-18-09
Make Phone Calls Via Twitter Twitter has come a long way towards becoming a serious communications platform and now, thanks to Jajah, you’ll be able to make VOIP calls directly from Twitter. The Jajah service will be integrated into Twitter as a beta test starting today (9-18-09). All you have to do is sign up [...]
Read MoreWilliam Kamkwamba’s Streak of Genius
Tom Rielly, partnership director of TED (Technology, Education, Design) Conferences introduced BlackWeb20.com to this amazing young man, William Kamkwamba. William is barely 20 years old, a former school dropout from a small village in Malawi, Africa, and proof positive that technology knows few boundaries. Watch this video about William and note that his next endeavor has a little, ahem, something to do with Internet access.
Read MoreIs Twitter the New Auto-Tune?
With the rise of entertainers signing up for Twitter in the past year, many artists have added “tweeting” to their daily routines. Whether it be for promotional use (Soulja Boy), to inspire the world (Diddy) , or to simply interact with fans (Wale), Twitter seems to be here to stay (until the next hot social network emerges) among entertainers.
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