Mayor Bloomberg Endorses My City Way
Mayor Bloomberg showed up at TechCrunch Disrupt unannounced to share an important contest for NYC and Silicon Alley. Bloomberg will be giving My City Way $300,000 in funding to support development MCW’s travel discovery platform. My City Way provides a simple way to access different categories of venues throughout the city. This includes dining, nightlife, [...]
Read MoreGlobal Hue: Change We Can Believe In?
Change has been a consistent theme for the past few years, and this theme has held true across the content and advertising industries. As African-American buying power continues to increase, so has the economic will of companies trying to attract these consumers. This shift has left the handful of multicultural ad agencies in a potential [...]
Read MoreBuilding Web Businesses: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Pt.2
Today’s article is part two in a three part series from Guest Author Clarence Wooten. Check out part one of the series here. Building Web Businesses Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Today – The Social Web – Web 2.0 From 2004-2011 Overview: I refer to The Social Web/Web 2.0 as the real web era. Web 2.0 [...]
Read MoreAlicia Keys Narrows the Search for Head Blogger
About six weeks ago, we covered Alicia Keys’ search for a head blogger for her new website. Named after a song on her current album, IAAS.com (I Am A SuperWoman) will consist of an online community targeting women. Keys took her search for the coveted position of Head Blogger to Monster.com and ultimately created a [...]
Read MoreAdobe Looks to the Cloud for Digital Signatures
Due to all the news surrounding Adobe, you would think that Flash is the ONLY product that Adobe has, and without it running on Apple’s mobile devices (or ANY mobile device for that matter) the company is surely doomed. On the contrary, they still have Adobe Reader, and Adobe working on a service that makes collecting signatures for pdf documents easier to manage. Details inside…
Read MoreMeet Rodney Witcher, Creator of Pluckshot
If you have been following Black Web 2.0 for the past few months, you are aware we had the first annual NewMe Conference which included a segment called The Pitch. Out of hundreds of contestants, the fourth place winner this year was Rodney Witcher and his creation known as Pluckshot. Let’s take a closer look at what makes Pluckshot a service to keep a close eye on. Read more details inside.
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