Skype Brings Group Video Chat Into Beta
Skype has added a long awaited feature to it’s service – Group Video Chat. This new feature will let up to five people participate in a video call simultaneously and initially be free of cost. Find out more details inside.
Read MoreNewMe Conference: David Sutphen
Black Web 2.0 recently held the NewMe Conference. If you’re unfamiliar, the conference was set up to bring together the creative, innovative energy of minority entrepreneurs. The goal of the two day event was not only to engage in discussion on where to find opportunities to nurture opportunities for blacks in new media, but to [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 5-21-2010
YouTube Turns Five The most popular video sharing site on the Internet turned five this week. They have a channel dedicated to the event where users can submit videos detailing how YouTube has affected their lives. YouTube receives over two billion views each day. According to Google, this is almost double the combined prime-time viewing [...]
Read MoreDoes the $20 Million Black Gossip Blogger Exist?
The web has been buzzing with the news that Avid Life Media is interested in purchasing popular gossip blog PerezHilton.com to the tune of $20 million. If you’re unfamiliar with Avid Life, a subidiary of Eight Days Incthey are the owners of TheDirty.com and ZackTaylor.ca, a set of gossip blogs. According to Gawker, if the [...]
Read MoreUh-oh, The Neighborhood’s Changed
By Charles Ellison You would think the Internet is the great equalizer, a natural impetus for all things tolerant given the vast open space of it. Our general thoughts about the web tend to range from the naive to the perverse, from our assumption that any information we put out is protected to bizarre frontiers in [...]
Read MoreMicrosoft vs. i4i Round 3 Goes to i4i
All the major technology players are involved in some intellectual property infringement litigation. Clearly there is a battle for supremacy in the tech world. The latest battle involves Microsoft and i4i regarding the XML feature in Microsoft Office 2007-2009. I4i claimed this feature violated the registered USPTO patent it received for the technology in 1998. [...]
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