5 Black Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Who Use Social Media
When most people think about science fiction and fantasy writers, black authors rarely come to mind. However, there are several black people who have become successful science fiction authors. Many of them are using social media to raise their personal visibility and gain wider exposure for their books. 1. Nalo Hopskinson Novels: Brown Girl in [...]
Read MoreFoursquare Has Best Day Ever Following Facebook Places Announcement
Following Facebook’s Places announcement popular location service Foursquare saw a spike in user signups. This comes according to a Tweet by Fourqsquare co-founder Dennis Crowley: “Just heard from The @HarryH that today was @foursquare’s biggest day ever in terms of new user signups.” @HarryH is the Twitter account for Foursquare’s lead engineer Harry Heymann. While [...]
Read MoreBooshaka is Your Source for Breaking Facebook News
How many times have you discovered breaking news by logging on to Facebook and checking out your news stream? If you happen to live in an area outside of your home town, Facebook can be the second best way (RSS feeds are #1) to keep tabs of what is going on back home. Now, there is another source that will allow you to logon and see what is trending on all of Facebook. This source is called Booshaka. Find out more details inside.
Read MoreEd Young: Bridging the Gap Between Print and Internet
Black Enterprise, recently launched their iPad app. Although Black Enterprise spearheaded the look of the app, they turned to Ed Young and f2f | 6Sixty digital to provide the tech know-how. You may remember Young from the controversial Blackbird browser back in 2008. According to Young, f2f | 6Sixty digital is a development firm, a [...]
Read MoreGoogle Adds a Ton of New Features for Docs and Sites
Google is launching a few new features for Google Docs and Google Sites that aims to make them just a bit more useful. Most notably, Google Sites is getting a much-needed horizontal navigation feature and Google Docs spreadsheets get spell check. It seems like every time you turn around, Google is updating something or adding [...]
Read MoreBlack Enterprise Launches iPad App
Today Black Enterprise unveiled its new iPad app, the BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine app for iPad. With the launch, Black Enterprise becomes the first African-American-owned and operated publication to provide content through the iPad. The app is running on a subscription-based model with users paying $1.99 for each issue. However, Black Enterprise is offering it’s 40th Anniversary Collectors Edition [...]
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