Tech Week in Review 9-24-2010
The Facebook Phone TechCrunch reported this week that Facebook is building a phone. Facebook immediately shot back that the story was “not accurate” and that “Facebook is not building a phone.” The situation buzzed for days and Zuckerberg eventually interviewed with TC to clear the air. The Facebook CEO was very adamant that they are [...]
Read MoreArbitron: Radio Continues To Reach Large Black Audiences
By Kimberly Davis Just as LL Cool J couldn’t live without his radio, neither, it seems, can African-Americans. A new Arbitron study shows that radio reaches 94 percent of Blacks aged 12 years and older each week. The 2010 edition of Black Radio Today details black-listening behavior to 10 of the country’s most popular radio formats, including urban [...]
Read More$100 Million Facebook Donation Same Day as Movie Release, Coincidence?
The Donation Update: TechCrunch has an interview with Mark Zuckerberg where he explains his motivations for the Newark donation. The goal is to make Newark a symbol for other areas that positive changes can be made in the school system with a little help. Zuckerberg seems to have put some thought into this. As we [...]
Read MoreUniWorld Group Gets the “Inside” Scoop on Interactive Marketing
Next week signals the start of Advertising Week in New York, one of the biggest events in the advertising industry. The week is dedicated to “galvaniz[ing] the industry by creating an entertaining, enlightening and engaging platform for disparate parts of the business.” Another Ad Week goal is to encourage diversity, to that end there will [...]
Read MoreWindows Phone 7 OS App Store Off to a Good Start
Windows Phone 7 OS is set to come out and in addition to tightly integrating with its own mobile apps (Office, Hotmail, Xbox, Bing, etc.) has put together a sweet little set of WP7 apps that will launch alongside this apps re-entry into the mobile OS war (believe me, it’s war out there!).
Read MoreAfrican-American Video Game Creators and Social Media: Joseph Saulter
Black Web 2.0 interviewed Joseph Saulter, the founder and CEO of EARI, a company that makes video games for communities that are often overlooked by mainstream gaming companies. He shared interesting insights into how he uses social media as a minority in the multi-billion dollar video game industry. What social media tools do you use? [...]
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