Technology Startups Receive Push From White House and Y Combinator. Will We Take Advantage?
Over the last week there have been some significant shifts in the wold of technology and entrepreneurship. First, the president pledged in his SOTU address to push us towards innovation, broadband access for everyone via next generation wireless networks and a renewed focus on startups and small businesses. Second, high profile start-up incubator Y Combinator [...]
Read MoreTechnology Heavy Hitters Invest in Startup America
In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama mentioned helping entrepreneurs to start up and grow their businesses in order to stimulate the economy. To that end, three of the biggest tech companies in the nation are committing millions to an initiative called the Startup America Partnership. Intel Corp. said Monday it [...]
Read MoreAT&T 28 Days Showcases Today’s Black History Makers
AT&T is back again this year for their 28 Days Black History Month campaign. This is the third year of the campaign and the focus is on celebrating past history makers and a look at new innovators through a free exclusive speaker series. AT&T created 28 Days in 2009 to highlight Black History Month as [...]
Read MoreAMightyRiver.com Launches Viral Video Campaign
In the wake of President Obama’s State of the Union address, a networking site has vowed to combat unemployment in the African-American community. The site, AMightyRiver.com, has launched a new viral campaign that will consist of four videos. The first in the series, which was posted to YouTube at the beginning of the week, prominently [...]
Read MoreTech Week In Review 1-28-2011
$700 Motorola Xoom Launching Feb 17th at Best Buy An internal Best Buy document leaked to Engadget nails down February 17th as the launch date for Motorola’s highly anticipated Xoom tablet. The Xoom features the latest and greatest version of the Android operating system, Honeycomb, which was designed to run better on tablets. The document [...]
Read MoreT-Pain Gets Facebook Tat, Dwyane Wade Thanks Fans
On a recent trip to Hawaii, the auto-tune king, T-Pain got a new tat. Apparently, he does this every time he visits Hawaii. “I get a tatt every time I come to Hawaii. I think this ones pretty sweet, unless facebook shuts down soon 0_o” His new ink reads, “You Don’t Have To Like Me,” [...]
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