Sturvs Collects the Latest Nigerian News From All Over The Web
Sturvs is a source for Nigerian news which, at first glance, looks like your average blog. Some have also referred to the site as the Nigerian version of Digg. It definitely has a snazzier color scheme, though. The site, still under development, features a home page with an overview of the categories available, currently: Election [...]
Read MoreStudents Circle Network Aims to Be Globally Accessible Education Resource
Students Circle Network is a Kyrenia-area start-up (Girne American University Roots) founded in 2010. It is a social network focusing on education for college and high school students, but also provides free course resources and materials, live faculty/teachers/lecturers to help students, scholarship offers, study groups, and many more student-focused services. The site is currently indexing [...]
Read MoreRiding the Wave: Black Web TV’s Hardest-Working Producer
By Aymar Jean Christian Every week it’s becoming clearer black TV, online and onscreen, is set for a revival. Cable networks from TV One to TV Land are ordering new shows produced by and starringblack actors, as are the Big Four. And brand new channels are waiting in the wings: a few weeksago an over-the-air [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 4-22-2011
Your iPhone is Tracking You…So is Your Android Everyone pretty much lost it once it was discovered that their beloved iPhones were tracking their every move. Never mind the fact that locating a device through triangulation is a well-known technique. In reality, there isn’t much to fear about this iPhone tracking thing. It boils down [...]
Read MoreSnoop Promotes Blast Colt 45 via Social Media
Big Snoop Dogg, well-known for his activities both on and offline, is promoting another brand using social media. Blast by Colt 45 is his new thing and some are not very happy about it. Paul Porter, founder of the media watchdog group Industry Ears, is one of those people. While Snoop and Pabst reach out [...]
Read MoreMC Hammer Says “Let’s Get It Started” to Minority Entrepreneurs
Stanley Burrell, whom you may know as MC Hammer, will be lending advice to minority entrepreneurs in the New Media Entrepreneurship, or NewMe, accelerator program in Silicon Valley this summer. Starting June 16, seven minority-led start-ups from across the country will live in a rented house in Mountain View, CA. They will be able to [...]
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