Storify and Chirpstory create stories using social media
Bloggers and journalist alike are always looking for new and unique ways of telling the story. There are many different multimedia tools that allow content creators to do so. But Storify and Chirpstory are two platforms used for curating and publishing social media content directly from each network. They can be used to search for [...]
Read MoreGoodby, Silverstein & Partners announce digital fellowship for African-American students
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners have announced “The Goodby, Silverstein & Partners Digital Fellowship for 2011 – 2012. This is a scholarship fund for African- American students, developed in partnership with Hyper Island to help increase diversity within the advertising industry. Through the fund, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners will subsidize full tuition fees for two students [...]
Read MoreNew Business Social Network: Ziliot
Doing business and making money is what makes the world go round. In addition to that, social networking has become part of that as well. They have become the driving force for doing business so it only makes sense that there be one specifically that caters to the business world. A new start up, social [...]
Read MoreBlack Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference Live Streaming
In case you’re not in Atlanta for the BE Entrepreneurs conference, you can catch the Live stream on their site and follow along on Twitter following a couple of hastags. I’ve see people use #ec2011 and #2011ec so be sure to track both. http://www.blackenterprise.com/ec/live-stream And we just found out Lamar Tyler will be getting some [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 5-20-2011
Android Users Vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle Attack Due to an insecurity in Google’s ClientLogin Protocol, it seems any Android user running 2.3.3 or earlier could unknowingly give away access to personal data. Researchers at uulm claim that authToken information, stored for 14 days any time you login to sites like Facebook and Twitter, can be easily [...]
Read MoreGina McCauley Acquires Black Weblog Awards Under GEMPIRE Interactive
Blogging Maven Gina McCauley reportedly acquired Black Weblog Awards in a release issued early this morning. The two had recently entered a partnership to host the Black Weblog Awards at it’s annual conference this summer in Los Angeles. The live event would be the first for the Black Weblog Awards which had previously operated in [...]
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