Two 11-year-old entrepreneurs learned the hard way what it’s like to be a minority in tech during Startup Weekend
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Triangle Startup Weekend in Durham, N.C. It was the fourth startup weekend event for the Triangle area, but even with a record attendance of about 170, there were only a small number of people who participated in a startup weekend event before. I would guess about [...]
Read MoreWatch The Black Eyed Peas Livestream in Full 360 Degree View
The Black Eyed Peas are playing in New York’s Central Park for the Chase Presents Show tonight at 7:30 ET. Fans will be able to tune in even if they can’t make it to the actual concert, courtesy of Robin Hood Foundation and interactive video company Immersive Media they will be doing a livestream straight from [...]
Read MoreMadameNoire Passes Essence.com But Still Not #1
Moguldom Media Group is one of the leading digital media companies that develops premium online publishing brands serving African American audiences. Priding themselves as a premier digital destination for savvy, upwardly mobile African American women, they announced that its website MadameNoire.com now outperforms every other brand in its category according to their internal Google Analytics [...]
Read MoreGlobal Internet Traffic Expected to Quadruple by 2015
Through data given by Cisco to Mashable, the word is that Global Internet traffic is expected to quadruple between now and 2015. Yes, not double, but quadruple! Reports say that by 2015 nearly 3 billion people will be using the Internet — more than 40% of the world’s projected population. On average, there will be [...]
Read MoreEventbrite Launches an iPad Box Office
Eventbrite has sold more than 31 million event tickets online. Now it also wants to sell them at the door. The company announced the release of an iPad-based box office on Tuesday. “Eventbrite At The Door” is an app that allows merchants to accept payments, print tickets and collect attendee data on-site. Eventbrite will begin [...]
Read MoreStudy Showing African-American Children Engaging in the Media More Than White Counterparts
The Center of Media and Human Development at Northwestern University released an extensive report today on media, children, and race. The study looked across the board at various uses of the media and showed percentages and time spent on media use among African-American, white, Hispanic, and Asian-American children. The media plays a tremendous role in [...]
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