Mobile Holiday Shopping

The world around me tells me that it is coming up on that time of year again. Barnes and Noble has their holiday books out, the stores have out their Christmas trees, and the Television is showing commercials for toys after 9:00 pm. This will be an interesting shopping season for sure [...]

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Q&A: Marcellus Alexander of Vesta Mobile Solutions

When BusinessWeek posted pictures of the finalist from the 2008 America’s Best Entrepreneurs list, we were very excited to see a photo of three young black men listed as finalist.  Vesta Mobile Solutions was launched in April of 2007 by Brandon Davenport, 24; Elwood Green III, 25; Marcellus Alexander III, 23. As the name [...]

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BET J Virtual Awards

Traditional media meets new media meets users half-way.  I think that is the best way to describe the BET J’s inaugural Virtual Awards. Hosted by critically-acclaimed actress Nia Long and comedian Chris Spencer, the “virtual” broadcast will feature red-hot performances from Washington, DC, New York and Atlanta hotspots — all from a stunning, ground-breaking virtual environment. Currently, [...]

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How not to launch

So you have secured one of the coolest domains on the planet.  Heck, you can’t even believe it was available! So you snatch it up right away.  You have a great idea for a web product that might exist but isn’t being done correctly, and you are positive you can do it better. You also [...]

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Obama is Gaming

Question: What do 360 gamers in Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Colorado, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, and Wisconsin have in common if they are playing titles by Electronic Arts online? Answer: In game advertisements bought by Barack Obama. With the social networking groups on Obama’s site such as Black Gamers for Obama, is it any surprise. [...]

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Subway: The $5 Racists?

Subway's new campaign for their $5 subs allows you to send custom emails and text message from an Abe Lincoln $5 cut out, fashioned with a green sweat band around his head that says "Home of da $5 Footlong", big shiny "bling" in his ear, a shiny dollar sign pendant around his neck and oversized aviator glasses.

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EbonyJet Joins YouTube

As I have said in the past, professional content will be the bread and butter of YouTube’s revenue stream in the future if they want it to be a profitable business.  So, when the press release hit the stands yesterday announcing that YouTube and EbonyJet had launched a new YouTube channel, I was excited to [...]

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Bishop Weeks launches Reality Webisode to find new Wife

What's a Bishop to do, when his wife divorces him and needs a new one? Email Blasts, Podcasts and now an Online dating show featuring live chats, video, online letters, plus a companion book. I know, it sounds Oprah-esque, but it isn't. No. It's Bishop Weeks. While Weeks' webisode, "Who will be the next Mrs. Weeks" is not brand spanking new (we first caught wind of it last week) the site that serves as a platform to get his Love Locked Down is. They just launched their redesign yesterday.

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Video Wars: Not Just Yet

As more and more video content goes digital, I gurantee that more and more Black video content will be online and the gap between Black broadcast video and Black online video will close. It is important as all these new black media sites that are incorporating video know where to put their stuff to gain traffic and properly engage in all that cool web 2.0 community stuff: YouTube.

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Online Job Interviews

The "Job Interview Manager" (JIM) requires only a headset (and preferably webcam) and a computer connected to the internet in order for the interviews to take place. The potential employer sends out and invitation email with the link and login information to the candidate and they meet at the specified time online. The idea is that, this is a better way than a basic phone interview to get through the initial interview screening as it is more intimate.

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