Bing’s Wack New Jingle
Posted by Markus Robinson
As responsible consumers of the web, there’s no way we should have allowed Bing’s new jingle contest to infect with web without at least attempting to inject a little flavor into it. Announced in July, the contest employed video and music hobbits to create a jingle for Microsoft’s newest search engine. The contest lasted approximately [...]
Read MoreLiveSteez and Lossip Enter Deadpool
Posted by Markus Robinson
If you woke up this morning expecting to browse Livesteez.com’s online videos, catch up on Latin or Chinese flavored gossip on Lossip.com and MingXingYao.com, don’t bother. All three sites were abruptly and without notice shutdown, sometime this week. Instead of a landing page with an official statement announcing the sites closure, Moguldom Media Group (MMG) [...]
Read MoreCoder Girl
Posted by Markus Robinson
Rapping about Technology is not a new phenomenon. We covered the YouTube hit, Design Coding by Poetic Profit AKA the SEO Rapper and I’ve mention in the past the NerdCore band Monzy with their cult classic Kill Dash 9. Today we bring to you Dale Chase’s Ode to female coders, Coder Girl. Enjoy!
Read MoreMediatakeout.com Blocked by Firefox for Installing Malicious Software
Posted by Markus Robinson
If you’ve installed the latest version of the Firefox (3.0.12), you may have trouble browsing MediaTakeOut.com. Internal pages at MTO, one of the most visited African-American websites online, were blocked by Firefox because malicious software found on some of the sites pages. According to the Google Safe Browsing Report generated by Firefox:
Of the 956 pages [...]
Video: Urban League CEO Marc Morial discusses Web Strategy
Posted by Markus Robinson
We caught up with the Urban League’s CEO Marc Morial to discuss the company’s usage of social media to communicatate and connect with urban communities. Currently the company’s Twitter and Facebook accounts have been used primarily to promote the Urban League’s news and events. Morial would like to refocus their social media efforts to affect [...]
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