Virginia State University’s Business School Wins RichTech Technology Innovation Deployment Award
HBCUs are showing off those tech skills! Virginia State University’s Reginald F. Lewis School of Business was awarded the RichTech Technology Innovation Deployment Award for its “Digital at the Core” initiative that developed a new, integrated business curriculum focusing heavily on technological participation and digital content. RichTech, a Richmond VA-based company that promotes the region as [...]
Read MoreFacebook Plans to Add Women to Its Board to Add Diversity, But What About African-Americans?
Facebook is seeking to add directors, including at least one woman who can add diversity to its all-male board, according to a Bloomberg article posted earlier this week. The tech giant has been criticized for its lack of diversity in employment specifically on its director board. But according to Bloomberg, Facebook has been working with executive-recruiting firm Spencer Stuart in search of [...]
Read MoreBig vs. Small, iPhone 5 May Get a Larger Screen
Mobile phone size trends have come in and out of style. We started with some cellphones bigger than house phones, then we gradually got smaller and smaller. No one is trying to go back to carrying a five pound phone, but it seems many do prefer larger screens. The Wall Street Journal reports production will begin next [...]
Read MoreNew York Based Tech Company Worldcast Inc. Bringing Entertainment To You Live Online
Minority founders Peter Lewis and Darren Skeete found their own way of combining two of the largest industries; technology and entertainment with their company Worldcast, Inc. Worldcast is an on demand media platform that streams live entertainment from anywhere in the world online. The platform will offer three components including, DJ On Demand, Entertainers On [...]
Read MoreInteractive One, BET, and Council of Urban Professionals to Host 3rd Annual Digital Summit
Interactive One, BET Networks, and Council of Urban Professionals (CUP), announced today the third annual Digital Summit to be held during Internet Week on Wednesday, May 16 at the SVA Theatre in New York City. The Digital Summit brings together some of the most powerful leaders of the digital world to explore topics such as [...]
Read MoreNewME Accelerator Extends Fall Application Deadline to June 15th
If you were planning on applying to the next cycle of NewME Accelerator and thought you missed the deadline, we have great news, it has been extended to June 15! The original deadline May 15 is now the early application deadline, but entrepreneurs still have an additional month to get applications in. Accepted founders will [...]
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