President Obama Steps Up Fight for Online Consumer Protection With ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’
The Obama administration has unveiled a new framework for protecting Americans’ data on the Internet, including a commitment to technology that allows consumers to opt out of tracking, the government announced today. “American consumers can’t wait any longer for clear rules of the road that ensure their personal information is safe online,” said President Obama, in a [...]
Read MoreBlack Tech Entrepreneur of the Week: Marlon Nichols
For the month of February we announced that for Black History Month we would highlight four black tech entrepreneurs. Our third entrepreneur is
Read MoreMinority-led Startup Iconic Data Providing Physicians With a New Way to Manage Medical Records
Health professionals will always be in demand, but what about healthcare tech startups? With new technologies emerging in healthcare to provide better care for patients there comes a need for more technology advances to help physicians too. African-American founders David LaBorde, M.D. and Elliot Holland meshed their medical, engineering, and business backgrounds together to create [...]
Read MoreMicrosoft Adds African-American Member to its Board of Directors, Former Symantec CEO And IBM Exec John Thompson
Microsoft has a new addition to the team. CEO of Virtual Instruments and former chairman and CEO of Symantec, John W. Thompson was recently announced as the new board member for the tech giant making him the only African-American on the board of directors. Thompson currently serves as CEO of Virtual Instruments and previously served [...]
Read More4 Minority Founders Create GivePals.com, a Craigslist Like Startup for College Students
College students are always selling or buying something. Therefore places like Craigslist can become a student’s best friend. But recent University of Houston engineering graduates created a web platform called GivePals.com specifically for college students to trade, buy, and communicate in a different way. GivePals.com is a social online marketplace where people can give, trade, [...]
Read MoreNewMe Community – Think Global, Start Local
The world is a big place, and while entrepreneurs must have that “shoot for the stars” mindset, I think one thing that minority entrepreneurs don’t take as much advantage of is the bounty of local resources available. That’s one of the reasons behind the NewMe Community campaign – To provide organization, support, and possibly, opportunities locally to up-and-coming entrepreneurs looking to make an impact nationally or globally…
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