BlackBird: the Black focused Browser Speaks
Blackbird, a custom browser for the African-American community launched today to mixed reviews from mainstream users. We were tipped off about the browser a while ago, but this afternoon we actually had an opportunity to “talk turkey” with Blackbird co-founder and CEO 40A Inc. Ed Young. “Blackbird was originally the brainchild of Arnold Brown, who [...]
Read MoreCommon Launches ThinkCommon.com
Mr. Electric Circus has jumped on the bandwagon of internet presence and officially launched his site. Soulbounce has echoed, per one of his own vlog posts, that Common now adds ‘blogger’ to his resumé. A heavy dose of flash greets you over at ThinkCommon.com, but it’s not obnoxious. The opening menu is a little weird [...]
Read MoreMore Clouds Forecasted with CloudFront, Amazon’s Content Delivery Service
The forecast is cloudy and no, we’re not talking about the economy. Instead, we’re shedding some light on yet another cloud computing service from Amazon Web Services, the web service infrastructure arm of Amazon which has offered cloud services since 2006. Amazon is already noted for services such as Amazon Simple Storage Service, widely known [...]
Read MoreFacebook Applications Get ‘Made’ with the Application Verification Program
This afternoon Facebook announced the Application Verification Program (AVP), a welcomed effort to increase the quality of Facebook applications and perhaps one of a few early moves to monetize the platform. One of the concerns surrounding the Facebook Platform and platforms of other social networks is the proliferation of perfectly useless applications with only a [...]
Read MoreRegator Redesign Helps You Find Quality Content
Regator is the most selective blog directory on the web. They hand-pick the best content from the blogosphere and make it available to you in one place. You can find what you need in several ways, including search and browsing channels. We previously covered Regator in our post about finding news relevant to you. Based [...]
Read MoreEbonyJet 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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