Interactive One Launches Health Focused Website
Interactive One has been very busy lately. In addition to sprucing up their philanthropic web property, BlackPlanetRising, they have also launched Elev8.com. The site promotes healthy attitudes and lifestyles in the black community, while offering tips to help them reach their health goals. From their press release: As Interactive One strives to provide Black America [...]
Read MoreBlackPlanetRising Offers Ways to Give Back This MLK Holiday
The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend has always been more than just an extra day away from work or school. Many families consider is a “day on, not a day off” and spend that time giving back to their communities. To help connect the black community to charitable organizations, Interactive One has launched BlackPlanetRising.com. Through [...]
Read MoreNew Website Lists Black Influentials in Social Media
Here at Black Web 2.0, we’re always looking for African Americans in tech. Where they are, what they’re doing, how they’re using tech to shape the the world we live in — we want to know it all. Social media strategists, Mike Street and Dupé Ajayi have joined forces to launch Influential1s.com, a website dedicated to [...]
Read MoreBlekko Goes Social, Adds In Facebook “Likes” Integration
Popular search engine Blekko has turned down the social street and is now aiming to be your #1 resource for social searching. Blekko defines itself as “a better way to search the web by using slashtags. slashtags search only the sites you want and cut out the spam sites. use friends, experts, community or your own slashtags to slash in what you want and slash out what you don’t.”
Read MoreMusicMatrix.com Fuses Video Creation and Social Networking
Once upon a time, MySpace was the place for an upcoming artist to get his or her shine on. Today, we find the Rupert Murdoch-owned social networking site struggling to find a fraction of the relevance it once had, and musicians once again looking for a place to showcase their talent. Aspiring artists need look [...]
Read MoreWeReward Will Pay for Your Foursquare Check-ins
WeReward (say that 5x fast) launched today at TechCrunch Disrupt and wants to pay you cash to check-in at local businesses and venues. WeRewards comes from IZEA, the company behind Sponsored Tweets and PayPerPost. Not a shocker that they are moving to monetize the location game as well. I know, you’re looking back and thinking [...]
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