Black Web 2.0 | Archive

The Muxtape Buzz — How Long Will It Last?

28. March 2008

Recently launched Muxtape, has been all the buzz on Twitter the past couple of days. Considering the site just announced its launch March 25, the amount of muxtapes being created was phenomenal. In fact yesterday, I saw a few tweets stating that the service wasn’t allowing any new signups. Well, I got in there today, and [...]

Fab 5 Freddy Launches New “Place 2 Be” on Zude.com

24. March 2008

2 Comments

Hip-Hop icon Fab 5 Freddy, the original host of MTV’s seminal Yo! MTV Raps, and Steve Repetti, Chief Technical Officer of Fifth Generation Systems, Inc. (5g), will launch the “Place 2 Be” on Zude™, with Fab as curator. The “Place 2 Be” will be the Urban Lifestyle destination on Zude, encompassing music, fashion, cars [...]

Live from Mix08

4. March 2008

0 Comments

The anticipation is building here in our offices for the MIX08 show in Las Vegas. I am looking forward to seeing the lastest and greatest MASH UPS with Live.com Silverlight, and the new features in Visual Studio, SQL 2008, and Windows Server 2008.

Stop…Hammertime

3. March 2008

3 Comments

So Dancejam.com recently launched and I must say i am impressed. If you are just hearing about Dancejam in this post let me catch you up a bit; Dancejam is MC Hammer’s (yes that MC Hammer) new web initiative. In short it is a video sharing site for dancers. There has been [...]

Add some spice to your Startpage with a little Ginger

7. February 2008

1 Comment

Ginger is Netvibes newest release, it is described on their site as being: “Completely redesigned and rewritten, Netvibes Ginger makes it easy for new users to enjoy a wide variety of social [...]

I Love I, my EYE-FI that is!

5. February 2008

0 Comments

The Eye Fi Card is a wireless memory card. It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking site. Here’s why this is so great. Because you don’t have to drag any wires and have access to a [...]

IAC Announces the Launch of Black Web Enterprises Inc.

4. February 2008

4 Comments

Via PRNewswire IAC, the web conglomerate that owns and operates more than 60 of the top web destinations online, including Ask.com, Match.com and LendingTree.com, has just launched their foray into the African-American targeted web space. Black Web Enterprises Inc (BWE)., will house a number of yet-to-be-announced online destinations catering to the distinct needs and interests of [...]

QTRAX- All Talk, and no Music

30. January 2008

0 Comments

Qtrax, a legal P2P digital music site, was all set to make headlines today. The New York-based company spent nearly $1 million on promotions at MIDEM Universal reported having been in discussions with Qtrax,

theRoot of Design

28. January 2008

4 Comments

If you haven’t heard of theRoot.com, it is a recently launched joint venture between the Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek Interactive lead by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as the EIC. Gates is also the co-founder of AfricanDNA.com which also powers theRoot.com genealogy or Roots section of the site. While in general sites that adhere to a minimalist [...]

GlobalGrind Simplifies Design

14. January 2008

15 Comments

Yesterday GlobalGrind announced their redesign on their blog. With the design being more simplified and usable it seems as if GlobalGrind has modified their business model as well. When we covered the sites’ public Beta launch in September the concept was more like a startpage and was based on the Pageflakes API, currently [...]

Archive | Launches

Subscribe