Update: One Laptop per Child
I recently wrote a post about One Laptop per Child, an initiative to supply laptops to children in underdeveloped countries, and got a good response from you all. The laptops are only $399 and if you buy 1 laptop at that price between November 12th and the 26th One Laptop per Child will send you [...]
Read MoreAlicia Keys’ Album Release Meets MySpace Hack
Today is the official release of Alicia Keys As I Am, and I must say that the camp behind her at J Records had a mean widget game leading up to this day. The widget includes news updates, video clips of Alicia in the studio, and videos uploaded by fans. The widget comes with instructions [...]
Read MoreWeb start up “Grammy” Awards
Was surfing the web yesterday and found an interesting post on GigaOm about the creation of a “Grammy” Awards for web start ups called The Crunchies. The effort is collaborative between GigaOm, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch. Here is a summary of what The Crunchies will be straight from Om Malik: “In order to recognize the [...]
Read MoreParsons’ is out but remains Chairman
For those that have not heard yet yesterday news broke that Richard Parsons, who up until yesterday was CEO of Time Warner, was stepping down. Jeff Bewkes will be replacing him however Parsons will remain Chariman of the company. Parsons did release this statement: “Jeff is a well-respected business executive both inside and outside the company. [...]
Read MoreWhere Are The Black Web Professionals?
Young and middle-aged white men are designing the modern Web. It’s a rather obvious claim which can be supported by the results from the 2007 Web Design Survey results from A List Apart (ALA). According to ALA, “the results represent the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development as practiced [...]
Read MoreHip-Hop 2.0: XXL To Launch A Social Network
With AllHipHop boasting one of the largest online hip-hop communities, because of the activity in its forums, I kind of expected that the online publisher would be the first out of the gate to launch a social network. And while there are may other hip-hop related social networks out there (many of which I’ll be [...]
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