Google to Reboot YouTube as Broadcast Television Competitor
WSJ reports that Google is looking to revamp YouTube in order to ride the trend of televisions that allow viewers to watch online video. Primarily, the goal is to compete with broadcast and cable television by enticing users to stay on the site longer and attracting advertisers. The site is planning a series of changes to [...]
Read MoreLinkedIn Launches Tools to Build the Professional Web
LinkedIn has announced today that they will be opening up full access to their new platform for building the professional web. There is much talk across the blogosphere about how Google, Facebook, and Twitter are building and extending the social web, but not much about the professional web. This is LinkedIn’s niche and, while the [...]
Read MoreBlack Weblog Awards and Blogging While Brown Unite for a Black Social Media Weekend
Blogging While Brown conference and the Black Weblog Awards will join forces this year to create a weekend of black social media with a live awards ceremony included. Blogging While Brown is the leading community of Black bloggers and the Black Weblog Awards is one of the oldest celebrations of Black social media excellence. They [...]
Read MoreObama to Hold Townhall Meeting via Facebook
President Barack Obama will be holding a special “Facebook Live” townhall event at Facebook’s headquarters with CEO Mark Zuckerberg & COO Sheryl Sandberg. The event will be live streamed for anyone to watch across the globe. The meeting will be used to discuss “tough choices we must all make in order to put our economy [...]
Read MoreLebron Launches Animated Web Series on YouTube
Lebron is launching an animated web series called “The Lebrons” to provide positive messages to today’s youth. We first covered the show back in January. The show follows the four LeBrons: Kid, Athlete, Business, and Wise as they live in James’s hometown of Akron, Ohio. Much like the cartoons of yesterday, each episode will provide [...]
Read MoreJay-Z Launches Life + Times
As if he wasn’t already into just about everything, from music to broadway, Jay-Z has now launched another website called Life + Times. As Forbes puts it, that site is aimed at “gentleman who are discerning enough to buy an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, watch video about Jean-Michel Basquiat, and care about the “internal perspective” [...]
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