Web 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 [...]
Read MoreChanges @ AOL Black Voices
Very interesting they have some new products or features in the pipeline: “Today Black Voices named Tariq Muhammad Director of AOL Black Voices. In this new role, Muhammad will be responsible for spearheading all editorial activity for the site across all content areas including News, Sports, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Finance, Education and Community. He will also [...]
Read MoreBlack Enterprise Gives Small Businesses Advice on Blogging
I am always excited to see web technology articles from Black content providers and when I came across a short article by Brent Leary on Black Enterprises’ website title “Hard Facts About Blogging” there was no exception. The article itself had some good tips for new bloggers, here are some of the highlights: – Figure [...]
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