Bowie State University Opens Innovation Center for Maryland Start-ups
Bowie, MD — Historically black college, Bowie State University and the city of Bowie teamed together to launch the Bowie Business Innovation Center and incubator program. The center provides early stage companies with access to low cost office space, mentoring, and other essentials needed for launching a start-up company. Located on Bowie State’s campus, The [...]
Read MoreCongresswoman Carolyn Kilpatrick and Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D. Elected to Joint Center Board of Governors
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, one of the nation’s leading research and public policy institutions focusing primarily on African-American issues, has announced former Michigan Congresswoman Carolyn C. Kilpatrick and Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D., a philanthropist and an expert on issues of discrimination and diversity, have been elected to three-year terms on its [...]
Read MoreFacebook and Google Compete for a Stake in Music Video Site Vevo
Two of the biggest companies in the tech industry, Facebook and Google, are interested in grabbing a piece of popular music video site Vevo. The tech giants are competing for an equity stake in Vevo as well as a lucrative advertising deal with the site, according to a New York Post report that cites two unnamed sources familiar with the situation. [...]
Read MorePresident Obama’s Campaign Launch Facebook-Like Social Campaigning Tool ‘Dashboard’
As President Obama continues to lead in the social media space, he has another social tool he unleashing for this campaign. The Obama campaign will release a social campaigning tool called Dashboard. Dashboard is a way for President Obama’s volunteers to work in a more effective and digital space. They will use it to recruit [...]
Read MoreJohn S. Knight Fellowships Welcome Blogging While Brown Attendees to Revitalize Journalism With Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The John S. Knight Fellowships is giving Blogging While Brown attendees and other content creators the opportunity to be a John S. Knight fellow. Participants spend a year at Stanford utilizing the resources of the university and Silicon Valley as they pursue their own proposals for improving journalism with the program’s focus on journalism innovation, [...]
Read MoreThe Hottest Tech Cities for Employment
Tech boom? That must be focused in the Valley, right? Or at least, you would expect that any such rapid expansion would have the largest impact in that region. However, a new study by the Praxis Strategy Group has outlined a number of critical facts that bust that specific narrative. Among the highlights: In the Vally, tech employment is [...]
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