African-Americans and Latinos More Likely To Use Twitter Than Whites
Thirteen percent of online Americans use Twitter, up a full 5% from November 2010, according to a Pew Research Center study released Wednesday. Much of that growth came from younger adults, Pew found. Nearly one in five U.S. Internet users ages 25 to 34 use Twitter, up from 9% in November. Fourteen percent of users [...]
Read MoreStorify and Chirpstory create stories using social media
Bloggers and journalist alike are always looking for new and unique ways of telling the story. There are many different multimedia tools that allow content creators to do so. But Storify and Chirpstory are two platforms used for curating and publishing social media content directly from each network. They can be used to search for [...]
Read MoreThe Social Media Soul of Gospel Group Virtue
Gospel Group Virtue has been making music since their first album (self-titled “Virtue”) dropped in 1997. Few music groups, whether secular or spiritual, have the opportunity to produce more than one album, but Virtue went on to create four additional albums with the last one being Testimony which came out in 2006. I had the [...]
Read MoreHow Black Businesses are Using Foursquare
Location-based social media app Foursquare has definitely added an interesting new dimension to black business. One of the biggest advantages to Foursquare is that it essentially provides free advertising–as long as users are checking in to your location, their Facebook friends and Twitter followers have a chance to hear about your location with the added [...]
Read MoreUnderheard In New York Gives Homeless a Voice Online
The homeless in America go unnoticed everyday. Sure, you might stop and give a few change every now and again, but they are rarely given a second thought–let alone respect. But what happens when you give a voice to people who are seen as almost invisible? A project started by three advertising interns may provide [...]
Read MoreBranchOut Launches Ultimate Internship Contest
Say the words “Facebook app” and it dredges up thoughts of games like Cafe World, Mafia Wars or FarmVille and those annoying requests from friends that pop up in your timeline. Who would’ve thought that one of these apps could be doing something that’s useful? Apparently, the makers of BranchOut did. BranchOut is a networking [...]
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