Journalist… Is There A Future For You?
The third day of Social Media Week in New York continued with “The Future of Journalism” at 92Y in Tribeca. As a fellow scribe you know I had to see what the industry is looking to do to not become prehistoric in the digital age. More about the event after the jump.
Read MoreTech Week In Review: Common Tag, Firefox 3.5, Palm Pre, and More…
Common Tag, Finally Common Tag is an open tagging format developed to make content easier to find and interact with. From the website: People use tags to organize, share and discover content on the Web. However, in the absence of a common tagging format, the benefits of tagging have been limited. Individual things like New York City [...]
Read More12seconds Complete Redesign
I guess the 12seconds team felt that adding Twitter replies and DM’s to your feed wasn’t enough. They also didn’t think that upgrading the site to update in real-time was good enough. So, they have completely redesigned 12seconds.tv….all of it. The new layout is simpler, cleaner, and brings the focus back to the actual content. [...]
Read MoreMonetizing your Twitter Feed
So many people have been trying to figure out how Twitter as a platform is going to monetize its’ service. Not long to follow is how individuals can monetize their Twitter feeds. I’ve spoken with a few people (I won’t name any names) and they are monetizing Twitter the good ole fashioned way, not with [...]
Read MoreMashable’s 2nd Annual Open Web Awards
We are excited to announce Black Web 2.0 was selected to be among the many Blog Partners for Mashable’s 2nd Annual Open Web Awards! We are in the company of some other really great blogs as an official Blog Partner for the awards. If you aren’t quit sure what the Open Web Awards are here [...]
Read MoreChamillionaire: The Social Media Impact
Over time we’ve profiled social media’s impact on the music industry, covering artist including RadioHead and Soulja Boy, but not to be out done is Grammy award winning rapper and record label CEO, Chamillionare. The north Houston underground mixtape giant, boasted over 3.5 million hits on his personal website prior to his major label deal [...]
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