YouTube Interview With President Obama Today
Today at 2:30 p.m. ET, President Obama will hold his YouTube interview. During the interview, President Obama will field questions submitted via the YouTube Worldview channel. Users have been able to submit questions since Tuesday, following Obama’s State of the Union Address. The interview is just one of a series of interactive discussions that the [...]
Read MoreState Of The Union Gets Enhanced with Its Own Interactive Website
You thought the State of the Union address was just going to be another stuffy speech? Okay, maybe not, but tonight’s event will be enhanced with a bit of interactive web magic. The Whitehouse has launched a site that will allow you to not only watch the State of the Union at 9pm EST tonight, [...]
Read MorePresident Obama Declares National Entrepreneurship Week
As Black Web 2.0 continues the discussion on African-American start-ups securing funding from either venture capitalists or angel investors, it seems as though the government is making big strides to continue the growth of small business in America. To honor the enterprising spirit of the American entrepreneur, the Obama administration has declared the week of [...]
Read MoreBET.com Live Streams President Obama’s Town Hall Meeting: Watch Here
Today at 4pm, BET, MTV, and CMT will be broadcasting a live town hall meeting between President Obama and 250 youth of different racial make ups, political beliefs, and backgrounds. Called “A Conversation with President Obama,” the event will be hosted by MTV’s Sway Calloway, BET’s April Woodard, and CMT’s Katie Cook. Held in BET [...]
Read MoreNorth Carolina HBCU’s Receive 2 Million Dollar Broadband Investment
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently announced a grant given directly to North Carolina Central University’s School of Law to upgrade broadband service while providing access to its legal education programs for other North Carolina HBCU’s…
Read MorePresident’s Broadband Boost Plan: Increase Jobs, Wi-Fi Access
Reuters reports that President Obama’s plan to free up airways would “nearly double the amount of commercial spectrum currently available for wireless devices.” Available details of the plan are as follows: The plan would make available 500 megahertz of federal and commercial spectrum over the next 10 years Freeing up spectrum would also create jobs [...]
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