How Are African-Americans Staying Socially Connected? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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We’ve heard it before, African-Americans engage online more than their counterparts. But what exactly are African-Americans doing in the online space? In an infographic by Nielsen, you can see a short breakdown. Black adults are 72% more likely than the average U.S. adult on line to build and update a personal blog, making African-Americans creators [...]
Read MoreFacebook To Acquire Instagram For $1 Billion
Facebook has just finished a deal to acquire Instagram. The compensation will be approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. Instagram will remain a standalone app from Facebook, but the services will have increasing ties to each other. The transaction should go through this quarter pending some standard closing procedures Last year, documents for an standalone [...]
Read MorePandorgs Giving Christians A Way to Attend Church Online
Since the introduction of social network sites, like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, have attracted millions of users, many of whom have integrated these sites into their daily practices. Now there is a site that allows you to connect with your church friends, called Pandorgs. There are numerous social networks with various technological affordability, supporting a [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 3-9-2012
Android Market Becomes Google Play In an effort to create more cohesive branding, the Android Market has now become Google Play. They are positioning Play as “a digital entertainment destination where you can find, enjoy and share your favorite music, movies, books and apps on the web and on your Android phone or tablet.” This [...]
Read MoreMinority Founded Business Social Network Ziliot Launches in Beta
We introduced you to Ziliot, a new social network centered around business and connecting developing countries with the underdeveloped in May 2011. After only having Alpha testers for several months, they have finally launched in Beta. Ziliot is a business to business social network that connects businesses and organizations in different countries. Ziliot aims to [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 1-13-2012
Google Launches Search Plus Your World Google has basically thrown down the gauntlet by (finally?) integrating their Google+ social networking site more closely with their popular search engine. Your general web search results will now be augmented by your social interactions on Google+, making it easier to find content more personal to you. The three [...]
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