5 Panels Black Tech Entrepreneurs Should Attend at SXSW Interactive 2012
SXSW is back again, taking place March 9- March 18 in Austin, Tex. The interactive portion is a great opportunity to learn about new innovative ideas, companies, and people. The schedule is out and there are several interesting panels that continue the discussion on black tech and innovation. Here are 5 that black tech entrepreneurs should [...]
Read MoreAaron Bannister: Enabling Location-Based Conversations with Locaii
Although South by Southwest Interactive wrapped a few weeks ago, the relationships formed during the conference continue to reverberate through the black community of entrepreneurs. Black Web 2.0 has already covered the launch of gokit, and another SXSW attendee, Adria Richards, won the AppSumo Lean Startup Challenge for her UseYourDeals startup. I recently had the [...]
Read MoreGroupMe Introduces Featured Groups as Revenue Stream
A big hit at SXSW, GroupMe is definitely one of the front-runners in the crowded world of group messaging. Now, they’ve begun to show what they’re really made of with Featured Groups. The feature launched yesterday and will give brands an opportunity to easily engage with the focused community. The obvious tendency for any group [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 3-18-2011
Android Loads Web Pages 52% Faster Than Android…Kinda A study done by Canadian company Blaze Software found that Android smoked iPhone when it comes to loading web pages. Comprised of 45,000 tests, Blaze called it the “largest ever research study of smart phone browser performance.” The problem is that the results are completely bogus. As [...]
Read MoreFounded at SXSW: gokit Announces New Web Identity Platform
A group of intelligent folks at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival were having a conversation over dinner. The discussion eventually moved to the fact that there isn’t really a customizable platform that an author, athlete, journalist/writer, publisher, PR firm or other brand could use to create an online identity kit. From this [...]
Read MoreSXSW 2011 Shows That the Future is Mobile
The South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas has become the launch pad for startups over the last few years. SXSW has the unique ability to take a company from virtually unknown to the next hot thing in the course of a few days. With its multitude of events spread out across the city, it [...]
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