29 Days of Diversity Week 2 Review – #29daysofdiversity
February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as [...]
Read More29 Days of Diversity Week 1 Review – #29daysofdiversity
February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as [...]
Read MoreGrowing Opportunities in Tech Giving Access to Everyone
With 2011 coming to an end and the tech community expanding at astounding rates, it seems as if 2012 will present some interesting new startups and awesome improved technology. As information is quickly becoming easier to access, even for people with very little income and race barriers within the world of business are beginning to [...]
Read MoreTech Industry’s Diversity Problem Starts in College — and Earlier
“The pipeline problem.” That’s the catch-all phrase that keeps coming up in discussions of diversity in Silicon Valley. Tech companies say they’d love to hire more women and minorities, but that too few qualified candidates are graduating with technical degrees. That leaves them choosing from an applicant pool that is largely white, male and Asian. “We [...]
Read MoreGoogle Announced as 2012 NewME Accelerator Sponsor
An exciting announcement was made at the West Coast pre-screening of Black in America 4 on Friday. The NewMe Accelerator team announced tech giant, Google as their presenting sponsor for 2012. Sponsors played a major part in the 2011 accelerator and will be just as important in the coming year. The partnership with Google means [...]
Read MoreGoogle Launches Classified Ad Service in Kenya
Google has launched its classified ads service, Google Trader, in Kenya. Google Trader is a free classifieds service that lets internet users trade products and services and search for jobs, real estate listings or just about anything else; very similar to a Craigslist. The ad service will give Kenyan internet users the opportunity to search [...]
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