Need Help Getting Through College? Let Google Show You The Way
For most people getting through college life involves dedication, studying and lots of hard work. But if you ask the folks at Google they’ll tell you surviving the college years has nothing to do with hard work and everything to do with the Google machine. According to their new site College Tips By Google, Google suggests [...]
Read MoreNavarrow Wright Talks with TechCrunch About Diversity Problem in Silicon Valley [Video]
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After Black in America 4 aired on CNN a month ago, the diversity issues in the land of technology that is Silicon Valley was talked about more than ever. But the discussion isn’t over. Interactive One’s Navarrow Wright talks with Tech Crunch editor, Erick Shonfeld on Tech Crunch TV about the problems in diversity still [...]
Read MoreFoursquare Hits A Billion Checkins, Launches New Version Of Its App
Location based app Foursquare has just one billion checkins, it just announced on its blog. The app has gone from 100 million checkins in July, 2010 to 200 million in Oct 2010 to 750 million checkins in June 2011. Along with the milestone, Foursquare has launched a new version of its app now available in the [...]
Read MoreNewMe Accelerator, Aiming To Encourage Black Tech Entrepreneurs, Has Its First Demo Day
Yesterday someone asked me whether the reason most of my avatar photos are silly is because otherwise I would have to deal with people constantly bringing up the fact that I don’t “look” like I should work in technology, meaning that I’m a (relatively not nerdy) woman. While I had never consciously thought about it, [...]
Read MoreAfrican Economy Showing Growth – Including Technology
TechCrunch writer, John Evans wrote about his personal experience in seeing the growth in sub-Saharan African’s economy: Don’t look now, but sub-Saharan Africa is booming. Since 2003 its growth has been skyrocketing, and, to quote none other than McKinsey, “today the rate of return on foreign investment in Africa is higher than in any other [...]
Read More@Shaq Announces Retirement On Twitter Using Video Sharing Tool Tout
Maybe I’m just obsessed with pop culture and technology, but it’s still fascinating to see how celebrities use Twitter. Some use the platform tovent, others for raising money, and some use it as a launching pad for political campaigns. It’s a fact that celebs have actually helped the network grow into a mainstream social tool. Either way, Twitter [...]
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