Dominick Brady Talks Online Media, Tech, and Journalism [Interview]
Dominick Brady is an independent multi-platform journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has spent the majority of his career working with online content on the web doing a number of things such as web design, radio documentary, audio and video features just to name a few. Check out some of his thoughts on online media, [...]
Read MoreBlack Startups Get Huge Push From New Me Accelerator Program
It was an historic last night in Mountain View, CA as the first annual New Me Accelerator program, designed to motivate African-American technological entrepreneurship, launched on the campuses of Google, Inc. Created by Angela Benton (founder) and Wayne Sutton, NME has been the continuation of Ms. Benton’s commitment to empower and create opportunity for African-Americans in the digital [...]
Read MoreSEEK Program Working to Produce Future African American Engineers
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) organized a summer program designed to produce future engineers. The Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) camps will begin this month in Columbus, Ohio; Oakland and San Diego, Calif. The mission of the SEEK Camp is to build a pipeline to careers in science, technology, engineering and math [...]
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 MoreOp-Ed: Keeping Up With Technology Isn’t Easy!
I’m sure a lot of people have seen the new Best Buy commercial about their new Buy Back Program due to technology moving so quickly. It’s actually pretty hilarious, showing people purchasing new technology devices such as phones, televisions, and laptops and then right after see advertisements for more updated versions. This commericial is evidence; there is [...]
Read More7 Recent QR Code Marketing Examples by Major Brands, Music Artists and Publications
Sometimes I just chuckle and just shake my head when I see tweets or hear complaints and rants about how QR Codes suck, or don’t use QR Codes for this or that and my personal favorite, NFC is better than QR Codes, especially when it comes from “thought leaders” or a super savvy “social media [...]
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