Making Black History in Technology: The Grio’s 100 Class of 2012
The Grio’s 100 is out and is filled with 100 influential African-Americans in areas like business, media, art culture, health, and of course science and technology. Here are seven innovators in tech that made the list this year: ANTHONY FRASIER, FOUNDER OF THE KOALITION AND PLAYD The Kolalition is an online gaming site and Playd [...]
Read MoreSocial Media Accounts, Life After Death
What happens after you die? One of the most existential questions of all time takes on a whole new meaning when you add technology to the mix. With the recent untimely passing of Heavy D and the profusion of re-tweets of his final tweet –‘Be Inspired’ — the obvious addendum to this question now becomes [...]
Read MoreHow Black Businesses are Using Foursquare
Location-based social media app Foursquare has definitely added an interesting new dimension to black business. One of the biggest advantages to Foursquare is that it essentially provides free advertising–as long as users are checking in to your location, their Facebook friends and Twitter followers have a chance to hear about your location with the added [...]
Read MoreMediaTakeOut’s Fred Mwangaguhunga Voted For “TheGrio’s 100″
Take a look at what Fred has to say on why they are the best Urban site out :
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