NewME Accelerator Deadline for Startup Pitches Ends Friday
Last week was an an amazing week as I attended Where 2.0 location conference in Santa Clara, CA and had a chance to visit the headquarters of the startup world, Silicon Valley (San Francisco, Mountain View, Palo Alto and more. Also during the trip I had chance to visit Citizen Space, Path HQ and catch up with a [...]
Read MoreComing Soon! 4 New Location-Based iPhone Apps by Minority Founders
By Wanye Sutton In October of last year while speaking at the Blogalicious conference I bumped into James Andrews, founder of Social People.TV. Both of us were speaking at the conference and had a quick moment to catch up. James, busy traveling and working with celebrity clients discussing social media strategies and I spent most of last year speaking about location-based marketing, [...]
Read MoreTastemaker Sonya Donaldson Shares Tech and Sensibility
When Sonya Donaldson walks into your classroom, you know that you are about to benefit from more than 18 years of experience in the technology trenches. She’s the former technology editor of Black Enterprise who now teaches a first year course called, “Technology and Identities” in addition to classes on twentieth- and twenty-first century literature. [...]
Read MoreTake a Ride on the Soul Train, Foursquare Style
Foursquare’s star continues to rise as big name companies keep joining the fray to add their own spin to the popular location-based check-in game. The newest arrival to the Foursquare playground is Soul Train. In recent years, Soul Train has undergone a number of changes including the purchase of the brand by MadVision Entertainment. With [...]
Read MoreFoursquare’s App Store is Open and Silence Remains on the Acquisition Front
Location sharing developing giant Foursquare has an App store that has been open for almost a week now. Initially the store will start off with a small amount of apps available (right now the marketplace has over 18 apps), but it opens the gateway for anyone to tap into the power of the Foursquare API. Continue reading inside for more info.
Read More#28DaysofDiversity: @TristanWalker of @FourSquare
As someone in the technology/web/social space, I often travel and attend various events in the industry and notice a huge lack of diversity, and when it comes to getting attention from mainstream media/tech blogs it’s almost impossible. That said on Day 2 of 28 Days of Diversity I would like to introduce to some and present to others: Tristan Walker.
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