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Read MoreBlack Web 2010 Year in Review: Mobile/Apps
1. Apple iPad April 3rd 2010, Apple released its much heralded iPad in the US. After numerous jokes about its name and inevitable comparisons to feminine hygiene products subsided, the iPad promptly quieted naysayers and sold 300,000 on its first day and 3 million in 80 days. The device gained a 96% share of tablet PC [...]
Read MoreFans Remember Teena Marie on Twitter, YouTube
Music fans across the globe are shocked and saddened this week after the sudden passing of R&B legend Teena Marie. Marie is best known as the protegee of funk legend Rick James and died of of natural causes at the age of only 54 on December 26. Mourners have taken to Twitter to commorate Marie. [...]
Read MoreMayor Cory Booker Uses Twitter to Handle Snowpocalypse Cleanup
There’s been a lot of discussion this year on how African Americans are using social networking, most notably Twitter. Celebrity digital deaths and Twitter beefs aside, we use it to discuss topics relevant to the community, one such discussion is currently being led by @rolandmartin on the use of the N-word. We use it for [...]
Read MoreKlout Users Claim New Daily Update Numbers Inaccurate
A few weeks ago, we reported that Klout, the web standard for measuring Twitter influence, is now being updated daily. But now, despite the initial excitement, users are growing frustrated with the website’s outdated scores and information. Several tweeters have been commenting on the website’s blog, claiming that the Klout scores contain inaccurate information. They [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 12-17-2010
Blockbuster Now Makes You Wait Just As Long As Netflix Blockbuster put a lot of energy into their “Why Wait?” campaign, going in on competitors like Netflix and Redbox for having a 28-day delay on new release DVDs. Now, Blockbuster has agreed to a similar deal with the big movie studios. NCR, which operates Blockbuster’s [...]
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