Social Outlet Brings Awareness to Missing Persons of Color
Black and Missing Foundation, Inc. and BlackandMarriedWithKids.com announced that its first hour-long Twitter chat to bring awareness to missing persons of color proved to be an enormous success with more than 700 tweets and 1.6 million impressions reaching an audience of more than 213,000 followers. The partnership between both organizations has created a social media [...]
Read MoreLalah Hathaway Engaging the Worlds of Technology and Social Media
Her fans know her for the soulful voice that landed her first Grammy nomination in 2008 for her album “Self Portrait”, but many don’t know that the talented R&B singer, Lalah Hathaway is also a technology diva, or as her Twitter bio suggest, a supreme gadget girl. Hathaway has always been interested in technology and [...]
Read More#BlackinAmerica Becomes Trending Topic on Twitter
With much anticipation leading up to CNN’s Black in America 4, the show finally aired last night. Black in America: The Promised Land, Silicon Valley was an inside look at the NewMe Accelerator that took place this summer. Soledad O’Brien investigated the presence of African-American’s technology, or lack there of and the experiences that black [...]
Read MoreWhen Tweeting Can Cost You Your Job, What About Retweets?
Last week, The Associated Press updated its social media guidelines to address the issue of retweets. Since then, the new guidelines’ concern with bias and objectivity sparked much online debate from reporters, social media enthusiasts, and media critics alike. David Carr of The New York Times Media Decoder blog tweeted: “AP to staff: Don’t retweet anything with an [...]
Read MoreWhy Does Drake Hate Social Media?
Although social media has consumed the majority of people’s lives, there is one person who isn’t as enthused as the rest of us. Hip-hop superstar, Drake recently taked to Source Magazine about his dislike towards social media. Social media has many advantages, but it comes with disadvantages too, especially when it comes to children who [...]
Read MoreChristina Milian Named New Social Media Correspondent for NBC’s “The Voice”
Christina Milian joins NBC’s The Voice as their new social media correspondent. Milian’s job will require her to interact with fans on Facebook, Twitter, NBC Live, and NBC.com. Last season, The Voice trained finalists to leverage blogs, Facebook Pages and Twitter, and gave them cameras and Samsung Galaxy Tabs. According to a spokesperson for The Voice, Milian knows [...]
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