How Mobile Apps Are Helping Urban Explorers Discover Their Cities
Cities around the world are exploring mobile apps as a way to aggregate and disseminate information to the public. Mobile apps are proving to be a more accessible and portable way for residents and tourists alike to access information, or in some cases, provide information in a more timely fashion. “A common use for apps [...]
Read MoreWhite House Business Council and the Office of Public Engagement to Host Urban Entrepreneurship Forums in New Orleans and Atlanta
The White House Business Council and the Office of Public Engagement announced that they will host two Urban Entrepreneurship Forums in New Orleans, La on Wednesday, July 20th and in Atlanta, Ga on Friday, July 29th. Each forum will focus on ways to best support economic growth in America’s cities and providing the necessary tools [...]
Read MoreRadio One Partners With Marketron Mobile to Power Its Mobile Community
Radio One, the nation’s largest radio broadcasting company that primarily serves African-American and urban listeners, announced that it has chosen Marketron Mobile, a Mediascape Service, as its primary technology solution to power audience engagement and sales efforts across mobile for its more than 50 stations in 15 major markets. In addition to Radio One’s partnership [...]
Read MoreYpulse Guest Post: The New Urban
Could the word “Urban” really be dead? A few weeks ago Anastasia asked this question and there were a good number of comments from readers eager to share their thoughts on the issue. This was no surprise to me, as this is usually a topic that inspires plenty of opinions whenever it is brought up. [...]
Read MoreGorilla Nation Broadens Its African-American Reach
Online advertising rep firm Gorilla Nation recently signed four leading African-American Web properties to its GNMulticultural Vertical giving its advertisers access to 16 million unique visitors per month. The four sites added include, BlackPeopleMeet.com, BlackChristianPeopleMeet.com, BlackWebPortal.com, and Rap-Up.com. “The addition of these new AA properties now brings our GNMulticultural vertical to an estimated 13 million [...]
Read MoreIs Urban a Euphemism for Black?
…I don’t believe it is, but it’s obvious that a lot black/urban niche sites disagree with me. Over time the terms black and urban have become dangerously close to being intermingled in respects to web applications, content, and marketing, making it very difficult to identify an audience. As most of us know, one of the [...]
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