Web 2.0 Expo Should Think Outside-the-Box

The Web 2.0 Expo NYC has rolled back around this year but has an interesting new theme with it:  The Power of Less. The Power of Less doesn’t just mean making do with fewer staff and a smaller budget. It means that constraints drive creativity, whether in business models, design paradigms, or platforms. It means the [...]

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EcoTextSmart Offers Free Ad-Based Service

Back in January we covered Atlanta based Salient Mobility’s product EcoTextSmart.  Simply said it allows publishers to set-up text based campaigns such as Text2Win, Text2Vote, and even appointment based reminders via Text. Yesterday the company announced the release of its Ad-based version of EcoTextSmart. The new Ad-based version is offered to business account users as Publishers, [...]

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Web 2.0 Services Shutting Out Developing Countries

In a particularly infuriating Article, the New York Times sites developing countries as the toughest places to monetize web traffic for web services like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. The article makes the argument that countries in South America, parts of Asia and Africa, are particularly hard to monetize due to the increased costs of serving [...]

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Tyfish: A Little Late For a Back Up

Not too long I reviewed Cybersynchs , a cell phone back up service. While I loved the idea and thought they definitely could make headway in the future, I knew the one of the biggest challenges would be: how to fend off the competition. Another new service, Tyfish, will ultimately face similar challenges. To be [...]

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Ecotextsmart - Texting Just Got an IQ Boost

For a small business owner, staying in business during an economic climate such as this one is hard enough when you’re being squeezed from all sides - revenue is slower due to less demand, layoffs can hurt morale, and credit is even harder to come by - but what is truly worrisome is the question: [...]

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Who’s the HBCU Top Dawg?

In business as is in life there are early bloomers and there are late comers. When it comes to Web 2.0, as companies continue to define themselves and better understand how to monetize their efforts (zero revenue websites are no longer the rage), early bloomers are much better prepared to further grab market share and [...]

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Obama, Electoral ‘08 & Slate Apps for tracking the Election

Want to track the Elections on your iPhone? Well BlackWeb2.0 can show you how. We take a look at three iPhone applications that can keep you up-to-date with the latest polls, pictures and who’s winning each in state. We review the Obama ‘08, Slate and the Electora ‘08 iPhone applications. Obama, Electoral ‘08 & Slate Apps [...]

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Liz Burr

In this weeks of Peeps of the Web, we talk with the dynamic, blogger, new media entrepreneur and consultant Liz Burr. Liz is the former Interactive Project Manager for New Media at KCET, the Los Angeles PBS affiliate. Liz recently left her position at KCET, to focus on her blossoming consulting business and other personal [...]

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Community Driven Sneakers

Have you ever wanted to design a sneaker? Well now you can. RYZ is a community driven high-end sneaker company based in Portland, Oregon. RYZ’s business model relies solely on the internet for design, marketing, and sales of all or their sneakers, eliminating the need for expensive marketing and design staffs.

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SXSW Podcast- Where Are The Black Tech Bloggers?

SXSW has finally released the much anticipated panel “Where are the Black Tech Bloggers?” The panel, moderated by Lynne D. Johnson, was an insightful open dialog about racism in technology with some of the brightest minds in tech blogging.

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