#SoulTrainAwards from Around the Web
The 2011 Soul Train Awards aired last night on both BET and Centric with performances by some of the best black entertainers past and present. Cedric the Entertainer hosted the show, keeping the audience laughing through the night. Many great artists were honored and recognized for their talents, including a special tribute to Heavy D. [...]
Read MoreTheUrbanDaily.com Honors Influential Black Men With New Web Feature, “The G-List”
Interactive One’s entertainment and culture website, TheUrbanDaily.com, introduces a web feature called the G-List that profiles influential black men who have contributed to shaping different industries. Sponsored exclusively by Gillette, the G-List features a range of philanthropists, artists, entrepreneurs, celebrities and business executives making their mark in their respective fields. The list consist of 40 [...]
Read MoreIdris Elba Produced Web Series Milk + Honey Release First Episode
There have been complaints about the lack of black shows on television and the ones that are aired being a bad representation of African-Americans. Well, you may have to turn to the web for some quality black entertainment if none of the television shows are to your liking. Milk + Honey, a web series executively [...]
Read MoreCodeAcademy Makes Learning to Code Fun and Social
For web journalists, learning to code — even if it’s just picking up the basics of HTML or CSS — can be just as important as memorizing the AP Stylebook. In the past, ambitious wannabe coders had to stick with how-to guides and computer science classes and frantic e-mails to their programmer friends, but a [...]
Read MoreCode for America Looking to Hire Diverse and Qualified Candidates for Current Job Openings
Code for America is a new national non-profit bringing talent from the tech sector into public service to help communities solve core problems. The main program run is a year-long fellowship with teams of 3-5 web developers and designers working in partnership with city governments and other public institutions. Fellows design, build and deploy technology [...]
Read MoreOkayplayer.com Joins Hotlist.com to Maximize the Social Presence of Artists and Fans
Hotlist.com has quickly become a source where users can interact with their friends, each other and relevant brands, organize around venues and events, and discover the hottest venues in any city on any given date. The site recently announced they will launch a Okayplayer Hotlist, building visibility for the Okayplayer brand. Owned by the hip-hop [...]
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