Innovate!2010 is a global competition created to identify a group of 100 top technology start-ups from around the world. The competition is presented by Guidewire Group, an analyst firm dedicated to start-ups and emerging markets. The winners will form the Innovate!100 – an elite listing of start-ups poised to receive global recognition and validation. More than [...]
Google caught many GMail users by surprise this week with the launch of Buzz, a social networking component that claims a right hand link in Gmail under your inbox. Buzz allows users to follow friends and email contacts. It also links to blogs, Twitter, Flickr, and other sites. At first impression it feels similar to [...]
For iPhone users who could use some help with organizing your day to day grind, but don’t have room in the budget for a persona assistant–take a look at Siri. It is a handy voice-recognition tool and free download from the iPhone apps store. The video gives a pretty good idea of how well Siri [...]
While the networking potential of Facebook is unparalleled, a consistent drawback for users of this and other social networking sites are lackluster messaging components. Facebook’s current version does not allow users to organize messages in any meaningful way. There are now rumors that the site plans to launch full webmail tools in the near future. [...]
A unique tool to get an edge on your target market is often overlooked: your language. With this in mind, Hustletown invites you to review LiveMocha. This language learning website offers free lessons similar to the popular Rosetta Stone audio visual format. There are paid lessons available as well, but the most intriguing feature of [...]
On Jan. 27 BTV247, Inc. announced the launch of www.blacktv247.com, touted as the single largest internet destination exclusively focused on Black-inspired programming. Visitors to the site will find an extensive directory of well-known TV favorites from past and present, including: the Dave Chappelle Show, Sanford & Son, Tavis Smiley, Boondocks, Tyra Banks and the Jefferson’s, [...]
People with goals often know that there is usually one major factor that holds us all back: ourselves. To that end, self-help and motivational literature has become increasingly abundant at the bookstore and online. An exciting development for entrepreneurs in 2010 is the increasing movement of self-help concepts to online tools. One such tool is [...]
For every video sensation that burns its way through YouTube, there are unsung millions consigned to that great archive in the sky. Any entrepreneur with a hot concept and a borrowed camcorder can drive countless potential customers to their site–but it will take some solid planning to go viral. Black Enterprise explains how to get [...]
Meetings, agendas, and note-taking are a part of every good business. A tedious part. This is where the folks at MinuteBase come in–their online meeting organizer deserves a hard look if constant meetings are an unavoidable part of your life. MinuteBase helps you track attendees and what they talked about, and allows the adding of [...]
New technology trends continue to evolve the way we do business in the information age. Does your corporation frown on the use of IM, or encourage Tweets to monitor productivity and group collaboration? Is it good etiquette to conduct business over Facebook instead of via email? (Does anyone remember BlackPlanet?) Today’s entrepreneur must often spend [...]
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