Black Web 2.0

LeapFish is an interesting search portal that creates it’s results by pulling together information from the major search engines. It also includes results from the social web and embeds all types of media directly on the results page. ...

Via Journalsticks: After relaunching their website last week, Essence magazine laid off its web team today citing budgetary reasons.

I spend easily 50% of my time reading about technology startups. Watching them get funded, seeing what business models take off and reading the stories of how they went from idea to executed company. There are so many new technology companies being created everyday. ...

If you’re a music lover like me, then you know that sound quality is everything. You’re not really hearing the song unless you’re hearing all the highs, lows, and mids. You’re listening for those little nuances that separate a good song from a great one. ...

As of late we’ve seen so many traditional Black/Urban Media companies either redesign as blogs, create blog properties as part of their holdings, or transform their content channels into blogs. ...

First, everyone was waiting with baited breath for Google to release Wave. Google Wave was supposed to be the solution for all of our messaging and social media needs. It would replace FriendFeed, email, Twitter, Facebook, shrink Kanye’s ego, and solve world hunger. ...

Simler is a new social network that takes a slightly different approach than usual. Rather than following specific people, you follow topics. This is similar to the way your average web forum works, but it’s much more flexible. ...

With the explosion of blogs, vlogs, online magazines, and numerous internet businesses, there is tons of unprotected intellectual property on the internet. What is intellectual property? Intellectual ...

The BlackWeb20.com staff wants to share our spookiest tech-gone-wrong and worst dream stories with you. (We think tech nightmares are worse than ghosts and goblins.)

Alright, so we talked a little bit about affordable accouterments that can be used to set up a home office, but what about when you’re out pressing the flesh with potential clients? How do you handle ...

As I write this, I feel like a gossipy girlfriend. You know, the one that’s talking bad about you and your momma ‘n them behind your back – the only difference is I have the balls to ...

Although the flood of people losing their jobs due to recession-based problems seems to be slowing, some are finding it difficult to reenter the job force. While some return to school for more training, many are looking to become their own boss and start their own business. ...

Kansas City Chief Star Running Back Larry Johnson has landed himself in hot water after making an anti-gay comments on his Twitter account. The incident ,which occurred during an exchange with one of his ...

Wetoku is a video service which makes it dead simple to interview someone and share that video interview. They call this bringing the “talking heads” experience to your viewers. Once the recording is complete, you can copy the embed code and paste it into your blog or website. ...