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For the digeratti of us all up in Tweetspace, that’s Twitter for those not in the know, Q-Tip of the legendary A Tribe Called Quest just unleashed a tweetstorm on SPIN magazine over there. And no, I couldn’t find a better way to capture “Shits on Spin,” and converging shits with tweets — well it [...]

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Today BET will launch 106 & Park Connect in conjunction with 106 & Park’s 2,000th episode, the festivities which include special guests will occur sometime tonight around 6pm when the show airs.  The site is actually live right now and you can check it out for yourself at 106andPark.com.  The social network was built using [...]

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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. How it works. RYZ lets you [...]

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Via Mashable. Acclaimed movie Director Spike Lee has made yet another move to affirm his faith in New Media. Spike’s Advertising and Branding Agency, SpikeDDB, has partnered up with Goldmic.com, a social network for up and coming hip-hop artist. It’s unclear whether the deal was for advertising, branding, or both, but it’s interesting to see what [...]

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Contrary to popular belief, RealBlack.com does not appear to be Essence’s ad network based on their user agreement: Real Black is owned and operated by Customerforce.com. By using Real Black you signify your acceptance of all terms, conditions, and notices contained or referenced herein (the “Terms of Use”). Hold on, now I am confused.  When I saw [...]

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In case you missed it…. AOL Acquires SocialThing Google’s Feedburner Switches to Adsense Yahoo Board Adds Icahn Nominees Chapple, Biondi Twitter Cuts U.K Texting Facebook Sued over Beacon

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Some of you may remember Krista from when she contributed for Black Web 2.0 or other random place throughout the social web.  Krista actually works for Lenovo.com as the Web Video Marketing Strategist.  She tells us more about what she does there and a little more about herself, like I bet you didn’t know she [...]

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On focus groups that is.  If you’re a member of BlackPlanet.com who actually reads their emails and doesn’t have them directed straight to your Spam box you may have gotten an email from them yesterday soliciting your participation in a focus group.  If you didn’t get the email, or just don’t read them, you may [...]

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Lately there has been lots of speculation and questions about Global Grind’s latest redesign. Well, the folks over at Global Grind have actually been watching the exchanges. CEO Navarrow Wright contacted me to address some of the speculation and to clarify some things about what they are doing. I think I covered [...]

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At Blogging While Brown, it was mentioned in one of the panels that having your own domain name was crucial to establishing your brand. The biggest hurdle for most people, however, is that having a sole domain name usually means looking at a non-free host for your website. While that isn’t completely true, as Wordpress.com [...]

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Chilli of the group TLC is wading into new waters. She has started a business called Bags By Chilli where you can upload your favorite photos and have them displayed on your favorite handbags.