Wayne Sutton, a co-founder of the NewMe Accelerator, is now founder of PitchTo.co   Last November, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien explored Silicon Valley through the eyes of eight African-American entrepreneurs. All participants of the inaugural NewMe...

Stephfan Nurse, founder of ConsumerEducationOnline.com, says a successfully modification is possible when you avoid human error (Image: Source) As millions of homeowners struggle to make their mortgage payments, a loan modification may be their last option in order to avoid foreclosure. But a...

When it comes to choosing a career, our society puts a lot of emphasis on professional fulfillment. It makes sense. The more passionate someone is about their work, the better they are at it. One of the reoccurring criticisms of careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...

Twitter birds like the one shown above began appearing in Twitter profiles across the Web (Image: @bfnh) Kimberly C. Ellis joined twitter in 2009 but she didn’t understand its influence in the black community until the G-20 economic summit was held in her hometown of...

Moderated by Soledad O'Brien, CNN's 'Black in America/Silicon Valley Aftermath' panelists (left to right) Jason Samuels, Professor of Journalism at NYU/Lead Producer at CNN CNN/NYU;Hank Williams, CEO of Kloud.co; Hajj Flemings, CEO/Co-Founder Gokit and Co-founder of NewMe Accelerator...

Apple may have plans to improve on its most popular product (Image: Apple) Today Apple sent out email invitations for an event on March 7, which blogosphere rumors predict will be the announcement of the new, highly-coveted iPad 3. “We have something you really have to see. And...

Interactive One announced BlackPlanet Next on February 16, 2012 (Image: Interactive One) Move over Facebook, BlackPlanet is back. BlackPlanet Next, the new iteration of the 12-year-old mainstay, has been redesigned into a social curation engine targeting African-American...

(Image: Facebook) Social networking site Facebook filed paperwork for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  this month and the Internet is still rocking from the news. Potential buyers got their first look at its financials last week. It...

(Image: Twitter) Last week Twitter launched brand pages to all active advertisers on their social media platform. These enhanced profile pages will be accessible to every viewer (without other companies’ advertisements). It will allow companies to drive traffic around their...

(Image: White House) Did you know that the constitution calls for the legal protection of scientific inquiry and discovery? That makes sense since several of our founding fathers were inventors and scientists themselves, including Thomas Jefferson,  Benjamin Franklin, and George...