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  Meet Rodney Witcher, Creator of Pluckshot If you have been following Black Web 2.0 for the past few months, you are aware we had the first annual NewMe Conference which included a segment called The Pitch. Out of hundreds of contestants, the fourth place winner this year was Rodney Witcher and his creation known as Pluckshot. Let's take a closer look at what makes Pluckshot a service to keep a close eye on. Read more details inside.

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  Building Web Businesses: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Pt.1 By Clarence Wooten For someone who has been involved with the Web as an entrepreneur since it’s inception, I find it fascinating how the Web continues to evolve and transform the startup experience. Having started Web companies in both eras, I felt it would be good to share my perspective. To appreciate how far we’ve come, [...]

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  NewMe Conference: Toni Cook Bush Black Web 2.0 recently held the NewMe Conference. If you’re unfamiliar, the conference was set up to bring together the creative, innovative energy of minority entrepreneurs. The goal of the two day event was not only to engage in discussion [...]

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  Twitter Moves to Murder Paid Tweet Services In an update about the state of the Twitter platform on their blog today, Twitter has slipped in a section devoted to the demise of paid tweet services. These include the likes of Ad.ly, Magpie, Sponsored Tweets, and others. Many Twitter users are probably rejoicing at this announcement as paid tweets have been a point [...]

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  Group Fundraising Just Got Simple & Social Got an idea, project, cause, or startup idea but need a way to raise, collect, and manage funds? Look to the web and social networking to find the answer as I look at several different sites dedicated to offering new, fun, and innovative ways to raise cash. Read more...

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  How to Integrate MS Office and Google Docs with Offisync Offisync is currently the top rated application in the Google Apps Marketplace. 216 users have taken a second to say how much they like it. This is because Offisync let’s you do what may seem impossible at first: integrate Microsoft Office on your desktop with Google Docs in the cloud. Many users, forced to choose [...]

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  Skype Brings Group Video Chat Into Beta Skype has added a long awaited feature to it's service - Group Video Chat. This new feature will let up to five people participate in a video call simultaneously and initially be free of cost. Find out more details inside.

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  NewMe Conference: David Sutphen Black Web 2.0 recently held the NewMe Conference. If you’re unfamiliar, the conference was set up to bring together the creative, innovative energy of minority entrepreneurs. The goal of the two day event was not only to engage in discussion on where to [...]

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  Tech Week in Review 5-21-2010 YouTube Turns Five The most popular video sharing site on the Internet turned five this week. They have a channel dedicated to the event where users can submit videos detailing how YouTube has affected their lives. YouTube receives over two billion views each day. According to Google, this is almost double the combined prime-time viewing audience [...]

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  Does the $20 Million Black Gossip Blogger Exist? The web has been buzzing with the news that Avid Life Media is interested in purchasing popular gossip blog PerezHilton.com to the tune of $20 million. If you’re unfamiliar with Avid Life, a subidiary of Eight Days Incthey are the owners of  TheDirty.com and ZackTaylor.ca, a set of gossip blogs. According to Gawker, if the [...]

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  Jay-Z Suing Red Sox Baseball Player David Ortiz Over 40/40 Trademark Hip-Hop Mogul Jay-Z filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, for using his trademark, Forty-Forty, as the name of his club in Dominican Republic.  Although there is a legal issue regarding whether Jay-Z can sue for trademark infringement in the Dominican Republic, he can sue David Ortiz for trademark infringement here [...]

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