Image: BlackBusiness By BlackBusiness Meet Imani Lee, MBA, founder of Black Stock Footage, LLC, a new stock video platform that is 100% focused on Black people, cultures, hues, phenotypes, and activities. The early-stage tech startup will empower video content creators with better access to stock footage that makes it easier for […]
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Founder of Black-Owned Podcast Network Launches Newly Designed Mobile App to Over 3 Million Users
By Black Business Meet Bennie Randall, the mastermind behind Bshani Radio which has been named as one of Feedspot.com’s Top 20 Independent Podcast Networks. Just recently, Bennie has proudly launched a new version of the company’s mobile app for iPhone and Android devices. Users can get the app for free from the […]
Disabled Millennial Revolutionizing Accessibility With Brilliant Mobile App
Published by Vic Motune Social entrepreneur Brandon Winfield has turned his devastating accident into an opportunity to touch lives. As a teen, Winfield was paralyzed from the waist down in a motocross accident. As he continued to compete across the country in his wheelchair he noticed many places are inaccessible for […]
Black-Owned Credit Card App Launched to Help You Improve and Manage Your Credit Score
By: BlackNews Nationwide — Timothy Griggs with 30+ years of experience in the mortgage industry has designed and launched an app called The Good Steward Financial System to help users manage their credit cards all in one place. Instead of having to login into multiple apps and websites to decide which credit card […]
Pharrell partners with Georgia Tech and Amazon to launch teen coding program
Pharrell Williams plays British Summertime Hyde Park, London. (Photo credit: Bang Media) Pharrell Williams’ education equity nonprofit Yellow, has partnered with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Amazon for a new educational collaboration called Your Voice Is Power. The new program encourages middle and high school students to share their […]
Meet the African American Founder That Raised $1.05M For Her Consumer Electronics Startup
It’s no secret that the consumers’ electronics market is an extremely competitive space. For the last decade, there have been many key players with only two who take up 56% of the market alone. With very little diversity in the electronics field, this founder took advantage of that void. Chaymeriyia […]
Pulse Oximeters May Be Less Accurate for Black People. Should You Use One?
Although a new study showed the devices are more error-prone in people with darker skin, doctors say they are still useful for anyone monitoring Covid-19 at home. Getty Images By Tara Parker-Pope Home pulse oximeters have been the personal tech gadget of 2020 and a reassuring way for patients to monitor […]
A NY School District Knowingly Spent $2.7 Million On Racially Biased Facial Recognition Software
Motherboard uncovered documents showing the AEGIS system misidentified Black men four times more often and Black women 16 times more often than white men. Facial recognition software / Photo Credit: Getty Images by Jon Greig A New York public school is under fire after internal emails showed administrators knew their facial recognition system could […]
With a Booming Tech Industry, Africa is Short on Developers
BY MADISON ALLISON Africa’s internet economy is growing rapidly which is an amazing thing for the continent, however, there is a lack of homegrown developers. Africa is home to 1.3 billion people, but only 700,000 people are professional developers. Compared to other regions of the world, this number is relatively small. Compared to countries with stronger […]
HHW Gaming: Madden NFL 21 Next-Gen Aims To Deliver The Realistic Football Experience Fans Have Longed For
EA used the NFL’s Next-Gen Stats to help power the next level of ‘Madden NFL 21.’ By Bernard Beanz Smalls Photo: EA Sports / Madden NFL 21 When Madden NFL 21 launched back in August, it didn’t blow anyone away once again, being labeled as the same Madden game with one new trick. EA hopes that Madden […]