Posts Tagged ‘google’
WEEN Academy holds auditions for women who want to break into entertainment
The Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN) Academy graduates have an 86 percent career and internship placement success rate. The WEEN Academy has produced some of entertainment’s brightest and most…
Read MoreHow attending an HBCU led to a job offer from Google
As my glorious time at Alabama State University is coming to a close, I can’t help but think back to a time when going to a Historically Black College or…
Read MoreValeisha Butterfield Jones exemplifies Google’s diversity and inclusion
Valeisha Butterfield-Jones leads Black community engagement at Google. During Google’s inaugural inclusion event, “A Seat at the Table: Inclusion and Innovation in Technology & Society,” held at the New York…
Read MoreWas Google Analytics somehow used in hack for Trump?
For those who don’t know, Google Analytics is a hidden (to site visitors) code that is placed on the website by the site’s webmaster. Most websites (54.7 percent of all…
Read MoreGoogle showcases diversity with high-energy discussion for Blacks and Latinos
On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, Technology Powerhouse,Google, hosted an insightful discussion on technology and minority inclusion titled, “A Seat at the Table: Inclusion and Innovation in Technology & Society” at…
Read MoreCode Next: Google creating new Black and Latino tech leaders in Oakland
Google announced today the opening of its new imitative and laboratory called Code Next. The Code Next project is an initiative focused on cultivating the next generation of awe-inspiring leaders…
Read MoreGoogle donates $1 million to National Museum of African American History
Google.org Donates $1M Grant and 3D Exhibit to National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Next week marks the grand opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African…
Read MoreGoogle’s Lilyn Hester urges girls to learn to code and get on cool career paths
Lilyn Hester has a job many aspiring public relations professionals desire. Not only is she the head of external affairs and government relations and the public affairs manager for the southeast, she’s…
Read MoreHow Black Girls Code got superheroes powers for a day as ‘The PowerPuff Girls’
Cartoon Network and co-host Google welcomed Made with Code, Mayor of East Point Jannquell Peters and Black Girls Code to Turner Studios in Atlanta for a special event launching GIF:…
Read MoreAkilah Johnson depicts Afrocentric lifestyle in winning Google Doodle
High school sophomore Akilah Johnson was the winner of the 2016 Doodle 4 Google contest. She beat out about 100,000 school-aged children from across the country with her creation, which was…
Read MoreMemphis rapper Tyke T claps back at racial injustice
Rapper Tyrone “Tyke T” Stroble recently released a socially conscious single, “This Can’t Be Life.” The song focuses on the injustices faced by minorities in today’s society.The brother of Core…
Read MoreMan Googles ‘miscarriage’ before brutally beating pregnant girlfriend
The trial of Torey Branch on charges of burglary, abortion, and criminal trespass has started in New York this week. Branch is accused in a fiendish plot using Google and…
Read More5 reasons Chicago is the next Black tech mecca
Fabian Elliott is a hybrid entrepreneur. As founder and CEO of Black Tech Mecca Inc., he is leading his organization to transform Chicago into a “global Black tech mecca” through…
Read MorePlatform Summit brings technology leaders of color together at Morehouse and Georgia Tech
If you want to really to be a part of the next big innovation in the tech world, and want to find out how you can “get in where you fit…
Read MoreNas helps fund tech scholarships for Black and Latino students
Hip-hop stalwart Nas is once again doing his part to push the culture forward. The “Life Is Good” rapper is teaming up with a number of big corporations to provide scholarships to…
Read MoreGoogle apologizes for racist ‘n—er house’ results for White House
This week it was revealed by the NY Post that typing the words “n—er house” or “n—er king” on Google Maps returns the picture and location of the White House. A…
Read MoreThe B Firm PR: Sisters who are about their public relations and event activation business
“I love, love, love helping people achieve their dreams and I knew that PR would allow me to do just that, shares Erica Dias, CEO of the B Firm PR,…
Read MoreICloud hacker releases more nudes, 1st male victim
The iCloud hacker is bold! He continues to release nudes of celebrities even in the midst of a federal investigation and a “failing to act” lawsuit waged against Google by…
Read MoreOdd Future launches 24-hour commerical free radio station
Since bursting onto the scene a few years back, the Odd Future collective has continuously found new and innovative ways to make their mark upon the landscape of music and pop…
Read MoreRev. Jesse Jackson steadfast in commitment to diversification of tech industry
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced critical new steps forward in their ongoing campaign to diversify the technology industry on Monday, June 30 at the Rainbow PUSH Annual Conference in Chicago.…
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