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With just a few days until the November 4 presidential election, Barack Obama’s campaign has requested the help of Hip-Hop’s DJs and radio personalities around the country to urge young voters to make it out to the polls.
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Not a condescending statement at all! The pirates of the 16th and 17th century are veerrry old news! Replace your buccaneer tri-corner hat with a well-cropped haircut of the African persuasion. Replace that old school sword with a Russian-manufactured rocket-propelled grenade strapped to your back! Get rid of that eye patch strapped to your [...]
In a time of economic crisis, web developers and freelancers everywhere have started chewing their fingernails. However, no matter how bad the economy worsens, there will always be work in certain booming fields of web development. Here are the 10 skills that are or will be in highest demand for developers. If you are proficient [...]
BlackBerry; iPhone; Symbian; Windows Mobile; Android or Palm? Which Operating system to use in a ’smartphone’? Gizmodo’s in-depth look at smartphone OSes provides you with the pros and cons of each, allowing you to make an educated decision, if you’re in the market for a phone that also has email, a web browser, a calendar, [...]
Read it here.
Apple MacBook Pro - late 2008
One of America’s leading carriers, Delta Airlines has announced plans to expand its services to Africa with the introduction of the first and only flight between Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport [Atlanta, GA Metro area] in the United States and Roberts International Airport in Liberia
The service, which will make a stop in Amilcar Cabral International Airport on [...]
This is only a test. October 28th, 2008
Analog television signals are being cut for two minutes on Tuesday, OCTOBER 28th and screens will go blank in New York City homes that are not equipped for digital television.
The test is a coordinated effort among broadcasters who will shut down their analog signals at different moments beginning [...]
The line-up for the five African groups in the third and final round of qualifying games for the 2010 Fifa World Cup was finalized at Fifa headquarters in Zurich on Wednesday.
The games - which will be played between March and November 2009 promise some great African fixtures.
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The 20 countries which [...]
iPod at 7: Still Going Strong
I was skeptical at first about the whole MP3 thing and of course portable music. Back in those days shortly after watching the drama unfold a few weeks earlier on September 11th. I work in Manhattan. Although many of you know me as the ‘techy-geeky’ person; I did not purchase [...]
They are rap’s first great duo, one that excelled as rappers and producers. They are among the most-sampled rap acts of all time, their tunes having been mined by Jay-Z, DMX, 2Pac and Tha Alkaholiks, among many others. They introduced funk-styled production to rap, paving the way for Dr. Dre’s The Chronic. [...]
Pharoahe Monch to Host CMJ’s International Hip-Hop Event - GLOBAL HIP HOP THROWDOWN
Event Will Unite the Talents of Global Hip-Hop’s Rising Stars at New York Cities’ Largest Music Conference and Networking Event
RSVP Now!
Global music and media company NOMADIC WAX & public relations/music promoter THE BLOOM EFFECT have joined forces and will co-produce this year’s CMJ [...]
CMJ Media Meet-n-Greet Co-Hosted By Ariel Hyatt & Cyber PR.
This event took place during the CMJ in New York city at Sutra Lounge 16 1st Avenue (near 1st street) from 5-7PM this Tuesday evening.
I was glad to be there by invitation of Ariel Hyatt and Christina Duren.
Local, national and international media & bloggers, united! CMJ was [...]
You thought you knew! Well… there’s John McCain; Barack Obama. Hopefully; you know there story well.
But are you familiar with Charles Baldwin; Robert Barr; Cynthia McKinney; Ralph Nader, Róger Calero and Gloria La Riva and write-in such as Alan Keyes? Forget the Democrats and Republicans. What about the Green Party; The Socialist Worker’s Party; The [...]
The water cooler and Instant Messaging chat sessions are an endless blather of the U.S. political presidential election campaign. CNN Politics has done a great list of who (basically the four candidates for the US presidency and Vice presidency) stands for what issue. To me; this is the best way to vote. Know the issues [...]
Technology is helping families stay in touch like never before, says a report.
Instead of driving people apart, mobile phones and the ‘Net are helping them maintain social ties, says the Pew Internet report.
It found that using the net was often a social activity within families, with 51% of parents saying they browsed the web with [...]
