Executives at Ingenious Financial have announced plans to raise $10 billion in capital to invest in unbanked and underserved communities. Darnell Parker, founder of Ingenious Financial, and Derek Taylor, Chief Operating Officer, say the $10 billion will fund the capital disbursement towards the following four initiatives: • $4 billion for the financial institution and holding company• $5...
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New “Sista Salon” Video Game For Black Girls
Jupiter Leo Productions LLC has launched their first app called Sista Salon for Apple iOS and Android platforms. Sista Salon is a role-playing game that teaches girls of African descent to celebrate their natural beauty while learning business and life skills. Girls can style their character at any time during the game to suit their mood with...
Black Owned Tech Co. Creates Police Brutality App
WestMason, a Black-owned design and development studio based in Orlando, has announced the launch of their first mobile app called MyOneOne, available on iOS and Android. The mobile experience offers a personal security network made up of your friends and family. MyOneOne provides minorities and underserved the power to protect themselves as well as their loved...
Forget football. Video games are the next big college sport
Nerds are the new jocks at colleges across the nation, playing Overwatch and Fortnite on esports scholarships. By Ethan Gilsdorf On a Friday evening in November, a few minutes before the next match, Becker College coach Nick “Shifty” Travis gathers his varsity squad for a pep talk. “I want cleaner game play than we had...
does “digital detox” really work?
Too much tech can be bad for you. Here’s what happens when people are left to fighting their own devices. I knew I had lost control when a good friend confronted me over coffee. In the 30 minutes we had been chatting, I had checked my phone about 11 times. I wasn’t counting — but...
Screens Might Bad for Mental Health
Psychologists can’t seem to agree on what technology is doing to our sense of well-being. Some say digital devices have become a bane of modern life; others claim they’re a balm for it. Between them lies a shadowy landscape of non-consensus: As the director the National Institutes of Health recently told Congress, research into technology’s...
Rthm enhancing the efficacy of cannabis consumption
As a privately held, federally incorporated company, Rthm holds several brand-associated trademarks and has developed the world’s first mobile genetics and circadian rhythm mapping platform for both iOS and Android devices. Among the most advanced digital health platforms in the world, Rthm has developed a complete suite of proprietary technology including advanced heart rate tracking...
Electronic Vision Board Tips For Mothers & Kids
By Sharlinda Parker Even though the new year is in full swing and we’ve set goals for ourselves, it’s also important to teach our kids how to start early as visionaries. Since vision board parties are trending, now is a great time to tackle a parent/kid project that will enrich and inspire. We know vision...
5 Photos of Your Kids That You Should Never Post to Social Media
Other People’s Kids Everyone has their own positions on sharing their children’s faces on social media, so before you go posting and tagging away after a birthday party or field trip, be sure to respect the stances of the other families involved. If anyone knows how tempting it is to share our kids’ hysterical, adorable,...