Will Facebook Kill Instagram? No. It’s too good.

Let’s start off with pointing out the simple truth:  Facebook likes to own the digital space.  They don’t want people interfering there, and Mark Z. wants to be the one and only smartest, richest guy with the best idea.  We don’t blame him.  If we were coding geniuses we would be the same way (alas, ...

Best Resources for Startups

We get alot of emails asking about great resources for startups.  Why?  Because our readers understand that we will search that information out and get it to them.  So here it is!                                               ...

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Muslim Professional Organizations in America: Finding their Role

At their core, all minority professional organizations aim to offer their members a supportive environment where they can come together, share knowledge and resources, and empower each other to be the best professional they can be.  Over the past several years, I’ve struggled with the question of if/how this core functionality is impacted if the ...

The Politics of The Hunger Games

– by Sheheryar Sardar, BroadStreet Times The Hunger Games arrived in theaters across the U.S. in unprecedented form — over 4,300 screens sold out through online sales, an extraordinary but strategically timed social media marketing blitz that statistically surpassed Twilight fever (complete with Twitter and Facebook games and contests), and grassroots anticipation built off the ...

Michael Bay taps Turtle Power

Michael Bay recent announcement that his upcoming live-action reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will change the story of theturtles’ origins is causing an outcry from the entire 80s generation.  As in anyone born in the 80s, because everyone born in the 80s watched TMNT, said Cowabunga, respected Splinter and wanted to be Michelangelo (the turtle, not ...

Face of New Racism – Teacher asks student to read “blacker,” a teen is gunned down, Muslims are profiled – all in the 21st century

A few weeks ago, we dealt with the issue of teachers using slavery as a math problem in Georgia.  Today, we are dealing with teachers telling African American students to read in a “blacker” way, in the “manner” of a slave or a rap artist.  This is 2012.  There is something horribly wrong with this ...

If Peyton Can Go – Anyone Can.

Four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, Peyton Manning, announced the end of his 14-year old career with the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday.  The press conference with Colts owner Jim Irsay and Manning made it clear that the decision was out of their hands.  ”It wasn’t his decision. It wasn’t my decision. Circumstances kind of dictated it,” Manning said. ...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy wins for Pakistan and the victims in Saving Face

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short for Saving Face, a harrowing but uplifting narrative on the victims of acid attacks in Pakistan and the courageous British-Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr. Mohammad Jawad, who provides reconstructive surgery and seeks to restore their lives. It’s not only a win for an extraordinary ...

Uploading Images on Pinterest Can Get You Sued?

Pintrerest, one of the fastest growing sites in the social media world has created an interesting problem for users.   While scouring the web, you found high quality images on the latest trends in gothic interior decoration that captured your aesthetic. You save them onto your computer and upload them on your Pinterest profile.  It ...