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“A Digital Renaissance in The South Bronx” The South Bronx is part of New York’s 15th Congressional District, a neighborhood where it has been postulated that the emergence of Hip-Hop emanated, a subculture of artistic forms that promulgated throughout New York City; from urban to suburban communities. The myriad of artistic diversity that permeated the […]
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were initially developed in the 1800s as land-grant colleges to afford underrepresented African Americans their rights to inexpensive, yet high-quality, education, in the face of a prejudicial old guard that has dominated the American high education system. Since then, HBCUs transformed into a crucial incubation chamber for STEM professionals
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Hank Williams is a low-key guy. By his quiet yet thoughtful demeanor you would never know he has had an intangible impact on the New York City tech industry long before the term “Silicon Alley” came into fashion, is a champion of the diversity in STEM movement, and helped inspire the creation of digital.nyc. The
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With the omnipresent cloud of digital data, everyone and their grandmother sporting an up-to-date smartphone, and now wearable technology, the divide between humans and machines is becoming ever thinner. Of course, the story of human ingenuity and our capacity to thrive as a species is partly the story of how we’ve used technology to adapt
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The Financial Capital, World-Renowned Tourist Attraction, Historical Landmarks, Modeling and Acting Industry of New York City, is about to propel into an unprecedented Technological outburst. On the 23rd January 2014, a Registry Agreement between The Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunication, entered
“Entrepreneurs Meet Accredited Investors” Gust is a global SaaS funding platform that connects start-ups with the largest collection of investors across the world, serving as a virtual intermediary between skilled entrepreneurs and canny investors. A platform for sourcing and managing start-ups in their embryonic stages; the “Software as a Service” SaaS, is a software service
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Charlotte, NC based energy entity SEWW Energy is pleased to announce that its President and CEO, Kevon Makell has been named to the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA). The newly formed committee will advise President Barack Obama on strengthening commercial engagement between the United States and Africa. SEWW Energy is one
Over the past few months, The Harlem Times has reviewed various industries that are fueling the astronomical rise of Africa on the world’s economic stage. The key to Africa’s continual growth and development in the future will hinge on whether the continent can capitalize on its natural resources and produce enough power to keep up
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America’s ability to maintain its position as a technological superpower entirely depends on how we cultivate our future STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) workforce. As the old guard leaves (those engineers and scientists whose shoulders we stand upon) people are starting to ask, “What now? What’s next?” The lack of young people pursuing degrees and
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Some of Colin Powells final words to the youth, April 5th, 1937 – October 18, 2021 Colin Powell rose from humble roots to become a retired four-star general, statesman, and diplomat. He is perhaps best known for serving as the 65th United States Secretary of Service under President George W. Bush, as the first African