Blackbird Web Browser for African Americans
December 16th, 2008
A new web browser called BlackBird promises to be the best browser for the African American community. Blackbird application makes it easier to find African American related content on the Internet and allows Blacks to interact with other members of the African American community online by sharing stories, news, comments and videos via Blackbird.
A major feature is called Blackbird Grapevine, their social bookmarking service. You need to join the Blackbird Community to shares webpages and articles by submitting them into categories. Then members of the Blackbird Community can Vote Up these webpages and articles. The top webpages and articles are displayed in Most Shared (a button on the Blackbird Browser). To access BlackbirdTV you will need to click on the “Video” link on the Blackbird Services Toolbar. Once you click on the Video button the sidebar opens up with BlackbirdTV channels. Black search prioritizes sites that focus on African-American content and information enabling you to find content that is typically buried in most search engines.
Although there are so many browsers you never heard of, a web browser delivering content by race is a unique concept. Blackbird is operated by 40A, Inc., a company founded by three African American entrepreneurs. Blackbird Partner program will donate 10% of its 2009 revenue to charitable and educational organizations that are serving the African American community.
Blackbird will run on Windows only and does not support Linux-based and Mac-based computers. Its is powered by Mozilla, which also runs the popular Firefox web browser. Download BlackBird browser (Its still beta).
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I hate this. I hate this to the core. Its nothing but racism. And its damn idiotic!
BlackBird featuring Black Search! Give me a break.
There isnt any need for this.
I couldn’t agree more with Pallab.
Segregation was racist and wrong – this, we know. So, what we do is try to create a “Blacks only” internet with a “Blacks only” browser? How on earth is that anything like progress?
I agree. I thought we are a civilization trying to build a platform that is ignorant of race, color, religion, and sexual orientation… instead we have internal segregation at every corner.
This is by far one of the largest and most idiotic things I have ever seen.
Are you kidding me? When did Chrome, Firefox et all become “WHITE” browsers? What’s next the Nazi Browers? The KKK browser?
I’m really offended by this.
Despite all the crapola on the internet, the one thing that it does is allow people to interact based on who they are, not what they look like. Splitting it up based on the color of your skin is just offensive. It just promotes a continuation of the division this country has had based on race, and is self-segregation.
And people wonder why there’s a racial division in this country. Quit prolonging it!
WTF?!?
Someone just did this to make money.
This just goes to show who the real “racists” are. People of any color, race, or creed should be offended by this insidious attempt at segregation…….and it isn’t the white folks.
Oh great…ANOTHER branded browser I’ll have to design client sites in.