Last update: Sunday 1/25/15 @ 12:49 am
... Other top stories ==> Dr. King's birthday celebration ... Microsoft introduces Windows 10, Surface Hub, and HoloLens ... and Pervasive breaches of cybersecurity
Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 1/24/15 @ 12 noon ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found on ==> Back issues.
Cover Story -- President Obama's SOTU 2015 ++++++++++
The White House just put the entire State of the Union speech on Medium http://wp.me/p5hvhT-6UfK ... DLL Editor's Note -- The White House subsequently posted a video of the president's speech
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A. HBCU Media ... Half Dozen + 4
@AfricanaCarr 's speech was absolutely breath taking at yesterday's #TEDx
.@MillionWMentors - Million Women Mentors Movement Guiding Females to #STEM Careers - #HigherEd http://diverseeducation.com/article/68951/ by @dcwriter360
.@HowardU + @Tedx = The #FUTURE of #IDEAS !! Join us this Thurs for the inaugural 'TEDx Howard U'
For more info --> http://ow.ly/HLKbb
Diverse Analysis: Why President Obama’s New Community College Plan Matters - Higher Education http://diverseeducation.com/article/68935/ via @twitterapi
Brianna Fugate, C'2018, falls in love with mentoring & makes an impact in Silicon Valley. -- http://bit.ly/1Cgsc5a
Press conference @ 10 am to announce $1.655 million grant from Kenan Charitable Trust to support STEM… http://instagram.com/p/yFGbT3mwk4/
HU selected for Pathways to Innovation Program by the NSF-funded National Center http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/HU-selected-for-Pathways-to-Innovation-Program-by-the-NSF--funded-National-Center# …
The Very Human MLK Portrayed by David Oyelowo Is the King We Should All Remember http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/01/in_selma_movie_we_remember_a_fully_human_mlk.html … via @TheRoot
Missing from movie, not from history - #Selma http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_102074.shtml#.VL1EO7jL1Ts.twitter …
HBCU Computer & Information Sciences & Support Services programs -- Vers 1.4 ... #hbcus #DiversityInTech ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2015/01/directory-of-hbcu-computer-science.html
#privacytip: Turn on 2-step verification when offered as an extra layer of security against unauthorized access. #DPD15
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What Obama said about #highered last night:https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/21/obama-pitches-free-community-college-higher-education-tax-credits-state-union …
Inside Higher Ed recently got new investors. Here's what that means going forward: http://bit.ly/1Es8V07
Top Story #2 -- Windows 10, Surface Hub, and HoloLens +++++++++++
Everything Microsoft announced today, from Windows 10 to its crazy HoloLens http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/21/everything-microsoft-announced-today-from-windows-10-to-its-crazy-hololens/ … #Windows10 ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, Fast Company, CNET,
Meet Surface Hub: Microsoft's fresh take on videoconferencing. @NickStatt reports http://cnet.co/1BGQTZO ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by Computerworld
Microsoft built a holographic headset called HoloLens http://tcrn.ch/1utOBuU … DLL Editor's Note -- This story also coveredby TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Wired,Computerworld, CNET
Top Story #3 -- Pervasive breaches of cybersecurity ++++++++++++
Executives in Davos Express Worries Over More Disruptive Cyberattacks http://nyti.ms/1AUp7nd ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the BBC News
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Andreessen Horowitz shares the 16 tech trends it’s most excited about
#ICYMI http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/22/andreessen-horowitz-shares-the-16-tech-trends-its-most-excited-about/ …
Bill Gates on his 15-year plan, capitalism’s downside, and measles at Disneyland http://wrd.cm/1yP4wSX ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by Fast Company, NY Times, Bloomberg ... and the Gates Foundation Annual Letter
The coding bootcamp boom continues with Hack Reactor's latest buy http://wrd.cm/1uuvSj2
Big #s: @SpaceX raises $1B from Google & Fidelity, valuing company at over $10B http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/20/spacex-confirms-1b-funding-led-by-google-fidelity-valuing-company-at-over-10b/ … ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by Wired, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, NY Times, CNN, CNET
Facebook supports 4.5 million jobs worldwide and added $227B to the global economy, according to Facebook http://cnet.co/15szoPx ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by ComputerWorld, Bloomberg
Y Combinator report shows difficulty in diversifying #tech workforces (via @mercnews) http://goo.gl/E6HF8O
D. Hackers, Entrepreneurs, & Supporters ... Half Dozen
Directory ==> HERE
Top Story #1 -- Dr. King's Birthday ++++++++
Dr. King's "Dream" speech and his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" ... #hbcu #hbcus #diversity in tech ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2012/01/dr-martin-luther-king-jr.html … DLL Editor's Note -- Yesterday, 1/19/15, the nation celebrated Dr. King's birthday. This blog focuses on closing the Digital Divide with Internet technology, more specifically, closing the Divide with code. Accordingly, today's top story has two parts ==> some of Dr. King's most famous words followed by the views of Dr. King's legacy that were expressed by some active participants in the coding movement.
Happy MLK! Founder of .@BlackGirlsCode intros #Programming and #Tech to a new gen of #coders. http://tinyurl.com/oy2ygpy
What would Martin Luther King be doing about Tech Diversity? Great read. Thanks to @Inc http://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/how-some-startups-are-winning-at-diversity.html?cid=sf01001 … #diversity #tech #MLKDay2015
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What is Blavity? Learn more here --> http://blog.blavity.com/blavity-live/ via @Blavity
Bay Area Incubators Focus On Diversity In Tech http://www.7x7.com/tech/bay-area-incubators-focus-diversity-tech#.VMKNSR_LPHI.twitter … via @7x7
.@FastCompany on our exciting milestone: 1M girls, 1M black and Hispanic students learning to code http://www.fastcompany.com/3041069/codeorg-1-million-girls-1-million-african-american-and-hispanic-students-learn-to-program …
Did you know Coding While Black has a job board? Boom. You just learned something. #chicago #blacktech #blacksintech http://bit.ly/1yOs9LA ... JOBS
Forum topic: How did you get started as a founder? #blacktech #chicago #blacksintech #diversity http://bit.ly/15vRwY4
DLL Storify of Open House at @CivicHall, NYC -- Tuesday 1/20/15 ... @mlsif @rasiej 1 ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2015/01/dll-storify-of-open-house-at-civic-hall.html …
Tell us what you're launching, building or hacking on this week. What are you working on? #BFStandup
We have tech instructor/assistant volunteer opportunities on Feb 3rd for a mobile app workshop in NJ - http://blackgirlscode.ivolunteer.com/bgcny_008
Hive is Five -- civic #Hackathon (hosted by @Blue1647, Chicago) ... Friday 1/16/15 ... @HiveChicago ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2015/01/dll-storify-of-hive-is-five-hackathon.html
Coding lessons and hackathons to create a new generation of more diverse tech employees: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041074/coding-lessons-and-hackathons-to-create-a-new-generation-of-more-diverse-tech-company-employ …
E. Tech Views -- Comments and Opinions
ICYMI: Here's What It's Like to Be a Person of Color in Technology http://is.gd/ql08V4
How One Man Went from Homelessness to Silicon Valley Boss Moves http://ow.ly/2TMI9V
Google is absolutely, positively not going to buy Twitter. Yet. http://wp.me/p5hvhT-6UKQ by @obrien
.@girlscouts CEO @AnnaMariaChavez on the importance of encouraging girls to enter STEM fields http://www.fastcompany.com/3041231/girl-scouts-contribute-to-americas-greatness-through-stem … ... DLL Editor's Note -- Black Girls Code wants to be the Girls Scouts of Coding; now the Girls Scouts want to be ... ??? ... the Black Girls Code of coding??? ... Hmmmmmmmm ... :-)
26 Women in #Tech to Watch in 2015 featuring Our CEO @MorganDeBaun http://alleywat.ch/1CP3qYj #Hustle #WatchForIt
Interested in a great piece on #entrepreneurship & #techdiversity? @IdeaVillage nails it: http://buff.ly/1yIbJWD #yeswecode
Windows 10 looks cool, but Microsoft is still so far behind http://wrd.cm/1CCFzdS
"I have no more campaigns to run...I know because i won both of them." #POTUSmixtape #TWIBSOTU #SOTU15 ... DLL Editor's Note -- Click this link :-) ==> https://twitter.com/elonjames/status/557736247905755137
All of the events that announced this week can be found on the DLL's calendar ==> HERE
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