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[h1]Blackbird browser reaches out to African American community[/h1]
By David Chartier | Published: December 09, 2008 - 05:14AM CT
The Internet may have created a largely color-blind world wide web that connects users with just about any information they could ever want. But Ed Young, CEO of 40A, Inc. believes that his company can make the Internet better for the African-American community with Blackbird, a new Mozilla-based browser. We took a look at Blackbird and spoke with Young about the motivation behind introducing a tailored browser.
Fundamentally, Blackbird is a customized version of Firefox 3 for Windows XP and Vista. It includes a dark black theme, a variety of tweaked tools that search African American resources, news, and video sites, social bookmarking and networking tools, webmail integration, and a charity content channel called "Do Good" that connects users with African American-focused organizations. This channel features news and directories of African American services and charities that make it easy for users to get informed and get active.
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The browser is built ontop of Firefox 3 and is supposedly customized for African Americans.
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