Ebony: Black and Mobile Brings Black-Owned Restaurants to Your Doorstep

In 2016, David Cabello took a huge risk. An undergrad student at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania at the time, he left school and decided to bet on himself. “I just knew I wanted to help my people,” Cabello tells EBONY. “My desire wasn’t geared towards restaurants. It wasn’t geared towards any specific type of business. I just wanted to help the Black community.”

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Technically Philly: Want to learn about blockchain, crypto and Web3 in Philly? Start here

When you think of Web3, you’re probably thinking cryptocurrencies, NFTs, privacy and some metaverse-adjacent topics — and you’re right. Whether you’re a newbie trying to learn more about those complicated topics or more experienced and looking to connect with fellow enthusiasts, Philly has a number of resources to check out.

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Technically Philly: Events Roundup: Let these 8 tech, biz and life science events shower your calendar this April

Does spring cleaning give anyone else the urge to clean up their tech skills? As we head into April next week, events season sure is picking up and we have a plenty of options, from taking a bet on a cybersecurity business to entry-level hackathons to the return of the Women in Tech Summit.

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Technically Philly: Marvin Weinberger’s Makers Meetup is returning from a pandemic hiatus

It’s been at least two years since inventor and entrepreneur Marvin Weinberger has been able to gather folks for his Makers Meetup. The event series is meant to offer the chance for anyone in the startup scene whose company produces some sort of physical product to gather, network, hire and maybe even raise some money.

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Atlanta Black Star: How Black STEM Students Are Keeping Philadelphia’s School Technology In Working Order, One Computer At a Time

West Philadelphia High School responded to the pandemic like many other school districts across the country by sending its nearly 198,000 students home to learn on school-issued Chromebooks. Naturally, the technology endured wear and tear, and the district tapped one of its three computer systems networking programs to get the devices back in working order.

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Technically Philly: Volumetric video startup Soar sees itself in the metaverse

Since college, Anthony Fenu has worked on building companies where the world we perceive can translate just as it does three dimensionally, but digitally. He started working with early VR technology while at William Patterson University in North Jersey, and began building a company with a handful of friends.

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