Tech news related to Oakland, California, both directly and indirectly, with a special focus on startup companies and tech entrepreneurs.
Why Most Media Types Have Sponsored Content, Influencers, And Disclosure All Wrong ONN – Why Most Media Types Have Sponsored Content, Influencers, And Disclosure All Wrong There’s a really wrong-headed assumption that a number of media companies large and small have involving what are called “influencers” and the indivduals, groups, and companies that hire them: … Read more
High Density, Market Rate Oakland Housing Will Not Cure Homeless Problem Or Climate Crisis ONN – High Density, Market Rate Oakland Housing Will Not Cure Homeless Problem Or Climate Crisis Oakland is using conservative “trickle-down economics” as a rationale for the continued building of expensive, high rise, market-rate housing – at the expense of rapid … Read more
City Of Oakland Announces Free Workshops, Events for 2019 Small Business Week (May 5-11) Oakland, CA – For 2019, the City of Oakland is taking the Small Business Week workshops into the commercial districts that small businesses call home by working with its nonprofit business service provider partners. Entrepreneurs and small business owners may choose … Read more
Update: “RingCentral Coliseum” but not “Ring Central Coliseum” is official after a three-year, $1 million-a-year deal was struck between the tech company and the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority. This blog post on the RingCentral Coliseum naming rights deal was brought to you by “NHL Trump.” That’s the name of a person who’s become … Read more
Las Vegas – Orqa FPV.One remote reality at CES 2019 Las Vegas. Orqa, a Croatian hardware development team, selects CES 2019 Las Vegas to unveil the FPV.One, an immersive headset for exciting new Remote Reality applications. (Meet Lyda, Zennie62Media’s Official Music Artist at CES Las Vegas 2019.) Immersive First-Person View (iFPV) is today’s technology for … Read more
The CITIZEN App is reporting a Strong-Arm Robbery at Haddon Rd & Brooklyn Ave here in the Cleveland Heights neighborhood, Oakland. Here are the rest of the details: 2:22:58 pm The suspect was last seen running eastbound on Brooklyn Avenue. 2:22:48 pm The suspect is described as a Black man, 6’0″, slim, with long hair, … Read more
As a note, the video is of the forum is used because I don’t yet have a vlog interview with Ms. Middleton. Once that is done, it will replace the 53-minute forum video. 2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, … Read more
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosopies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosopies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more
The man in the video above is Andrés López, Community Manager with co-working startup HIVEN. While I was visiting Perch, a local Oakland Adams Point cafe, a man walked around handing out cards to an event. When he came over, I said “Want to vlog it? I’ll put it out on my network.” So, he … Read more
Nancy Sidebotham is running for public office in Oakland, yet again. The long-time tax specialist has ran for some seat on the Oakland City Council, councilmember or Mayor, seven times now. To take a look working backward, Nancy (who’s lived in Oakland since 1962 and is 69 years old) is running for Mayor of Oakland … Read more
