Blackbird, a new Mozilla-based browser, is the first web browser built specifically for African-Americans.
Blackbird is a customized version of Firefox 3 that tailors searches, news and a variety of other content to an African-American perspective, including a charity content channel called "Do Good" that connects users with African American-focused organizations.
Ed Young, CEO of 40A, Inc., the company behind the new race-tailored browser, believes that Blackbird will make the Internet better for the African-American community. "We want to offer a tool that makes it easier for this community to find resources that are geared more towards them," he said.
At this stage Blackbird only works on Windows XP and Vista.
Ethnicity-Tailored Web Browsers
‘Blackbird' African-American Searches
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