What is SiliconCaribe.com?
Silicon Caribe delivers Tech News, Interviews, Reviews and information from Jamaica, the Caribbean and around the World.
It is the is the premier blog for anyone who wants to know what Caribbean people and companies are doing online and with Technology and how that all fits into what’s happening globally.
Silicon Caribe is your Caribbean Internet Guide.
SiliconCaribe.com was launched on September 7, 2007. SiliconCaribe.com is the leading Caribbean Technology Blog and was developed by Connectimass – a leading Digital Marketing Firm founded by Ingrid Riley.
SiliconCaribe.com hosts a MONTHLY networking Meetup for the Jamaican/Caribbean community of entrepreneurs and professionals in the Internet/ Technology/ Mobile sectors. It has a very popular open mic segment for great ideas from startups we call Pitch This! The Blog site KingstonBeta.com is also a resource of information and inspiration for Caribbean Startups.
SiliconCaribe.com I officially launched on September 7, 2007 as a reinvention of my previous two year old blog TechWatchCaribbean.com. I’m Ingrid Riley, award-winning investigative journalist and publisher now tech evangelist,blogger, entrepreneur and Caribbean Internet Strategy Consultant.
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Our Readers
We have an eclectic mix of over 28,000 monthly readers who are- Caribbean Internet/Tech/Mobile entrepreneurs, corporate decision makers,bloggers, programmers, designers, marketers and enthusiasts at home and in the US, UK and Canadian Diaspora; Internet and Mobile industry professionals globally, Caribbean business owners and executives, the Caribbean curious – people interested in what’s happening in the region and those with business interests here, bloggers and curious consumers.
SiliconCaribe.com top visiting/reading/ subscribing countries are:
1. United States
2. Jamaica
3. Canada
4. United Kingston
5. Trinidad
6. Barbados
Why the name SiliconCaribe?
I believe that even as we are small as a region(a little over 40 million people), we’re quite powerful in terms of innovation and influence, so I created the Caribbean’s own derivative from the legacy that is Silicon Valley, which is a global synonym for all things high-tech. Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The term originally referred to the region’s large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading high-tech hub because of its large number of engineers and venture capitalists.
About Ingrid Riley ( Founder,Publisher and Editor)
Ingrid Riley is an Digital Marketing Strategist, tech evangelist, entrepreneur and blogger. She works with companies who want the fresh approach, the better idea and our understanding of how to connect you to your customers and fans in today’s digital marketplace. Her top areas of expertise is social media, online advertising and how to target Caribbean, Caribbean Diaspora and Generation Y audiences online; her company has a blog media network – SiliconCaribe.com, MobileCaribe.com, BlogsCaribe.com and CaribbeanStartupBlog.com; and is invested and involved in the development of the three web ventures. Added to that last year she founded the Caribbean’s first web and mobile industry networking event called Kingston Beta.
She’s also a highly respected Caribbean Internet Industry pioneer, who has consulted with over 10 Caribbean focused Internet Startups in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and St Kitts; has co-founded three Internet related businesses including CaribClix.com – an online advertising network; developed Jamaica’s first Internet Guide in 1999 which won a National Press Association of Jamaica award for Innovation in Media; has written over 200 articles on Caribbean Internet Trends, Internet marketing and Internet Startups; has been a Dow Jones syndicated technology columnist and has created and produced Tech Talk Live, a weekly Technology radio show; co-founded and produced Jamaica’s first web and mobile industry networking event called Kingston Beta.
She also now lectures at the Caribbean Institute of Mass Communications at the University of West Indies ( Carimac), serves on the executive board of C.I.T.O- the State owned, Central Information Technology Office and has a growing roster of speaking engagements.
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Contributing blogger
David Mullings was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. graduated with his Bachelor’s degree at the age of 19 from the University of Miami and completed his MBA in Marketing and International Business also from the University of Miami in 2003 at the age of 22.
He founded Random Media LLC with his brother, Robert, during their first semester of the MBA program in 2001 which recently lead to a spin-off, Realvibez Media. Realvibez Media is an integrated media and entertainment company focused primarily on
Caribbean content and the delivery of that content via multiple platforms. The company owns and operates, Realvibez.com, a leading online provider of media for consumers of Caribbean music culture, with one of the largest collections of Caribbean videos on the web.
Realvibez is currently the only Caribbean media partner for Imeem.com, the 3rd largest social networking site in the USA with over 20 million members, Vuze, a peer-2-peer network based in Silicon Valley with 10 million users, Bebo.com, the largest social networking site in the UK, with more than 40 million users and Flux, a social networking platform owned by Viacom that allows members to use the same username and password to access all Viacom-owned web properties and partner sites, including MTV.com.
Realvibez Media recently launched a merchandise unit which signed a deal with T.O.K. to produce merchandise for sale worldwide and is pursuing deals with others artists.
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