Almost six months ago, Comcast launched an ambitious broadband adoption program, Internet Essentials, with a focus on closing the digital divide and getting more low-income Americans connected to the Internet. Today we are releasing a launch progress report that highlights our successes and achievements and shares some of the lessons we have learned and the [...]
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LISTA Guest Blogger: David L. Cohen, EVP Comcast – Reports on Internet Essentials Launch Impact
February 3rd, 2012 
JAM LISTA Guest Blogger – Rick Najera – The Hollywood Lens on Latinos is Out of Focus.
January 30th, 2012 JAM I’m sitting having lunch (tortilla soup) at a major network commissary as I observe a mob of Hollywood types having their important lunch meetings. It’s business as usual. But the more I watch, the more I begin to worry. It’s not what I see that disturbs me it’s what I don’t see. And what I [...]
Swizz Beatz’s Megaupload Downed – Anonymous Retaliates
January 23rd, 2012 JAM UPDATE: Megaupload appears to back online, sort of. The Atlantic Wire reports that those who haven’t been arrested on Megaupload’s staff managed to post a message accessible only at their IP address. As of now there’s really no content on the site available beyond a short, exclamation point-happy message asking people to share the new [...]
Hispanics Named to FCC Diversity Advisory Panel as it appears in Hispanic Business Magazine
November 16th, 2011 JAM Diversity Advisory Panel –> Several Hispanics have been appointed to the Federal Communications Commission’s rechartered Federal Advisory Diversityfor Communications in the Digital Age.The first meeting has been scheduled for Dec. 6, according to the FCC. The Diversity Committee’s mission is to advice the FCC regarding policies and practices that will enhance diversity in the telecommunications and related [...]
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Tags: ATT, Broadband, Career Events, conference, corporate, DC Hispanic Business, Diversity, Education, FCC, FCC Chair, google, Health IT, Hilda Solis, Hispanic Heritage, Immigration. Latinos, Latinos en Information Sciences and Technology Association, net neutrality, President Obama, techlatino 2010, Tony Jimenez, USHCC, VERIZON, Washington 
No Comments »LISTA Chairman and Microech President & CEO, Tony Jimenez has been Named to the 2011 Top 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America.
October 17th, 2011 JAM Leading Publication Recognizes Jimenez’ Impact on Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, Government Tech Field Vienna, VA – October 14, 2011 – MicroTech President & CEO Tony Jimenez has been named to the 2011 Top 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America. The list is made up of prominent Hispanic movers and shakers in the areas of business, diversity, [...]
Posted in Broadband, Government, LISTA in the News, Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association, Policy, Skills, Social Media, Workforce Development Tags: FCC Chair, Hilda Solis, Hispanic-Owned Companies, Immigration. Latinos, Latinos en Information Sciences and Technology Association, Microtech, President Obama, Secretary of Labor, Tony Jimenez No Comments »Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association announced today that Jose A. Marquez National CEO, will join the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Advisory Committee for Diversity in the Digital Age.
October 12th, 2011 JAM The mission of the Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age is to make recommendations to the FCC regarding policies and practices that will further enhance the ability of minorities and women to participate in telecommunications and related industries. Specifically, the Committee will focus on lowering barriers to entry to communications and [...]
Posted in Broadband, Government, Health IT, LISTA in the News, Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association, Policy, Social Media Tags: Broadband, Chairman Genachowski, DC Hispanic Business, digital divide, Diversity, Education, FCC, Health Care reform, Health IT, Hilda Solis, Hispanic-Owned Companies, Latinos en Information Sciences and Technology Association, net neutrality, Tony Jimenez, USHCC, VERIZON No Comments »White House Names New Federal CIO – Steven VanRoekel
August 7th, 2011 JAM Steven VanRoekel, a former Microsoft executive, will become the next chief information officer for the federal government — a bigger, more policy-oriented technology job than any he held at the software giant. Steven VanRoekel, a former Microsoft executive, was managing director of the F.C.C. Mr. VanRoekel, 41, who joined the Obama administration from Microsoft in [...]
Let’s Give Latinos Tools to Succeed By HENRY CISNEROS
July 15th, 2011 JAM Merger will provide better digital access Much has been written about the high school dropout rate among teenagers in communities of color. Among Latinos it is a disheartening 50 percent. If we don’t fix this problem, this trend can quickly become an indicator of where this great country is headed in terms of our global [...]
Top 10 Free Online QR Code Generators
July 6th, 2011 JAM The image in the left of this post is called QR (Quick Response) Code, which is generated with the URL of this blog. When decoding the image with some QR code readers (such as this), you will see the URL. Which is fun, right? Besides URLs, you can also turn text, phone numbers, maps and [...]
Census Data And The Future of Hispanic Advertising
June 2nd, 2011 JAM The recent release of the full 2010 Census population figures has been driving the headlines in the world of Hispanic marketing the last few months. As anticipated by many, the full 2010 Census figures for the U.S. Hispanic population topped the 50 million mark. (50.5 million to be exact!) Fifty million is a big number, [...]
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