Says there are serious questions about impact of coordinated TV station sales and operations Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) has asked the Government Accounting Office to look into the impact of TV station joint sales agreements (JSAs) and shared service agreements (SSAs) on consumers. In a letter dated Monday, Rockefeller outlined some …
Category Archive: Skills
May 14
Google Lets You ‘Breakout’ of Image Search with Retro Atari Easter Egg by Matt Peckham
You know those dreams you sometimes have where reality morphs into an old-school arcade game? The ones where the clouds turn into giant two-steppings bugs that descend in heartbeat rhythm while you rollerblade back and forth, firing long, spongy cloud-dissipating tracers into the sky with an over-the-shoulder Nerf cannon? Google’s lastest Easter egg isn’t that, …
Apr 30
Messaging Apps are Now More Popular than Texting.
Smartphone instant messaging applications like iMessage and WhatsApp are more growing in popularity and even far outpacing traditional SMS, according to a new study from Informa. In 2012, on average 19.1 billion messages were sent and received each day over the six most popular mobile chat applications, including Blackberry Messenger, Nimbuzz, Apple’s iMessage, KakaoTalk, WhatsApp, …
Apr 26
Does IT have a Problem with Women? by Patrick Gray
Takeaway: If we can shed some of the industry’s juvenile past, while maintaining this merit-based culture, IT will attract all comers, regardless of gender. You’ve likely heard about the kerfuffle over SendGrid’s former Developer Evangelist Adria Richards. The short story is that Ms. Richards overheard comments made in poor taste at a Python developers conference, most noteworthy …
Jan 10
Why Everyone Needs an Elevator Pitch.
The following scene gets enacted in numerous workplaces every day. Joe enters the cafeteria, and Sally, a senior executive, is standing right in front of him. Sally makes eye contact, smiles and asks Joe how he is doing. At this point, Joe might respond in one of three ways: Joe says, “I am fine, how …
Jan 08
So Who Gets Custody of the Facebook Profile Info After a Divorce?
Stacy Thibodeaux was furious when she discovered pictures of her children on her ex-husband’s online dating profile soon after they divorced. “I went through the roof,” Thibodeaux, 45, remembers. She confronted her ex, saying it wasn’t appropriate to have their young children’s images on Match.com. She says he simply blocked her from viewing his profile. …
Jan 08
Quick Tips: What’s an SSL certificate, and do I need one for my website?
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a cryptographic protocol that secures data sent across networks, including the Internet. SSL uses an authenticated key issued by a third-party certificate authority to validate a website’s legitimacy. Most web users experience SSL certificates in the form of https (as opposed to http) prefixes in a URL. Plainly put, an …
Dec 19
GSA delivers huge IT opportunity to 43 small businesses. Big End of the Year Win for MicroTech.
IT product contract should grab millions in new business Just in time for Christmas, another huge government contract has come down the pike. This time, it is a blanket-purchase agreement for commodity IT products. The General Services Administration has named 43 companies as winners of the contract, which will be used to buy tablets, mobile products, …
Dec 13
Four Last-Minute Holiday Content Marketing Ideas by PRWeb
Content is king” is one of those marketing buzz-phrases you hear all the time, but it’s not just hype. Strategic and relevant content sets your brand apart in the minds of customers facing a barrage of marketing messages – especially in the noisy last weeks of the holiday season. Here are four ways to use …










NBC Latino's Adrian Carrasquillo Speaks about LISTA


