by JAM | Feb 15, 2012 | apps, jobs, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, software development, Workforce Development
TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today released a new study showing that there are now roughly 466,000 jobs in the “App Economy†in the United States, up from zero in 2007....
by JAM | Feb 14, 2012 | Broadband, DOL, Health Information Technology, Health IT, Skills, Social Media, Tablets, Workforce Development
That Cisco’s always been prescient. Three years ago, the networking giant predicted a 66-fold increase in worldwide mobile data traffic — a surge that was expected to dovetail with the spread of 4G networks. With us so far? Sounds pretty obvious sensible,...
by JAM | Feb 13, 2012 | Broadband, DOL, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Workforce Development
Time Warner Cable is cutting 155 jobs in Albany and the closure of the Sealed Air Corporation plant in Glenville will eliminate 70 jobs in the region. Sealed Air says it is relocating the work to other North American facilities. According to notices filed with the...
by JAM | Feb 13, 2012 | Broadband, DOJ, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills
In the last couple of days, a number of blogs and stories have popped up questioning whether the Senate cybersecurity legislation to be introduced next week incorporates the ill-fated SOPA/PIPA legislation or is somehow going to harm the Internet as many claimed...
by JAM | Feb 13, 2012 | Broadband, Foundation Work, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Social Media, Workforce Development
When it comes to ensuring that all 311 million Americans have access to broadband, we still have a long way to go. Although the FCC reported in its Seventh Broadband Progress Report and Order on Reconsideration that nearly 208 million people have adopted broadband,...
