by JAM | Dec 5, 2014 | Being Latino, inclusion, Latina, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Most Powerful women, silicon valley, USHCC, Verizon
LISTA Announces Top 15 Latinas of Excellence Award in Tech and Business in Georgia Recognizing Latinas in Business Who Go Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Atlanta, Ga Dec 5, 2014, In celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of our nation’s most...
by JAM | Sep 29, 2014 | Being Latino, Big data, Clemente Nicado, Diversity, IT Professionals, Kapor, LISTA, LISTA in the News, matt Wallaert
While marketers tend to see Hispanic TV viewers as a block, brands would be better served by going back to the basics and learning about the distinctions and nuances between each sub-segment of the Latin consumer market. That’s the word from Nielsen, which noted that...
by JAM | May 29, 2014 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, silicon valley, Trends, voxxi, wireless
In a groundbreaking disclosure, Google revealed Wednesday how very white and male its workforce is — just 2 percent of its Googlers are black, 3 percent are Hispanic, and 30 percent are women. The search giant said the transparency about its workforce — the first...
by JAM | Mar 28, 2014 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, Cesar Chavez
Ever since I met Cesar Chavez as a young undergraduate student at Stanford University in 1991, I’ve considered him one of our greatest inspirational leaders. He taught us about the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement and its implications for people like my father, who...
by JAM | Mar 11, 2014 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, LISTA, LISTA in the News, USHCC
A new smartphone application called myLINGO http://www.mylingoapp.com/ provides a simultaneous dubbing service for Spanish-speaking people so they can hear in Spanish the soundtracks of films screened in English at movie theaters. The service, winner of the 2013...
by JAM | Feb 25, 2014 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, Broadband, Hispanic Community Trend, IT Professionals, LISTA in the News, Mark Zuckerberg, net neutrality
Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to ensure that its movies and TV shows stream more quickly, the latest evidence of a shift in the balance of power in favor of Internet service providers. Emboldened by a mid-January federal appeals court ruling that eliminated...