by JAM | May 1, 2013 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, Chairman Genachowski, digital media, Diversity, FCC, LISTA, Social Media, wireless
As Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA) continues to combat injustice in the telecom and media space, we have seen that these industries do not represent the nation’s demographics, nor have there been meaningful discussions about how the...
by JAM | Apr 30, 2013 | Being Latino, Broadband, digital media, FCC, Government, Health IT, Hispanicise, IT Professionals, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Texting, Texting and Driving dont mix, wireless
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...
by JAM | Apr 7, 2013 | Being Latino, Broadband, digital media, Hispanicise, LISTA, LISTA in the News, SEO, voxxi
Later this week, I will be attending and speaking at “Hispanicize 2013” in Miami Beach, an annual gathering of those seeking to reach the Hispanic community with new products, ideas and innovative technologies. These are exciting times as new technologies and...
by JAM | Apr 3, 2013 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, FCC, Hispanicise, IT Professionals, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Social Media, USHCC, wireless
Forty years ago today, a Motorola engineer named Marty Cooper made what has gone down in history as the world’s first cellphone call, dialing a rival at AT&T from a hand-held mobile phone while standing on a sidewalk in New York City, just to show that he...
by JAM | Mar 26, 2013 | Being Latino, digital media, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Social Media, Workforce Development
LinkedIn on Monday launched an upgraded search offering that unifies different categories and aims to help users sift through its trove of professional networking content more quickly and effectively. “We’ve unified the search experience so you no longer need to...
by JAM | Mar 11, 2013 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, digital media, Hispanic Community Trend, LISTA, LISTA in the News, voxxi, wireless
A report from the Pew Hispanic Center has new stats which indicate that Latinos are closing the digital divide. Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar, and sometimes higher, rates than do other groups of...