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 26, 2013 | #techlatino247, Chairman Genachowski, FCC, Government, inclusion, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Mobile Health, Policy, SEO, spectrum, Texting and Driving dont mix, wireless, Workforce Development
We can’t regulate modern technologies the way we did Ma Bell The ancient Greek thinker Heraclitus believed that “the only constant is change.” He obviously didn’t have modern telecommunications networks in mind, but his philosophy fully applies to those networks...
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 | Feb 18, 2013 | #techlatino247, Broadband, Chairman Genachowski, DOL, FCC, LISTA, LISTA in the News
A bill that would prohibit counties, cities and government authorities from expanding broadband service in some places is going to face a fight. House Bill 282 by state Rep. Mark Hamilton, R-Cumming, says public broadband subsidized by public money should stick to...
by JAM | Dec 13, 2012 | Chairman Genachowski, digital media, FCC, Hispanic Community Trend, LISTA, LISTA in the News
Consumers may file complaints with FCC Those annoying ear-splitting commercials that come out of nowhere are now officially against the law. The rules governing implementation of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM) Act went into effect today...
by JAM | Nov 26, 2012 | Broadband, digital media, DOJ, DOL, FCC, Hispanic Community Trend, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Social Media, software development
As Google continues to transform itself into an entity building all things for the Internet, concerns and criticisms about its platform are building. Is the platform putting small business and buyers at a disadvantage by giving better placement to businesses lining...