by JAM | Apr 4, 2012 | DOL, jobs, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Social Media, software development, Workforce Development
As earlier reports predicted, Yahoo just announced massive layoffs. On Wednesday alone, the beset portal said some 2,000 employees, or 14% of the company, could expect pink slips — and that’s likely just the beginning. “Today’s actions are an important...
by JAM | Apr 2, 2012 | apps, Broadband, DOL, jobs, LISTA, Skills, Social Media, software development, spectrum, wireless, Workforce Development
America’s obsession with various high tech innovations such as the smartphone and tablet, and its “got-to-have-an-app-for-everything†attitude, has led to the demand and creation of about 500,000 apps and apparently, just as many jobs. Last week, TechNet, a...
by JAM | Apr 2, 2012 | Foundation Work, jobs, LISTA, Policy, Skills, Social Media, wireless, Workforce Development
It is an unfortunate fact, but nearly one-fourth of all students—and nearly forty percent of African-American, Hispanic, and Native American students—fail to graduate with their class. In an effort to combat those numbers, AT&T launched its “Aspire...
by JAM | Mar 30, 2012 | Broadband, jobs, LISTA, Skills, software development, spectrum, wireless
Six years after Cisco Systems bought Scientific Atlanta, high-tech giant Cisco says its metro Atlanta acquisition is critical to its efforts to profit off the rising tide of video streaming around the globe. Cisco has “a huge commitment to video,†John Chambers,...
by JAM | Mar 30, 2012 | Broadband, Government, Health IT, jobs, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Mobile Health, Social Media, spectrum, wireless, Workforce Development
Last October Sprint officially announced their plans to upgrade to LTE, noting they hoped to cover 123 million “pops” (potential users) with LTE by the end of 2012, and 250 million by the end of 2013. Speaking at the Rural Cellular Association meeting this...
by JAM | Mar 28, 2012 | Broadband, DOL, jobs, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Mobile Health, Policy, wireless, Workforce Development
James Cicconi knows whom T-Mobile workers should blame for their company’s recently announced layoffs: the FCC. Cicconi who serves as AT&T’s senior executive vice president for external and legislative affairs, wrote a post for AT&T’s...
