by JAM | Feb 3, 2012 | Broadband, Government, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy
Almost six months ago, Comcast launched an ambitious broadband adoption program, Internet Essentials, with a focus on closing the digital divide and getting more low-income Americans connected to the Internet. Today we are releasing a launch progress report that...
by JAM | Jan 30, 2012 | Foundation Work, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy, Social Media, Workforce Development
I’m sitting having lunch (tortilla soup) at a major network commissary as I observe a mob of Hollywood types having their important lunch meetings. It’s business as usual. But the more I watch, the more I begin to worry. It’s not what I see that disturbs me...
by JAM | Jan 25, 2012 | Broadband, LISTA, LISTA in the News
Hispanicize.com Expands With Regular Contributors and More Content Devoted to Hispanic/Multicultural Social Media Hispanicize.com, the nation’s leading news and industry insights platform about Latino social media trends in technology, marketing, entertainment and...
by JAM | Jan 23, 2012 | Broadband, DOJ, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Menus, Policy, Social Media
UPDATE: Megaupload appears to back online, sort of. The Atlantic Wire reports that those who haven’t been arrested on Megaupload’s staff managed to post a message accessible only at their IP address. As of now there’s really no content on the site...
by JAM | Jan 19, 2012 | Broadband, Foundation Work, Government, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Workforce Development
When your 14-year-old son and the checkout guy at the supermarket are thoroughly conversant with the latest attempt at Internet-controlling legislation, you know someone, somewhere, succeeded with their communications. And so it was yesterday, with the forces...
by JAM | Jan 13, 2012 | LISTA, LISTA in the News, Social Media, Workforce Development
The news last month was dominated by AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. The proposed merger generated considerable debate within the civil rights and progressive communities, with some organizations, including many labor unions, strongly in favor and...
