by JAM | Apr 22, 2016 | Barack Obama, FCC, google, LISTA in the News, obama
. For years, government integrity groups, journalists and major media and communications companies have raised questions about Google’s cozy ties to the administration of President Obama, whose campaigns have taken in massive amounts of money in political...
by JAM | Dec 29, 2014 | Being Latino, Diversity, FCC, LISTA, net neutrality, obama, silicon valley, Title II, Verizon
Two issues defined the technology economy in 2014: Policymakers’ inability to keep up with technology-driven innovation; and The embarrassing lack of diversity among employees in the technology sector. 2014 made it clear that for Latinos, digital equity — closing the...
by JAM | Dec 16, 2014 | FCC, LISTA in the News, net neutrality, obama, Title II, USHCC
One of the most immediate and significant consequences of reclassifying broadband as a Title II telecommunications service is that it provides a new opening for governments wanting to impose a variety of new taxes and fees on Internet services. In recent weeks NCTA...
by JAM | Nov 12, 2014 | FCC, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Negocios Now, obama, Policy, Title II
This week, President Obama published his principles for the Open Internet on whitehouse.gov, noting: “More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago. And here’s a big reason we’ve seen...
by JAM | Oct 7, 2014 | #techlatino247, Barack Obama, digital media, Diversity, Facebook, google, inclusion, Kapor, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Microsoft, obama, silicon valley, Verizon
The White House recently reached into the ranks of Google to fill the post of technology czar. It was just the latest example of a Google executive joining the administration, leaving little doubt about the special relationship the company has with President Obama. As...
by JAM | Aug 15, 2014 | #techlatino247, Big data, matt Wallaert, Microsoft, obama, Social Media, Workforce Development
Starting a new technology company? It might be useful to get a behavioral psychologist on board. Or, at least, get a chance to talk with Microsoft’s Matt Wallaert. Wallaert is in town for the next few days, meeting with game changers at Drexel University’s ExCITe...
