by JAM | Apr 3, 2012 | Broadband, DOJ, DOL, Government, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Mobile Health, Skills, Social Media, Workforce Development
When it comes to social media, the old adage, “build it and they will come†simply doesn’t apply. Putting up a Facebook page and creating a Twitter or YouTube account just isn’t enough. In order for businesses to use social media effectively, they must...
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 26, 2012 | Broadband, Foundation Work, inclusion, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy, Skills, Social Media, Workforce Development
On behalf of the Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA) and its Board of Directors, we would like to congratulate LISTA President and CEO Jose A. Marquez-Leon for being selected one of Politic365 Game Changers 2012 Non Profit Leader. The...
by JAM | Feb 15, 2012 | apps, jobs, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, software development, Workforce Development
TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today released a new study showing that there are now roughly 466,000 jobs in the “App Economy†in the United States, up from zero in 2007....