by JAM | Apr 24, 2012 | apps, digital media, IT Professionals, LISTA, Skills, Social Media, software development
AP) – Microsoft, which just bought patents from AOL for $1 billion, is now turning around and selling most of them to Facebook for $550 million. Facebook is buying about 650 of the 925 AOL patents and patent applications that Microsoft bought, Microsoft and...
by JAM | Apr 20, 2012 | digital media, Diversity, Government, Health IT, inclusion, LISTA in the News, Policy, software development, spectrum, wireless, Workforce Development
Rural Latinos Still Waiting for Quality High-Speed Access Last year, I wrote about the struggles of the 4.2 million Latinos living in rural areas to connect to high-speed Internet networks. It’s no secret that the FCC found the majority of 10 million households...
by JAM | Apr 18, 2012 | apps, digital media, LISTA, Skills, Social Media, software development
Volkswagen has a new sports car and it isn’t wearing an Audi nameplate. The factory-tuned 256 hp Golf R hatch is here, and mercifully, there’s no automatic tranny available, which says everything about who this car is meant for: enthusiasts. The car also...
by JAM | Apr 11, 2012 | Health IT, Healthcare, LISTA, Mobile Health, Skills, software development, telemedicine
PHILADELPHIA – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has announced it will launch a telemedicine pilot program, dedicated to providing pediatric specialty consultations to community hospitals, with help from a $100,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation. The...
by JAM | Apr 9, 2012 | LISTA, Skills, Social Media, software development, spectrum
Big data is everywhere we look these days. Businesses are falling all over themselves to hire ‘data scientists,’ privacy advocates are concerned about personal data and control, and technologists and entrepreneurs scramble to find new ways to collect,...
by JAM | Apr 5, 2012 | apps, Broadband, Government, LISTA, Policy, Skills, Social Media, software development, spectrum, Tablets, wireless
Even if federal agencies gave all their employees mobile devices tomorrow, many government buildings lack the wireless infrastructure needed to support the technology, government and industry officials said on Tuesday. “These buildings can withstand a bomb blast...
