by JAM | Feb 18, 2015 | #techlatino247, Barack Obama, Cha
Recently, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced his plan to use antiquated, 20th Century telephone rules to help protect Internet openness in the 21st Century. The move puts at risk some of the crucial policy initiatives that Latinos in Information Sciences and...
by JAM | Feb 13, 2015 | #techlatino247, Cyber Security, digital media, Diversity, google, HTTP, Kapor, LISTA
Their 6th Annual Emerging Tech Leadership Summit Series Kickoff and National TechLatino Achievers Award. TechLatino: Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA) announced today the LISTA 8th Annual Emerging Technology Leadership Summit Series...
by JAM | Feb 3, 2015 | #techlatino247, Att, Big data, cable, Cyber Security, FCC, net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission will not publicly release Internet regulations before they are voted on later this month. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on Monday formally denied a request from congressional Republicans to release the...
by JAM | Nov 10, 2014 | #techlatino247, Barack Obama, Big data, Comcast, Cyber Security, FCC, HTTP, net neutrality, spectrum, Title II
The President’s Statement An open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life. By lowering the cost of launching a new idea, igniting new political movements, and bringing communities closer together, it has been one...
by JAM | Nov 10, 2014 | #techlatino247, Diversity, IT Professionals, LISTA, LISTA in the News, net neutrality, silicon valley, wireless
In a week of political showdowns, it seems appropriate to reflect on the faceoff in the Internet advocacy world. On the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator Robert C. Byrd ended a 14 hour, 13 minute address. The arguments over the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had given...
by JAM | Nov 9, 2014 | #techlatino247, inclusion, LISTA in the News, Mark Zuckerberg, matt Wallaert, silicon valley
MCLEAN, Va. — Silicon Valley may be the technology center of the high-tech world, but 3,000 miles to the east, the nation’s capital has something that Silicon Valley can aspire to: a more diverse tech workforce. Blacks hold about 17% and women hold 31% of...
