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...
by JAM | Apr 5, 2012 | apps, Broadband, LISTA, Policy, Social Media, spectrum, wireless
If the Internet has proved one thing about human nature, it’s that it’s possible to hold a megaphone up to stupidity. Peruse discussion boards and reader comments at news sites, and you’ll find a seemingly endless stream of obnoxious, half-baked and...
by JAM | Apr 4, 2012 | Diversity, Health IT, Healthcare, inclusion, jobs, Mobile Health, software development, Tablets, wireless, Workforce Development
Cigna’s chief diversity officer, Rosanna Durruthy, shares her unusual climb to the top by Chris Allsop For diversity professional Rosanna Durruthy, her career (and current position as chief diversity officer with health insurer Cigna) is a classic example of genes...
by JAM | Apr 2, 2012 | Broadband, Social Media, spectrum, wireless
While many continue to find issue with the content available on broadcast television, the emergence of new programming online is appearing to satiate those who desire to be entertained, yet not at the expense of depth, dimension, or even an opportunity to be educated....
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...
