by JAM | Oct 6, 2014 | LISTA
After years of playing down the problem, technology companies like Google,Facebook and Apple now say they’re serious about improving the gender and ethnic diversity of their work forces and corporate boards. Recent data from those companies and others like them...
by JAM | Sep 29, 2014 | Being Latino, Big data, Clemente Nicado, Diversity, IT Professionals, Kapor, LISTA, LISTA in the News, matt Wallaert
While marketers tend to see Hispanic TV viewers as a block, brands would be better served by going back to the basics and learning about the distinctions and nuances between each sub-segment of the Latin consumer market. That’s the word from Nielsen, which noted that...
by JAM | Sep 26, 2014 | #techlatino247, Broadband, Comcast, digital media, FCC, Government, Health IT, inclusion, Kapor, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Negocios Now, silicon valley, Sprint
The battle over the nation’s high-speed Internet policy is a complicated one and, if carried out inadequately, could spur a series of unintentional outcomes. That conflict is being fought out at the Federal Communications Commission as it considers the Open Internet...
by JAM | Sep 15, 2014 | #techlatino247, Att, cable, Claerpath, Comcast, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Negocios Now, net neutrality, Time Warner, Trends, Verizon
Today, NCTA submitted its reply comments to the FCC regarding the proposed new Open Internet Rules. As we’ve said before, cable broadband providers are unequivocally committed to building and maintaining an open Internet experience. That means we support the original...
by JAM | Sep 4, 2014 | LISTA
The National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce (NPRChamber) today launched the nation’s first and only training program specifically for Hispanic Veteran Entrepreneurs. A moving video tribute expressing the need for such services can be found at...
by JAM | Aug 29, 2014 | google, IT Professionals, LISTA, Negocios Now, silicon valley
U.S. Hispanics are ahead of the curve when it comes to digital. They lead in adoption of new devices. They are power users of mobile and over-index in video consumption. But despite the facts, these consumers are vastly underserved, and the opportunities to reach them...
by JAM | Aug 29, 2014 | Hispanicise, jobs, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Sprint
In just the first couple of weeks of being Sprint CEO, 43-year-old Marcelo Claure has cut prices, unveiled new data plans — and he is doing so with a keen eye on Latino mobile users. Claure, the son of a Bolivian diplomat who moved to the U.S. in the 1990s, is now...
by JAM | Aug 26, 2014 | LISTA
Like all college and university faculty, August means finalizing fall syllabi and lesson plans, and pre-reading articles for fall courses. For many professors, this process includes thinking (or rethinking) on how to leverage social media to engage students in the...
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...
by JAM | Aug 6, 2014 | #techlatino247, Diversity, LISTA, LISTA in the News
Sprint and its parent company SoftBank have decided not to pursue an acquisition of T-Mobile US according to multiple reports. And the country’s third largest operator is reportedly ready to replace CEO Dan Hesse with Marcelo Claure, the head of mobile phone...
