by JAM | May 2, 2014 | LISTA
Silicon Valley is the leading hub for high-tech innovation and development in the United States, while remaining highly competitive among the world’s most revered high-tech economic centers. Venture capital investment is still going strong for Silicon Valley, creating...
by JAM | May 2, 2014 | LISTA
It was a beautiful day when State Representative and The lifelong accomplishments of Mauricio J. Guadamuz were celebrated by friends, family, and colleagues April 30 when the Georgia Legislature issued an official proclamation commending the Lockheed Martin...
by JAM | May 2, 2014 | LISTA
On Monday April 28th, Mitch Kapor represented the Kapor Center for Social Impact, side by side with Van Jones, Chris Tucker, CODE2040, MIT Media Lab and BMe Community, to discuss the power of coding and Information Technology. Along with its power to boost...
by JAM | Apr 23, 2014 | LISTA
Though Latina women make up about eight percent of the U.S. population and their numbers are growing, they made up only two percent of the scientists and engineers working in those professions in 2010, according to a report from the National Science Foundation. Luz...
by JAM | Apr 22, 2014 | LISTA
At the Kapor Center for Social Impact, we are always looking toward creative ways to channel technology to create positive social impact. One of the most exciting ways we do this is by empowering youth–particularly underrepresented youth of color–to be more than just...
by JAM | Mar 29, 2014 | Kapor, obama, silicon valley, Social Media
Editor’s note: Tech pioneer Mitchell Kapor is the co-founder of theKapor Center for Social Impact and Kapor Capital. Benjamin Todd Jealous, the former president and CEO of the NAACP, is a venture partner at Kapor Capital. Both Kapor and Jealous serve on the...
by JAM | Mar 28, 2014 | #techlatino247, Being Latino, Cesar Chavez
Ever since I met Cesar Chavez as a young undergraduate student at Stanford University in 1991, I’ve considered him one of our greatest inspirational leaders. He taught us about the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement and its implications for people like my father, who...
by JAM | Mar 27, 2014 | Barack Obama, LISTA
Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association , the Leading Latino Technology Association, applauds the confirmation of Maria Contreras-Sweet as the head of the Small Business Administration. Jose A. Marquez-Leon National President and CEO of LISTA...
by JAM | Mar 25, 2014 | #techlatino247, brands, digital media, LISTA in the News, Trends
Calling Disney an “entertainment technology company” at Imagine Communications and GatesAir’s launch event earlier this week, Vince Roberts, CTO and evp, global operations for Disney/ABC Television Group, gave a preview of various production tools that are prototypes...
by JAM | Mar 24, 2014 | LISTA
Cisco has pledged to spend over $1 billion entering the cloud computing market in order to offer corporate clients the same services as rival firms. The San Jose, CA-based firm is giving itself two years to enter the market, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. As...
