by JAM | Apr 27, 2012 | Diversity, Hispanic Community Trend, inclusion, IT Professionals, LISTA, Skills, Social Media
Join Us and Celebrate LISTA’s 15th Years of Community Service Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA) announced today that Latina Style Publisher Robert Bard and LISTA’s New York President, Robert Abreu will Co-Chair the LISTA 6th Annual...
by JAM | Apr 27, 2012 | brands, LISTA
You’ve probably been wondering what impact the emerging bribery scandal in Mexico will have on both Wal-Mart, the corporate entity, and Walmart, the brand above the portals that consumers enter in their hometowns and online every day. More on the former than the...
by JAM | Apr 26, 2012 | apps, IT Professionals, jobs, LISTA, Skills, Social Media, software development
Like countless industry leaders before them, are Google and Facebook growing fat, happy, and complacent? Citing their lack of mobile focus as evidence, so suggests Nick Bilton. “This month, when Google showcased a new design for Google Plus, the company’s social...
by JAM | Apr 26, 2012 | Being Latino, digital media, Hispanic Community Trend, LISTA, Social Media, wireless
For the fourth consecutive year, State Farm is the title sponsor of the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards, according to Telemundo Media, which announced the deal on April 23. Other featured sponsors of the April 26 broadcast include Burger King, L’Oreal USA,...
by JAM | Apr 25, 2012 | digital media, Health IT, Healthcare, LISTA, Skills, Social Media
Healthcare marketers are a paradox in that they have the luxury of being able to speak directly to their audience’s favorite topic—themselves—yet tend to fail miserably at it. From where I sit, healthcare marketers are in a both challenging and exciting...
by JAM | Apr 25, 2012 | apps, digital media, LISTA, Skills, Social Media, software development
Several messages crossed our inbox this week that had outstanding subject lines, copy or promotional themes. Here’s a round-up of the best. Subject Lines of the Week “We’ve added a new topping: Smartphones” To celebrate the release of their new...
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 23, 2012 | Government, IT Professionals, jobs, LISTA, Skills
UNDERWRITTEN BY By Adam Stone It seems straightforward enough. Work hard, rack up achievements. Move steadily upward. Enjoy the view from the corner office. As many information technology leaders have learned, things are never quite so simple. Beyond mere hard work...
by JAM | Apr 23, 2012 | digital media, LISTA, Skills, Social Media
comScore sent a press release that details online video statistics. Here are a few highlights: – 83.5 percent of the U.S. Internet audience viewed online video. – The duration of the average online content video was 6.4 minutes, while the average online...
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...
