by JAM | Apr 20, 2012 | Being Latino, digital media, Hispanicise, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Social Media, wireless, Workforce Development
For the last few months I have had many people ask me so how do we use social media to market my businesses, I asked do you understand what FB TWIT and Linked is all about. Things that make you go HUMMMMM? JAM So we asked a friend to write some SM 101 LISTA Guest...
by JAM | Apr 18, 2012 | apps, digital media, LISTA, Skills, Social Media, software development
Volkswagen has a new sports car and it isn’t wearing an Audi nameplate. The factory-tuned 256 hp Golf R hatch is here, and mercifully, there’s no automatic tranny available, which says everything about who this car is meant for: enthusiasts. The car also...
by JAM | Apr 18, 2012 | digital media, Healthcare, LISTA, Skills
Updated: April 17, 2012 9:42 a.m. The Huffington Post—and digital media—has won its first Pulitzer Prize. The award went to David Wood, in the category of national reporting, it was announced Monday by Columbia University, which administers the prizes. A longtime...
by JAM | Apr 18, 2012 | apps, Diversity, Hispanic Community Trend, LISTA, Skills, Social Media, wireless
More than 52 million strong and representing the majority of population growth over the next five years, Latinos have become a prominent actor in all aspects of American life, according to The State of the Hispanic Consumer: The Hispanic Market Imperative, released by...
by JAM | Apr 17, 2012 | Being Latino, Hispanicise, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Social Media, Tablets, wireless, Workforce Development
So I literally just got home from Sunny Miami where I spent the week sharing best practices, eating Croquetas & drinking Mojitos with some of the most influential bloggers, brands and media professionals at Hispanicize 2012. If you are anything like me, you come...
by JAM | Apr 17, 2012 | apps, Being Latino, DOL, Health IT, Hispanicise, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Mobile Health, Social Media, spectrum, wireless
Last week, I had the pleasure to be at the Hispanicize 2012 Conference in Miami, Florida. It was one of the most engaging conferences that I attended in over 4 yrs. Bloggers and twitter experts from across the nation came together to discuss best practices and develop...
by JAM | Apr 11, 2012 | Health IT, Healthcare, LISTA, Mobile Health, Skills, software development, telemedicine
PHILADELPHIA – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has announced it will launch a telemedicine pilot program, dedicated to providing pediatric specialty consultations to community hospitals, with help from a $100,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation. The...
by JAM | Apr 10, 2012 | apps, Diversity, inclusion, LISTA, Skills, Social Media, wireless
On Wednesday, Portada, a Latino research group which calls itself “the leading source on Latin marketing and media” released a data set which would likely sound the alarms at Facebook headquarters. Only 19% of U.S. Hispanics are using Facebook, the study...
by JAM | Apr 9, 2012 | Broadband, jobs, LISTA, Policy, Skills, wireless
The man who sold Denver-based Qwest to a smaller telecommunications company is stepping down from the buyer’s board of directors a year early. Ed Mueller, who served as Qwest’s chairman and chief executive from 2007 to 2011, will resign from...
by JAM | Apr 9, 2012 | LISTA, Skills, Social Media, software development, spectrum
Big data is everywhere we look these days. Businesses are falling all over themselves to hire ‘data scientists,’ privacy advocates are concerned about personal data and control, and technologists and entrepreneurs scramble to find new ways to collect,...