by JAM | Feb 8, 2012 | Broadband, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy, Skills
Six months into the program, Comcast released a progress report on its Internet Essentials program – the low-cost Internet and training offering that Comcast led the pack with as a condition to its merger with NBC Universal. The program provides low-cost broadband...
by JAM | Feb 7, 2012 | LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Social Media, Workforce Development
St. Louis is named among the strongest markets for technology hiring in 2012 Job trend reports are pointing to big things for the tech industry, including lots of openings and opportunities for growth. Here’s the lowdown on tech hiring trends. In 2012, there will be...
by JAM | Feb 7, 2012 | LISTA
First the good news: The Federal Communications Commission is gearing up to auction portions of the nation’s airwaves for wireless use. This is the Commission’s first auction since 2008 and its success is vital. What’s at stake is nothing short of our...
by JAM | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
The disconnect between technology and Washington is as vast as the gap between rotary phones and the latest iPad. First there was the clumsy SOPA legislation against online copyright piracy, killed by objections from Web companies and users. The latest disconnect is...
by JAM | Feb 3, 2012 | Broadband, Government, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy
Almost six months ago, Comcast launched an ambitious broadband adoption program, Internet Essentials, with a focus on closing the digital divide and getting more low-income Americans connected to the Internet. Today we are releasing a launch progress report that...
by JAM | Jan 30, 2012 | Foundation Work, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy, Social Media, Workforce Development
I’m sitting having lunch (tortilla soup) at a major network commissary as I observe a mob of Hollywood types having their important lunch meetings. It’s business as usual. But the more I watch, the more I begin to worry. It’s not what I see that disturbs me...
by JAM | Jan 25, 2012 | Broadband, LISTA, LISTA in the News
Hispanicize.com Expands With Regular Contributors and More Content Devoted to Hispanic/Multicultural Social Media Hispanicize.com, the nation’s leading news and industry insights platform about Latino social media trends in technology, marketing, entertainment and...
by JAM | Jan 23, 2012 | Broadband, DOJ, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Menus, Policy, Social Media
UPDATE: Megaupload appears to back online, sort of. The Atlantic Wire reports that those who haven’t been arrested on Megaupload’s staff managed to post a message accessible only at their IP address. As of now there’s really no content on the site...
by JAM | Jan 19, 2012 | Broadband, Foundation Work, Government, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Workforce Development
When your 14-year-old son and the checkout guy at the supermarket are thoroughly conversant with the latest attempt at Internet-controlling legislation, you know someone, somewhere, succeeded with their communications. And so it was yesterday, with the forces...
by JAM | Jan 13, 2012 | LISTA, LISTA in the News, Social Media, Workforce Development
The news last month was dominated by AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. The proposed merger generated considerable debate within the civil rights and progressive communities, with some organizations, including many labor unions, strongly in favor and...
