AOL hasn't been mentioned much in online conversations since the late 1990s, but the company is trying to change that by reaching out to hip, growing, and increasingly moneyed audiences - and it's found the online Latino demographic a perfect target. The company just closed a licensing deal with multi-channel Latino web video network MiTú.
A federal appeals court effectively struck down the Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality rules for internet providers on Tuesday last week, which is a very bad thing for Latinos and other minorities, according to Jessica Gonzales of the National Hispanic Media Coalition.
Child predators are now increasingly becoming prey themselves -- to child abuse investigators on the hunt, hoping to eradicate horrendous crimes inflicted on innocent children that not only happen in person, but via webcam or live-stream around the world.
Last week, a joint investigation, code-named Operation Endeavor, conducted by Britain's National Crime Agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Australian Federal Police busted an international pedophile ring that live-streamed child sexual abuse for payment from the Philippines. Last year, a human-like, Filipina avatar also helped capture 1,000 child predators from 65 countries in a massive online sting.
Latinos are one of the fastest growing segments of internet users, which also happens to be predominantly Catholic. For Catholics, if there was any doubt that Pope Francis like the internet (he tweets from his account @Pontifex), there isn't now: Pope Francis has called the internet a "gift from God."
T-Mobile has now become notorious for upending the wireless industry with its "Uncarrier" plans (plus other shenanigans from CEO John Legere), and now the company is planning to "un" bank your finances. After surveying the market and finding that banks were charging too many fees and weren't appealing enough to customer needs - including U.S. Latinos - T-Mobile has decided to shake up the banking industry as well with a service called "Mobile Money".
GoDaddy is the first major domain sales company to take advantage of the new .UNO domain extension, the new global web extension dedicated to Spanish-speaking businesses and internet users. The company, known in the U.S. for its "racy" Super Bowl commercials, is using the .UNO domain to expand its business into Latin America, hoping to grow in tandem with the expected wave of internet commerce as Latin America progressively arrives on the internet.
Twitter, which went public in an IPO late last year, is looking to differentiate itself and find more users - and more importantly, advertisers - now that it has to generate revenue for shareholders.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant to Professor Vikki Katz of Rutgers University to carry out research on how low-income Latino families in the U.S. may adopt and use technology to help the next generation grow and learn.
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin is about to hold its 24th annual gala and awards dinner in Milwaukee, Wis. There, the chamber will hand out awards to local businesses, including a Small Business of the Year award to MiVoz, a community-building Latino website that covers Milwaukee and Chicago.
The plans for a long-sought after high-tech, high-speed rail line between the United States and Mexico just took a step forward, as officials from Texas and Mexico held a high level meeting on Thursday with the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.
Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler told the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) - a national non-profit organization dedicated to preserving civil rights in mass media and closing the digital divide for minorities including Latinos - that the FCC would find other ways to enforce the Net Neutrality-based Open Internet Order that was discontinued after the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington D.C. struck it down on Tuesday.
A new study shows that Latinos and other minorities still lag behind in preparation for continuing education in subjects leading to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers. The study found that Latinos, females, and African Americans remain underrepresented in Advanced Placement (AP) exams for computer science.
According to a new report from The New York Times, citing National Security Agency documents, "computer experts and American officials," the NSA has an ability to gain access to computers and alter their software remotely, using radio waves.
La Voz Newspapers recently began featuring Hispanic-owned start-up businesses within their pages on a monthly basis for the sake of repairing statistics that indicate that 44 percent of all start-up businesses will throw in the towel within the first four years of launching. The newspaper introduces the owners of brimming new businesses and successful long-standing businesses to the public, and uses their business knowledge to unveil the secrets of longevity and perseverance in an economy that makes independent ventures seem downright horrifying. The Montealgres, who own Chris and Phil's Body Shop, kept their business afloat by seeing the benefits of true team work, business knowledge and not being afraid to put family and friends to work for a good cause.
The state of Latinos and Tech is increasingly reported on, especially by Latino journalists and/or in the pages of tech sections at Latino-focused news media, like this website. Rarely is the mirror turned on the Latino reporters, but one survey hopes to begin doing just that: studying Latino journalists' beliefs about their careers and the role social media and technology play in their lives.
The premier Latino professional network iHispano is similar to LinkedIn, in nature, but specifically functions to help Latinos access and attain jobs. The website offers an impressive resume builder, resources for professional development, employment prospects, opportunities to network with like-minded Latino professions, and allows access to organizations that are hiring Latino talent.
Kaplan Test Prep - the company best known for getting hundreds of thousands of high school students ready to take their college entrance exams - is partnering with app-maker "thoughtbot" to give scholarships to minorities interested in becoming professional web developers.
Monolingual Latino students in the Cleveland area are getting a chance to develop their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skill with a new program that promotes high-tech education for Spanish-speaking students.
Sports dominate as one of America's greatest pastimes; the nation loves witnessing competitive physical activity that involve baseball bats, boxing gloves, hockey sticks, golf clubs, rackets and various sized balls. Spectator sports dominate Sunday, Monday and Thursday evenings, and hours go into fans researching and keeping up with their favorite sports teams and sports celebrities. Sportsmanias, an innovative twitter-based website, helps fans to better connect with their favorite teams and their favorite players.
