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Category: Media Coverage

8% of California Households Dependent on Smartphones

A large majority of California households have high-speed Internet service, but only 8 percent use a smartphone to get online, according to a new statewide survey that showed a narrowing of the digital divide. Overall, nearly four in five households there, or 79 percent, have [...]

Poll: California’s Digital Divide Narrowing Slightly – Update

The digital divide between broadband haves and have-nots has narrowed but still remains an electronic chasm, according to a report released Tuesday by the California Emerging Technology Fund and The Field Poll. About 79 percent of households in California have broadband connections at home, while [...]

Poll: California’s Digital Divide Narrowing Slightly

The digital divide between broadband haves and have-nots has narrowed but still remains an electronic chasm, according to a report released Tuesday by the California Emerging Technology Fund and The Field Poll. About 79 percent of households in California have broadband connections at home, while [...]

Project Could Bring High-Speed Internet to Rural Areas

BARSTOW - First District Supervisor Robert Lovingood was eager to hear the plans of a possible high-speed Internet line that would run from Barstow to the Nevada state line. Lovingood and 3rd District Supervisor James Ramos were on hand Tuesday morning as the California Emerging [...]

Make Affordable Internet at Home Possible — It Is Up to You!

The California Emerging Technology Fund, which is a legal party before both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in the Comcast Corporation application to acquire Time Warner Cable (TWC) and trade serve areas with Charter Communications, is very grateful [...]

Richmond STEM Event to Boost Latino, Black Youths Careers Paths

Experts in STEM fields "will present workshops that focus on challenges and opportunities in STEM education and STEM-related fields, and demonstrate successful programs in practice." An "Interactive Resource Village" will feature information and interactive exhibits from organizations including Chabot Space and Science Center, Contra Costa [...]

Comcast Merger a Chance to Narrow the Digital Divide

The California Public Utilities Commission is expected to decide this month whether Comcast's proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable's operations in the state would be in the public interest. An administrative lawjudge has recommended that the takeover be approved but with a number of conditions [...]

LA City Computers Headed to Non-Profits, Families

As Los Angeles City Hall struggles with updating its antiquated technology systems, the city will donate or get rid of about 10,000 computers deemed unusable by city employees. . . Another 2,000 older city computers will also be donated. About 1,500 computers are being given [...]

OurCycle LA Turns E-Waste Into Societal Gain

About 35 to 40 percent of the old computers will be refurbished and half of those will be given to low-income individuals and families. The other half will go to local nonprofits with public access centers that serve low-income areas. The program begins in the [...]

CPUC Judge Issues Proposed Decision on Comcast-TWC Merger

The presiding Administrative Law Judge at the California Public Utilities Commission on Friday, Feb. 13 issued a proposed decision for approval of the merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable, Inc. but requiring significant public interest conditions that were requested by the California Emerging Technology [...]