California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]
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iFoster, a California-based advocacy nonprofit for foster children, has selected Contra Costa County to share in a three-year, $300,000 grant to expand access to computers and affordable Internet service to vulnerable youth. In partnership with the California Emerging Technology Fund, led by former Contra Costa [...]
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Richmond High graduate Bernard Naquin, 19, won't have to look too far to find a computer these days. The Contra Costa County teenager and Diablo Valley College student was awarded a brand new Dell laptop Monday morning at the Nevin Center. "I was surprised when [...]
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The laptop didn't just fall from the sky. The laptop giveaway was organized by Contra Costa Supervisor John Gioia, California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) president Sunne Wright McPeak and iFoster founder Reid Cox. Read More>>>
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iFoster to expand computer and broadband access to foster care community San Francisco - The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) today announced a 3-year, $300,000 grant to iFoster to increase access to low-cost computers and high-speed Internet among youth and families in the California foster [...]
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San Joaquin Valley Regional Consortium (SJVRC)—a public-private entity made up of telecommunications providers, government, private businesses, nonprofit and health agencies—is honing its plans to accelerate broadband deployment, accessibility and adoption within Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare Counties. Read More>>>
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Eight community-based organizations making significant progress to close the Digital Divide were officially recognized by members of California's congressional delegation on Thursday, the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) announced. U.S. Representatives Anna Eshoo (Palo Alto), Mike Honda (San Jose), Barbara Lee (Oakland) and Lucille Roybal-Allard [...]
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Norman Comer has owned two computers, but soon gave them to his grandson because of his frustration in trying to use them. But the 70-year-old Comer says he's eager to take advantage of the free Wi-Fi, low-cost computers and training being offered to him and [...]
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The program uses a mobile computer lab and a center in Pico-Union to offer basic lessons in an effort to increase access for Latinos, 30% of whom don't use the Internet. There's been one notably awkward issue between Luis Arteaga and his mother. He's an [...]
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