More and more Californians are shopping, chatting, reading news and finding critical health, employment and government information online, but a report published today says Latinos and lowincome residents are falling behind, widening the digital divide. Read More>>>
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At least half of Californians go online to get news, make purchases, look for health information, or visit government websites. But as the state's residents integrate the Internet into their daily lives, there are signs that the digital divide is widening for some groups, particularly [...]
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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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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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Korea's high-speed Internet service products are the fastest in the world, but service providers have exaggerated the speed they could offer, Korea Communications Commission said in a briefing yesterday. Read More>>>
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The Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency has secured a $250,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund to help five rural Sierra counties improve high speed Internet access for all households and businesses. Read More>>>
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The Board of Supervisors heard a report Tuesday indicting North Coast broadband access has improved markedly in recent years, but more work is necessary to blanket that quick service throughout the area. Redwood Coast Connect members Tina Nerat and Connie Stewart provided a snapshot of [...]
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Last week the University of California-Merced announced that it would be opening six telemedicine centers in underserved cities in the state's San Joaquin Valley. Right now, these sites are among the area's most rural and underserved communities, with one of the worst ratios of doctors [...]
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Last year, the University of California at Merced received nearly $1 million -- $500,000 from AT&T, $200,000 from the California Emerging Technology Fund and $250,000 from the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley -- to start an e-Health network to improve healthcare access. Read [...]
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