The California Emerging Technology Fund launches a campaign to boost awareness in poor communities.
About half of California’s low-income households have no Internet access, the California Emerging Technology Fund says, creating a gap that the nonprofit is hoping to close with its $1.5-million Get Connected campaign debuting in Boyle Heights today.
Financial constraints and a misunderstanding of technology are the major factors causing this “digital divide,” said Sunne Wright McPeak, the fund’s chief executive.