E-Democracy.org is helping revive and update the e-mail exchange heart of former Digital Divide Network or DigitalDivide@. With over 10,000 members at its peak, they will relaunch an updated exchange on digital inclusion to help address the digital divide when at least 500 individuals join.  They are using a simple and integrated e-mail/web open source online [...]

The County Executives of American (with 700 county members) has applied for “$122 million in broadband stimulus bucks to launch the network in a dozen counties to start with, with Silicon Valley-based M2Z Networks building out the plant in each county. The counties where ISPs could be facing new competition from the network first are [...]

According to a study by Pew Internet and American Life Project – texting has overtaken all other forms of communication between teen peers.  A full 54% of all teens text their friends daily.  For the full results – go to Pew Research Publications.

I am currently working with the Texas Access to Justice Foundation doing an industry review of grant management software.  TAJF is considering an upgrade from their current system in an effort to take advantage of web based technologies and streamlined reporting.  The white paper should be completed by the end of April, 2010 and they [...]

“Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information they need to take care of their health and give their babies the best possible start in life. Women who [...]

Insightful article on using social media for small business – check out Six Key Benefits for the complete article.

The Wall Street Journal has a great article on Nokia’s new set of cell phones targeted to younger users who primarily text and use social networking sites.  The primary differences are a full QWERTY keyboard and access to social networking sites from the home page.   Prices range from $150 to $300.  Click here for the entire article

Did you know that the annualized minutes of use as of Dec 2009 was 2.3 trillion?  Or that the average monthly number of text messages as of Dec 2009 was 152.7 billion?  CTIA, the wireless telecommunications industry association, has these and an array of other cell phone facts available for free on their website www.ctia.org.