This week, we at Wired Wisconsin were able to see the months of hard work come to fruition, with our first coalition event: Government 2.0: Utilizing Social Media called a success by many of the attendees who ranged from legislators and their staffers to 9 government agencies. The purpose of this event was to get [...]
Southwest to test 'green' plane – 472 pounds lighter=9,500 gallons of fuel savings annually: http://tinyurl.com/sweco # #1 growth Job? Telecommunications Network Engineer – so says Money Magazine: http://tinyurl.com/telemoney # Exact Sciences in Madison obtains license for cancer screening technology: http://tinyurl.com/exactsci # 55% of WI tech leaders believe state’s economy will get better during the next [...]
The Federal Communication Commission in an effort “to promote an open dialogue between the FCC and key constituents on matters important to the National Broadband Plan” has put together a series of workshops or public hearings . I recently tuned in to the hearing, “Broadband Accessibility Issues for People with Disabilities II: Barriers Opportunities and [...]
In continuing with our National Cyber Security month theme, I have been searching for a list of ways one can better protect themselves as a social media user. The number of people who fall for social media scams is in the hundreds of thousands. We all must be more aware of the dangers of social [...]
Cars that Run on Cow Power? http://ow.ly/uS4F # White House Highlights Sustainability in Americas Dairyland: http://tinyurl.com/dairywh # Future Thinking Tech Policies: U.S. broadband study says "open access" fosters competition http://ow.ly/uOqb # WI is moving up the ladder in the world of biotechnology. http://ow.ly/uNPk # MREA wins $3.3 million #solar training grant to train technical and [...]
For any Facebook “junkie”, being able to provide feedback on someone’s wall post, status update, or picture is all part of the fun. It’s been almost a year since Facebook gave its users a ‘Like’ button. Incorporating this function into their site was brilliant—users no longer had to write a comment, instead they could just [...]
Great article from Russell Moench of VentureBeat.com The education industry is on the cusp of being massively disrupted by innovation in Web technology. Like other industries prior, it would like to pretend that it can weather the storm and continues business as usual, with only minor tweaking. We all know how that story ends. It [...]
UW-Whitewater receives grant for freshwater research http://www.jsonline.com/business/63858912.html # Wireless surfing to gain speed says #ATT http://www.jsonline.com/business/63818587.html # Oct is National Online Privacy Month: Researcher says internal security breaches pose a bigger threat than hackers http://ow.ly/tB4j # Forbes: Hottest company in electronic medical records industry is a secretive WI outfit called Epic Systems: http://tinyurl.com/epicWI # Minnesota [...]
Guest Blogger Liza Barry-Kessler, Privacy Counsel LLC Today the Federal Trade Commission published final revisions for its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising [81 page pdf], which now explicitly includes bloggers and other forms of “new media.” Based on comments submitted to the FTC when it published the Guides revisions as [...]
New WW Coalition Partner:Midwest Renewable Energy Association. Plus, MREA is hosting Solar Tour this weekend, details-> http://bit.ly/1aCbGx # MATC, Johnson Controls to build Wisconsin's largest solar power project & it will be mobile! http://tinyurl.com/matcsolar #solar # Cool: Paint that can keep a wi-fi signal in and cell phone signals out: http://tinyurl.com/wifipaint # WW Release: Wired [...]
We have had the privilege of traveling all over Wisconsin introducing our coalition to individuals, businesses, and policy makers. When we get to the 21st Century E-Learning discussion, the real importance of giving students–no matter where they live and what their economic status—access to technology-enriched education reaffirms our commitment to fulfilling coalition goals. The impact [...]