A study released by the University of Maryland Business School reports a surprising impact Facebook applications have had on job creation and the US economy. The report released states Facebook applications have created over 182,000 jobs while generating more than $12 billion in wages and benefits in the US economy. “Our findings confirm that social [...]
Employers and job seekers are taking note of the increasingly important role social media has in our lives. While job seekers have been using the Internet to look for openings for some time, social media has become a way for employers to recruit talented applicants. The infographic created by Career Enlightenment illustrates how social media [...]
As Egypt begins to rebuild itself after its dramatic revolution earlier this year, young Egyptians are emerging with promising high-tech start-up companies that will hopefully set a precedent for a new economy. Although Egypt is suffering from high unemployment and a dramatic drop in tourism, some in Egypt see an opportunity to rebuild a new [...]
Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl on Tuesday submitted a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski expressing his opposition to the proposed AT&T – T-Mobile USA merger now under review by the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission. Thad Nation, executive director of Wired Wisconsin, issued this statement in response [...]
President Obama became one of Twitter‘s newest members last month when he sent his first tweet on Father’s Day. Soon Twitter users can have exclusive access to President Obama when he holds the first presidential Twitter town hall meeting Wednesday. Twitter users will be able to ask President Obama questions relating to the economy and [...]
This week, committees of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate will hold hearings on telecom reform in Wisconsin. Hance Haney, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, published this blog post recently negating some of the myths and false assumptions of the bills that are before the committees. Haney wrote a report last year that showed [...]
Thad Nation, Wired Wisconsin Executive Director, recently appeared on WisBusiness: The Show to talk about the need for telecom modernization in Wisconsin. Check out his appearance.
A recent story in The Business Journal of Milwaukee discusses the importance of changing telecomm rules to reflect the realities of the current marketplace. In the race to be chosen for Google’s “ultra high-speed” fiber network, Wisconsin’s current telecomm regulations put our state at a serious disadvantage. While the city has campaigned hard to be [...]
Our coalition cares about many technology-related issues. Technology and education? Check. Broadband deployment? Check. High-tech job creation and industry development? Check. So hearing about a $4.81 million dollar project that promotes almost all of Wired Wisconsin’s top issues really makes our day. The Village of Plain, in Sauk County, will soon be the home of [...]
Whether you are listening to the gubernatorial candidates on the campaign trail, the anchors on TV, or your next door neighbors, everyone is talking about jobs. In our recovering economy, what fields should we look to? Where is the future of the job market going? We’re thinking green-tech and high-tech are great up-and-coming fields for [...]
In these difficult economic times, job creation is essential. One important area to tap into is broadband. As this Broadband for America blog points out, “Broadband access requires the deployment of networks, the staff to maintain them and all of the related content provider investments along the way.” Increased broadband deployment ameliorates two problems at [...]
Written by Liza Barry-Kessler, Privacy Counsel, LLC Are your employees blogging? Tweeting? Using FaceBook, LinkedIn, or BlogHer? Do you have any idea? If you don’t know, and your company or organization is large enough that you can’t call out “Hey? Are you using any of these things?” and get a verbal answer from everyone, then [...]
Hearing more and more voices join the debate about stimulus dollars bringing broadband internet into rural areas, it is important that Wired Wisconsin offers our perspective as well. $7.2 billion dollars of the stimulus package has been allocated for broadband deployment.