Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Telecom - FCC will publish report highlighting its findings of the AT&T - T-Mobile deal. AT&T is not happy. http://ping.fm/G5KDT

BlackBerry - RIM announced new service to support its devices and competitors. Could be attractive to corporations. http://ping.fm/iFzIv

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

How well are apple and amazon doing this season? http://ping.fm/5XCuK #apple #amazon

Monday, November 28, 2011

STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math...are Hispanics the next wave of innovators in these fields? http://ping.fm/prAMt

IPOs - Groupon, LinkedIn, Pandora, among others...they all went public but have not performed well since. http://ping.fm/Orx6B

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Can robots replace prison guards? http://ping.fm/wliMN #robots #tech #m2m #cybermonday

Have you tried 4 way video calls on your iPad? http://ping.fm/vGTXi #ipad #apple #Verizon #mobility

Friday, November 25, 2011

Use the internet from the comfort of your home to shop. Avoid Pepper Spray! http://ping.fm/kdw9o #mobility #internet #blackfriday

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

CIO - How d you measure success? Here is (another) list of metrics. http://ping.fm/BltYy

Telecom - AT&T hits another hurdle in its acquisition of T-Mobile. Who wins and loses if it doesn't go through? http://ping.fm/lspDd

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Security & Privacy - Since 9/11 an entire industry has been created providing digital off-the-shelf surveillance tools. http://ping.fm/R3ckZ

Facebook - Company's seamless sharing capability can be helpful but not intuitive. Careful what you share! http://ping.fm/pE3be

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Mobile purchases - People becoming more comfortable making large purchases via their mobile devices. http://ping.fm/nnET3

Enterprise IT - The cloud changing how large software vendors charge customers. http://ping.fm/ob0Nc

How big will facebook's valuation be for its IPO(initial public offering)? http://ping.fm/7TAI5 #facebook #latism #mobility

Thursday, November 17, 2011

HP - Stock is up 25% since Meg Whitman took over but she needs to do more to succeed. http://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2011/11/16/hp-is-not-apple-meg-whitman-is-not-steve-jobs-but-heres-why-im-bullish-anyway/

Internet - Legislation to prevent piracy may have serious unintended consequences. http://tinyurl.com/7a9e29d and http://tinyurl.com/7f28caa

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Which smart phone operating system has the most marketshare? http://ping.fm/ENCoh #android #apple #Verizon

Mobile Tech - So what the heck is HTML5 and how did it kill Adobe Flash for mobile devices? http://ping.fm/FlDFf

Social Media - How Harvard Business School's first CMO is using this platform to enhance its brand. http://ping.fm/NFKxH

Monday, November 14, 2011

IBM - Billionaire Warren Buffett invested $10 billion in big blue this year. http://ping.fm/11ER2

Cloud Computing - Robots may soon access the cloud to perform data intensive functions. http://ping.fm/vFMm3

Sunday, November 13, 2011

How much of your Christmas shopping will be done over the internet? http://ping.fm/d8dAw #internet

Friday, November 11, 2011

Adobe - Company drops Flash for smartphones and tablets, shifts to HTML5. I've run out of excuses to get an iPad. http://ping.fm/lFUZS

Computer Interfaces - The future of Human / Computer interfaces. http://ping.fm/0emR2

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Tablets - Amazon's Fire device gaining mindshare. Is it ready to seriously compete against the iPad? http://ping.fm/eQ6no

iPhone - Is it for your Dad? Has it lost some of its "coolness"? http://ping.fm/ZD8eb

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Google - Company chairman says their glory days are numbered according to Senate testimony. http://ping.fm/j0Arv

Venture Capital - How the Y Combinator is impacting regular VC channels. http://tinyurl.com/d96gue8 (also see http://tinyurl.com/3undskh)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Will we be able to vote for President in 2012 on our iPads? http://ping.fm/wqg3Y #ipad #apple #vote

Internet - China wants more control of its Internet companies. They also want the UN to control the overall net. http://ping.fm/DLyUS

Speech Recognition - How we got to iPhone's Siri (which uses results of over 40 years of research funded by DARPA). http://ping.fm/dB4sa

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Is Khan Academy a disruptive technology platform to transform US education system? http://ping.fm/X7t7P #khanacademy #education

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Can a laser surgery change your eye color? http://ping.fm/pxmss #tech #laser #eyes #bbc

Can Google make a run selling cable TV services? http://ping.fm/QSbOh #Google

Friday, November 4, 2011

Management - Get all the fact and make a decision? Not necessarily according to Drucker. http://ping.fm/lIEQJ

Groupon - As company went public it was valued at $12.7 billion. http://ping.fm/aAw6i

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Who is going to win the battle for the web? http://ping.fm/bVP6z #facebook #google #microsoft #yahoo

CIOs - Why you may be demoted...and how to counter the arguments. http://ping.fm/Ahql1

Women in Tech - Women face many obstacles in tech including startups. Here's some advice on building strong teams. http://ping.fm/2237h

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Healthcare Tech - Why can't healthcare use Apple's approach to make thing simple and elegant? Too complicated? http://ping.fm/RJRj5

Startups - FB founder Zuckerberg says new companies more interested in making quick buck than building enterprises. http://ping.fm/jrcZz