Internet Expansion

Gates Foundation Awards Grant to Rutgers Professor Studying Low-Income Latino Families, Technology, and the Digital Divide

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant to Professor Vikki Katz of Rutgers University to carry out research on how low-income Latino families in the U.S. may adopt and use technology to help the next generation grow and learn.

Google Buys Nest for $3.2 Billion: A Foot in the Door of the Next Generation Home

Nov 14, 2024 12:10 PM EST By Paola Hernández

Google just made a huge purchase of Nest Labs, the young tech company that makes smart thermostats and smoke detectors. The Mountain View giant bought this company for $3.2 billion, which is a pretty huge number for a company that's essentially just entered its post-startup phase. Here's why.

AT&T Sponsored Data, Net Neutrality, and the Spotty Coverage of FCC Policy

Nov 14, 2024 12:10 PM EST By Paola Hernández

In 2010, powerful wireless internet providers scored big when the Federal Communications Commission exempted wireless telecommunications companies from key "Open Internet" (Net Neutrality-related) regulations. That exemption, which at the time was seen as an obvious, confusing oversight, has come back in the form of what could be a substantial challenge to Net Neutrality from AT&T's new "sponsored data" policy.