Month: February 2016
-
Tech EQuity Week (TEQWeek) Launches Inaugural Gathering of High-Profile Tech Organizations
photo courtesy Qeyno Labs OAKLAND, CA—Tech EQuity Week (@TEQWEEK) is the nation’s inaugural gathering featuring more than 30 high profile tech companies, startups, and non-profits making social impact and working collaboratively to showcase and celebrate the future of tech equity. Powered by Qeyno Labs in partnership with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the TechEquity Collaborative and…
-
Google gives $1M to Bryan Stevenson’s racial justice effort
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — USA Today reports Google.org is teaming with Bryan Stevenson and his non-profit Equal Justice Initiative to push America to confront its violent racial history. The philanthropic arm of the Internet giant says it will help bring online the public education programs on racial justice developed by this Harvard-educated lawyer and author of…
-
Verizon to Buy XO’s Fiber-Optic Network
WASHINGTON—CNBC reports Verizon Communications, the No.1 U.S. wireless service provider, would buy Carl Icahn-owned XO Communications’ fiber-optic network business for about $1.8 billion. Verizon said the deal will include XO’s fiber-based Internet protocol and Ethernet networks that will help serve its enterprise and wholesale customers. Read more…
-
BEYA and HSCC Celebrate 30-Year Milestones
PHILADELPHIA, PA—During this special week of February 15th through 21st 2016, America celebrates Career Communications Group’s (CCG) anniversary and milestone honoring their 30th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Gala at the Philadelphia Marriott. Launched in 1986 by Dr. Jesse L. Bemley (right), National BDPA also marks its 30th year of advancing young men…
-
Congress enacts permanent ban on State and Local Internet Taxes
Commerce, Retail, and points-of-sale: On-line vs. Brick-and-Mortar by Sally P. Schreiber, J.D. Journal of Accountancy WASHINGTON—Congress on Thursday passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, H.R. 644, which would make permanent the “moratorium on states and localities taxing Internet access or placing multiple and discriminatory taxes on internet commerce” (Conference Report, p. 231).…
-
Decoding the Department of Defense (DoD)
DIUx Invites your firm to Participate in a special Small Business Townhall: Director, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental Acting Director, DoD Office of Small Business Programs Chief of Contracting Policy Branch, Air Force Research Lab Regional Manager, Silicon Valley US Patent & Trademark Office Chief Technology Officer, Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—The Department of…