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In recent years, Minneapolis has been one of the key cities working to get its residents connected to free Internet. In 2006, the city signed a contract with USI Wireless to build a citywide wireless network. Now as part of that ongoing effort to bridge the digital divide, the city announced 117 "Wireless Minneapolis" hotspots for residents and visitors to access the Internet for no charge. read more

A public school in New York City has taken the video game as its model for how to teach. read more

Department of Commerce and its Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Economic Development Administration announced four innovation forums to be held across the country in late June and early July with university leaders and key stakeholders to discuss the role of universities in innovation, economic development, job creation and commercialization of federally funded research. read more

The National Association of Broadcasters and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association see eye to eye on perceived problems with the Senate version of the DISCLOSE Act. read more

President Obama's decision to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top battlefield commander in Afghanistan, a move freighted with military and political implications, vaulted the war to the top of the media agenda last week for the first time in seven months. read more

On a 2-1 vote, Maine's Public Utilities Commission approved FairPoint's petition seeking approval of its bankruptcy plan and changes to the commission's 2008 order approving FairPoint's $2.3 billion purchase of Verizon properties in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. read more

Speaking to the American Library Association, Federal Communications Commission member Mignon Clyburn focused her remarks on National Broadband Plan recommendations directly support libraries' efforts to promote deployment and adoption of broadband. read more

Once social activism meant protest marches, civil obedience and sit-ins. But for today's 20-somethings -- sometimes called "slactivists" -- supporting or denouncing a cause is as simple as hitting the "like" button on Facebook or posting a hashtag to Twitter. And that's often where it ends. read more

Schools with one-to-one computing programs have fewer discipline problems, lower dropout rates, and higher rates of college attendance than schools with a higher ratio of students to computers. read more

What was the largest audience ever for a sports event online? ESPN claims it was the US vs Algeria World Cup game. read more

One source of ineffective and inefficient government is the technology gap between the public and private sectors. While a productivity boom has transformed private sector performance over the past two decades, the federal government has almost entirely missed this transformation and now lags far behind on efficiency and service quality. read more

Apple's iPhone 4 wireless handset includes components that cost as little as $187.51 read more

No question, placing ads or branded apps on mobile phones promises to be the Next Big Thing. read more

A rural-rural broadband digital divide already exists in the US, where vast differences in broadband availability exist in rural territories. read more

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided the NTIA $4.7 billion to support the deployment of broadband Internet service through a variety of initiatives, including broadband infrastructure. The state of Maryland and a broad consortium of key local government and private sector partners submitted the One Maryland Broadband Network application for approximately $140 million in broadband infrastructure funding, seeking to take advantage of an historic opportunity to build a broadband network that reaches the entire state. read more

In a meeting held June 25, the HIT Policy Committee approved recommendations by the Privacy and Security Tiger Team that would establish health information exchange credentials and help to protect personal health information. read more

The Parents Television Council (PTC) and a handful of Christian groups have called on Comcast to disclose the amount of revenue it brings in from pornographic and adult entertainment programming before it merges with NBC Universal (NBCU). read more

The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has just reported on brand new media developments in Russia. read more

Google is allowing privacy regulators in France, Germany and Spain to inspect Internet data that the company improperly collected for its street mapping service. read more

In two unanimous votes the Federal Communications Commission moved to protect and ensure the sustainability of Video Relay Service, a vital service for persons with hearing or speech disabilities. read more