MLK Day Of Service At Girard College

Fox 29′s Shawnette Wilson was out at Girard College in North Philadelphia this morning where over 3,000 volunteers will participate in a huge MLK Day of Service project. SEE VIDEO

Volunteers honor King’s legacy

In a noisy, crowded gym at Girard College, Abel Jose-Perez and Tom Power labored over a computer, one of 100 to be refurbished and given to students and families with no Internet access. READ MORE

Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan

The staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created the National Broadband Plan. To an extraordinary extent, however, the author of this plan is America itself. Broadband is the great infrastructure challenge of the early 21st century. Like electricity a century ago, broadband is a foundation for economic growth, job creation, global competitiveness and a [...]

The Economic Impact of Digital Exclusion

March 5, 2010 a whitepaper by: Digital Impact Group digitalimpactgroup.org Econsult Corporation econsult.com In the US, over 100 million individuals representing over 40 million households do not use broadband because they cannot access it, cannot afford it, do not know how to use it, or are not aware of its benefits. This “digital divide” is [...]

Community launches support portal for Google gigabit fiber

An article that appeared on Technically Philly – March 3, 2010 Written by: Brian James Kirk After announcing last week its intent to apply to be a test bed for Google’s ultra-high speed fiber, city officials have collaborated with community developers to launch an external initiative to drum up buzz for its proposal. READ MORE

Philadelphia to apply for Google’s experimental ultra-high speed broadband

An article that appeared on Technically Philly – March 3, 2010 Written by: Brian James Kirk “Let’s light this joint up,” city Chief Technology Officer Allan Frank said, throwing his hands in the air and walking off stage at the fifth Ignite Philly, seemingly surprised by the cheers and laughs the slide earned. READ MORE

Brewerytown: The Community Center Bridges the Digital Divide

An article posted on Philadelphia Neighborhoods – October, 9, 2009 written by: Kevin Cook and Marilyn S. D’Angelo Brewerytown Community Development Corp. computer lab giving residents in urban neighborhoods access the Internet as well as many other services. READ MORE

The Digital Philadelphia Project

An article that appeared on Benton Foundation – August 12, 2009 Sourced from: Technically Philly Wireless Philadelphia is dead. What was left of the title — once the 2004 promise of a wirelessly-connected Philadelphia — was lost this May when the nonprofit that shared the initiative’s name rebranded itself as the Digital Impact Group to [...]

‘Virtual’ computers span the digital divide

An article that appeared on Google.com – August 7, 2009 Written by: Glenn Chapman NComputing is out to span the digital divide with a version of cloud computing called “virtualization,” which essentially turns one machine into many. READ MORE