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• Latinos purchase iPhones, Androids, equally

  Elaine Rita Mendus | Jul 03 2013 in Tech&V. Recommended The Pew Internet Center released new data regarding Americans and their ownership of smartphones. The full report can be read here. The data shows us… more

• Private online data for sale in Mexico

  Elaine Rita Mendus | Jul 01 2013 in Tech The Internet is a miner’s home, a paradise for valuable goods. And in Mexico, the big rush is for data — not coal or silver.… more

• The ACLU releases SB 1070 smartphone app

  Elaine Rita Mendus | Jun 27 2013 in Tech Apparently, there really is an app for everything. Working with OpenWatch Corporation, the ACLU has recently updated a bilingual app called “ACLU-AZ STOP SB 1070”,… more

• Silicon Valley schools are failing Latinos

  Elaine Rita Mendus | Jun 26 2013 in Essays&V. Recommended Latino students in environments built on tech and information growth are being failed by educational systems, creating a group of students who struggle with algebra… more

• Mexico’s Internet use is soaring

  Elaine Rita Mendus | Jun 23 2013 in Tech Everybody in the U.S. seems to be wired to the Internet, so it’s often easy for people to forget that the rest of the world… more

• UpgradeUSA: rent to own a computer

  Elaine Rita Mendus | Jun 04 2013 in Tech&V. Recommended Americans are practically required to have some sort of computer skills these days. It’s expected. However, for families with lower income, it can be hard… more

• Cheerios’ multi-racial commercial backlash: are you really shocked?

  Elaine Rita Mendus | Jun 02 2013 in Media&V. Recommended A cute, innocent commercial is making headlines for all of the wrong reasons. A white woman in a kitchen is asked by her biracial daughter… more

• LanguageTwin uses tech to teach Spanish

  Elaine Rita Mendus | May 29 2013 in Tech&V. Recommended Language teachers commonly say that you should listen to music or television shows in the language for the exposure, but the usefulness of that is… more

• Eva Longoria advocates for Latino biz owners

  Elaine Rita Mendus | May 27 2013 in Business Eva Longoria is not a name people associate with small business. The fiery Latina role she played on “Desperate Housewives” comes to mind for many,… more

• Disney & Día de los Muertos: culture is not for sale

  Elaine Rita Mendus | May 12 2013 in Essays&V. Recommended Barely a day after it became public that Disney had made a move to trademark Dia De los Muertos for an upcoming Pixar film about… more

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