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President Obama unveiled an ambitious blueprint to use $18 billion in federal funds to get 98 percent of the nation connected to the Internet on smartphones and tablet computers in five years. Read more about Out-innovate, Out-educate, Out-build

Sign up for a webcast 12:15pm EST February 1, 2011

This event is co-sponsored by the New America Foundation and the Yale Law School, Information Society Program . Read more about Webcast on Bridging the Digital Divide - Is Community Wireless the Solution?

According to the Pew Internet and American Life Mobile Access 2010 report, more Americans are accessing the internet wirelessly. 

African-American and Latinos continue to be the most active users of mobile web, with a greater percentage owning cell phones and accessing the internet with them. Read more about Cell Phone and Wireless Internet use is Rising

ZFellow Sean McLaughlin, executive director of Access Humboldt, was recently featured in an article in App-Rising.com.

Described as a community media pioneer who is working to bring broadband to and foster local community media in Humboldt County, CA, he's an incredibly thoughtful guy who's able to look at the world through the eyes of a poet, the mind of an engineer, and the heart of a long-time community activist. Read more about Digital Redwoods Ecosystem