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Study: Puerto Rico Internet users growing, more ‘mobile’
May 17, 2013, 1 Comment

Internet engagement continues growing in "leaps and bounds" in Puerto Rico, reaching 57 percent of use among island resi ...

Fusionworks founding partners (from left) Leslie Luciano, Jorge Mejía and José Santiago.
Fusionworks expands to Florida, Central America
April 18, 2013, No Comments

Puerto Rican business and technology information consulting firm, Fusionworks Inc. will mark 11 years of operations and ...

Digitally connecting the hemisphere remains one of the key challenges for the Latin America and Caribbean region, says the WEF.
WEF: Puerto Rico shows ‘digital paradox’
April 10, 2013, No Comments

The Latin America and Caribbean regions still suffer from a serious lag in the adoption and use of information technolog ...

Michael Terner, vice president of Brazil, left, greets Gov. García-Padilla during Tuesday's session of the Global Leaders Forum in Brazil. (Credit: La Fortaleza)
Puerto Rico gov’t, Microsoft partner to boost IT, cloud computing
April 10, 2013, No Comments

In light of the growth of cloud computing and application programming interfaces worldwide, Gov. Alejandro García-Padil ...

The Government Leaders Forum will take place through Wednesday in Río de Janeiro.
Local gov’t officials off to Brazil for leaders forum
April 8, 2013, No Comments

Three high-ranking Puerto Rico government officials, Gov. Alejandro García Padilla, Economic Development and Commerce S ...

From left: Dacio Pasarell, chief banking operations officer of FirstBank; FirstBank President Aurelio Alemán; and Marcelo Annarumma, managing director, FIS Latin America and Caribbean.
FirstBank Puerto Rico partners with FIS
March 21, 2013, No Comments

FirstBank Puerto Rico announced Wednesday it has formalized a seven-year strategic alliance with FIS, a global provider ...

Author Carmen Z. Claudio is president of the Private Education Association of Puerto Rico
Op-Ed: The challenge of a new student in a new society and economy
March 13, 2013, No Comments

The core challenge we face today as educators is this: previous generations before the 70’s have been educating genera ...

Puerto Rico students connect with other high schools using “AT&T Telepresence Solution,” AT&T’s advanced, high definition videoconferencing service.
AT&T hosts 15th annual ‘National High Technology Day’
March 8, 2013, No Comments

AT&T’s Hispanic/Latino Association, HACEMOS, hosted its annual HACEMOS National High Technology Day in 31 cities acros ...

TRB President Sandra Torres (standing at center) and Caguas Deputy Mayor Lydia E. Denizard-Rivera (right) look on as students "break in" the new equipment at the Caguas Internet center.
JRT opens free Internet center in Caguas
March 7, 2013, No Comments

In an effort to promote education and foster technological advancement for residents of the Municipality of Caguas, the ...

Augusto Ibáñez, corporate editorial director of Spain’s Fundación SM
Educator: Tech alone isn’t answer to better learning
March 4, 2013, No Comments

Information technologies and communication act as great amplifiers: if the education system is efficient, they improve i ...