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STEM programs must go beyond tutoring and base education of hands on experience, focus attention on middle school and earlier ages, and ensure that all colleges receiving federal funds are actively working to increase STEM participation by African Americans.
According to Robert Shapiro, chairman of Sonecon LLC, economic models indicate broadband access would “reach universality” without government intervention in the market by about 2016.
Robert Shapiro, chairman of Sonecon LLC, said that the differences in diffusion of Internet access across different income groups was “closer to a digital lag than a digital divide,” with lower income people adopting these technologies at the same rate as higher income people, but with a four-year lag.
According to data analysis by Brian Solis, president of Silicon Valley public-relations firm Future Works, women make up 55% of users on the photo-sharing site Flickr, as they also do on FriendFeed.
According to data analysis by Brian Solis, president of Silicon Valley public-relations firm Future Works, professional-networking site LinkedIn has an equal gender demographic, with 50% men and 50% women.
According to data analysis by Brian Solis, president of Silicon Valley public-relations firm Future Works, YouTube’s users are half women and half men.
According to data analysis by Brian Solis, president of Silicon Valley public-relations firm Future Works, 64% of users of MySpace are female, and on the social-network-creation site Ning, 59% of users are women.
According to data analysis by Brian Solis, president of Silicon Valley public-relations firm Future Works, on Facebook, 57% of users are women and 43% are men, with the same gender breakdown on Twitter and Yelp.
Although 96 percent of California’s residents live in an area with broadband access, most of the people who actually are connected make more than $80,000 a year, while only 58 percent of residents that make less than $40,000 can afford a $60.00 a month broadband package.
According to comScore, just 11 percent of Twitter users are aged 12 to 17. Likewise, teenagers account for 14 percent of MySpace’s users and only 9 percent of Facebook’s.
