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Florida Tech Hub Gains Steam

The South Florida tech community celebrated its progress last week even while acknowledging it has a hard road ahead.

Spanish-Language E-book Retailer Challenges Amazon, iBooks

BajaLibros.com, a leading retailer of eBooks in Spanish, opened its portal for business in the U.S. today.

Time Warner Connects Victor Cruz with Pro Bowl via Social Media

Time Warner Cable encouraged customers to vote for Cruz across all online media platforms including its YouTube channel, Twitter and English and Spanish Facebook pages.

Facebook Investors Showing Confidence

Investors hated Facebook at $38 a share. But they seemed to love it under $20.

Build, Host Website in Spanish With Google

Google will present Get Your Business Online Con Google for Hispanic-owned businesses at a workshop 9 a.m. Dec. 3 at the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, featuring tools and resources to create a website in Spanish.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Honors Napoleon Pinos

Northrop Grumman employee Napoleon Pinos was awarded the Hispanic in Technology Award-Corporate at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers' conference in Ft. Worth, Texas.

An App for Building Apps

Juan Porras is at the head of a North Carolina startup that's working to launch a software application that allows nondevelopers to build their own software applications for mobile devices -- or an app for creating apps.

NM Celebrates Women in Computing

Speakers from Google, Microsoft, the Anita Borg Institute, Intel, the UT El Paso and the National Center for Women in Technology are scheduled to participate in Women in Computing.

Hispanic Retailer Cardenas Markets Makes Move to Amp Store-Level Inventory

Cardenas Markets, a 28-store chain operating in California and Nevada, is partnering with Park City Group, a leader in consumer goods supply chain technology, to increase sales and reduce out-of-stocks.

New Life for Discarded Computers

It might not be much of a stretch to say that Andy Elofson has been a social worker of Santa-like proportions.

Hispanics, Blacks Adopt Shopping Tech Faster Than Whites

Hispanics and African Americans are adopting new shopping technologies at a faster rate than Caucasians, with 18 percent of African American shoppers and 16 percent of Hispanic shoppers using their mobile device to make purchases as compared to 10 percent of Caucasians.

Hispanicize 2012 To Feature Top Hispanic Bloggers, Brands, Filmmakers, and More

Hispanicize 2012, the third such annual event, takes place this year in Miami from April 10-13. Hispanicize 2012, which is produced by Hispanicize, the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), will again feature top brand managers, Latino bloggers, social media entrepreneurs and Hispanic leaders, as well as filmmakers.

Verizon Expanding Streaming, Cloud Services

Verizon is expanding its online media streaming service to add more movies from more Hollywood studios, and will make them available on more types of mobile devices.

HuffPost Introduces 'Latino Voices' Channel

Today, the Huffington Post launched its LatinoVoices channel. Site founder and the president/editor-in-chief of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group introduced the new initiative.

Comcast's $10 Internet Initiative Increases Web Access

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has announced a broadband adoption initiative with which it seeks to "bridge the digital divide in America." Through the "Internet Essentials" program, certain low-income families will qualify for high-speed Internet service at about $10 a month.