access
May. 14, 2013 9:30 am
Prometheus Radio Project’s 10-year ‘pirate radio’ battle to open airwaves
This October, community groups and nonprofits across the country will have a onetime opportunity to apply for a radio license to run their own radio station. More than a decade in the making, this national moment can be traced back to the work of a seven-person nonprofit right in Center City: The Prometheus Radio Project.
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Apr. 29, 2013 11:11 am
3 reasons some stay offline: digital literacy campaign EveryoneOn expands
As part of Philly Tech Week Presented by AT&T, EveryoneOn, a program sponsored by national nonprofit Connect2Compete, expanded its digital literacy initiative to Philadelphia, building on earlier efforts in the area by groups like KEYSPOT.
![300k visitors to KEYSPOT computer centers in two years [GRAPH]](http://technical.ly/philly/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/04/keyspot-160x130.png)
access
Apr. 19, 2013 11:30 am
300k visitors to KEYSPOT computer centers in two years [GRAPH]
More than 300,000 Philadelphians have used visited a KEYSPOT computing center, part of the city's $18 million federally funded public-private initiative to close the digital divide. As the two-year program winds down, the program is completing a survey to measure the diversity of KEYSPOT users.
access
Apr. 1, 2013 8:30 am
Autism Expressed offers curriculum to teach digital literacy to special education students
Nearly 20 organizations around the country use the interactive curriculum, and the demand is growing: there's a waiting list of about 200 parents and organizations.
access
Mar. 15, 2013 11:30 am
Nutter proposes spending $624K on KEYSPOT public computing centers
The $18 million in federal funding for the city's KEYSPOT public computing centers and digital access initiatives runs out this summer, but Mayor Michael Nutter has at least one plan for keeping the centers open: invest $624,000 in them.
access
Mar. 7, 2013 9:00 am
Comcast Internet Essentials brings low-cost Internet to more than 5,700 Philly families, up from 463 last year
Local participation in Comcast‘s low-cost “Internet Essentials” program has drastically improved from last year, according to data from a recent Comcast release. The company took a bruising for a lackluster launch for the initiative. More than 5,700 families in Philadelphia are using the service, up from a mere 463 families at around this time last [...]
![100K+ Philly households didn’t apply for property tax relief, report points to digital divide [MAP]](http://technical.ly/philly/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/Screen-Shot-2013-02-28-at-6.37.10-PM-160x130.png)
civic
Mar. 1, 2013 10:00 am
100K+ Philly households didn’t apply for property tax relief, report points to digital divide [MAP]
The massive overhaul of the city’s property tax assessments drastically increases the previous outdated values of homes in many neighborhoods that have changed dramatically in the last decade or more — think Northern Liberties and Graduate Hospital. To cushion the blow, last fall, homeowners could opt-in to a ‘homestead exemption,’ in which, say, $30,000 would [...]
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Jan. 2, 2013 10:00 am
Philly tech scene 2012: 5 biggest stories
It’s been a year full of meetups, demo days and coworking spot grand openings. And we’re looking forward to even more in 2013. Here are our picks for the five biggest stories of the year, in no particular order. Let us know your picks in the comments.
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Oct. 31, 2012 10:00 am
Technology Tutors Today: Philly wins $100k grant to launch digital literacy training program
The digital divide isn’t just about lacking access to computers or the Internet, says the city’s Chief Service Officer Catherine Wolfgang. It’s about having the ability to engage with technology. Digital literacy and our traditional notion of literacy — reading and writing — are no longer separate, Wolfgang says. A new program run by the Mayor’s [...]
![56% of elderly Philadelphians say they never use the Internet, 36% in suburbs [Study]](http://technical.ly/philly/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/08/access-160x130.png)
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Aug. 24, 2012 9:30 am
56% of elderly Philadelphians say they never use the Internet, 36% in suburbs [Study]
Older adults in Philadelphia city are less likely to use the Internet than those in the Philly suburbs, according to a study by a local health organization. Out of the 3,000 Philadelphia-region adults over 60 who were surveyed in 2010 by the Public Health Management Corporation’s Community Health Data Base (CHDB), 56 percent of Philadelphians [...]