Each year, the Universal Service Administrative Co. makes available $400 million through the Rural Health Care program, to be used for telecommunications and Internet services for health care...

Seven public libraries received a helping hand recently, thanks to the generosity of a lifelong educator, the late Shirley Kreutz Bennett of Lincoln. Each year the Kreutz Bennett Donor-Advised Fund,...

Mobile access to information is a growing requirement. Customers want – and expect – this access and successful small businesses provide it. The Nebraska Broadband Initiative will offer...

When people enter personal information into a website, they trust that site to protect it from leaking into cyberspace. In an age when more and more business is conducted online, small businesses...

Experts will give advice on how to manage the new cloud computing technology during a broadband webinar Jan. 16. The second of a new series of live seminars, this session will offer information on...

   The Nebraska panhandle is one of the nation’s most rural areas, with population densities of less than one person per square mile in some places. About 75,000 to 80,000 people live...

Experts will give advice on how to solve business problems using readily accessible, low cost technological tools during a broadband webinar Nov. 28. The first of a new series of live seminars, this...

People often complain about their Internet service, but no one ever does anything about it. Well, here's your chance: Nebraska's Public Service Commission wants Nebraskans to take a simple, fast...

Gov. Dave Heineman has announced that the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) honored the State of Nebraska with the association’s State Technology Innovator...

USDA Rural Development Delivers to Rural Nebraska Nearly $28.6 Million through Electric and Telecommunications Programs Nearly $28.6 million was delivered to Nebraska in federal fiscal year 2012...

Lt. Gov. Sheehy Announces Nebraska Recognized as Leader in Health Information Technology Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy announced The Nebraska Information Technology Commission and two Nebraska health...

A representative of the Nebraska Library Commission will provide an update on the Library Broadband Builds Nebraska Communities Project during a webinar Oct. 24. The webinar is scheduled at 10 a.m....

Verizon’s high-speed, fourth-generation mobile broadband network will be available to Nebraska customers in Norfolk and North Platte next week and in Grand Island and Hastings by the end of the...

People from across Nebraska will meet Oct. 2 in Lincoln to explore the potential of broadband Internet technologies to promote economic and community growth. The 2012 Broadband Connecting Nebraska...

CenturyLink Communications plans to bring broadband service to thousands of rural Midlanders after accepting $3 million from the Federal Communications Commission’s new Connect America Fund. ...

USDA Rural Development Provides Funds to Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation to Further Telemedicine Learning Opportunities Kearney, Nebraska June 21, 2012 – Nebraska State Director for USDA...

Our iPad Tracker has been live for a little over a month, and the Chitika Insights team thought it was a good time to revisit how the iPad ecosystem has evolved since the device’s debut on...

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 27 projects in 14 states to support small business and job creation opportunities and train...

At times, finding enough money to pay for everything can seem nearly impossible. Help is available in one important area: communications. Telephone connections are extremely important. From a safety...

74% of smartphone owners use their phone to get real-time location-based information, while 18% use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with...

Today, NTIA is pleased to introduce a new set of reports, the Broadband Briefs series, that use publicly available data collected by the U.S. Department of Commerce to examine broadband availability...

According to new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, parents see libraries as very important community resources. Libraries’ digital books and...

Older adults hit a digital milestone last year: For the first time since the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project began conducting surveys, a majority (53 percent) of people...

A new platform will aggregate digital resources from libraries and museums across the United States. The Digital Public Library of America will launch a new website on Thursday, April 18, and...

U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) announced that, early this morning, the United States Senate approved a bipartisan amendment they introduced to promote investment in...

Smartphone adoption among American teens has increased substantially and mobile access to the internet is pervasive. One in four teens are “cell-mostly” internet users, who say they...

More U.S. farmers and ranchers are using smart phones or other mobile devices to increase efficiency and generate higher profits. For Zach Hunnicutt, a fifth-generation Nebraska farmer, the decision...

Rarely does a week go by without news of another hacking incident, whether it's Chinese hackers accused of breaking in to The New York Times' computer systems or Burger King finding its Twitter...

A survey of teachers who instruct American middle and secondary school students finds that digital technologies have become central to their teaching and professionalization. At the same time, the...

When it comes to cyber attacks, size doesn’t matter. Tech giant Apple admitted Tuesday it was hacked by the same group that hit social-networking monster Facebook in January, and Burger King...

Nearly six in ten cell owners used their phone inside a physical store for assistance or guidance on a purchasing decision this holiday season. In the 30 days preceding our early January 2013 survey...

Seven in ten (69%) U.S. adults track a health indicator for themselves or a loved one and many say this activity has changed their overall approach to health, according to a new survey by the Pew...

The Federal Communications Commission's chairman, Julius Genachowski, wants to see gigabit speed broadband services in all 50 states by 2015. At a meeting of U.S. mayors in Washington, D.C., today,...

In 2006, the FCC established the Rural Health Care Pilot Program to encourage health care providers that serve rural communities – including some urban hub sites – to develop and use...

The teachers who instruct the most advanced American secondary school students render mixed verdicts about students’ research habits and the impact of technology on their studies. Some 77% of...

From large urban areas to rural communities, Americans often report similarly high levels of interest in news. Still, a national survey shows that community differences emerge in the number and...

Opportunity is knocking for telehealth to become a common method of practicing medicine in the U.S. One-on-one Web-based video chats and other electronic consultation between doctors and patients...

Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Announces Board of Directors for the First Responder Network Authority FirstNet to Create Nationwide Broadband Network to Improve Public Safety In...

Access to fast Internet is spreading in the U.S., but about 19 million Americans can't get it, according to a new government report out Tuesday. The report by the Federal Communications Commission...

Even though mobile technology often simplifies the completion of everyday tasks, cell phone owners can also encounter technical glitches and unwanted intrusions on their phones. In an April 2012...