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Following this week’s introduction of the Sustaining our Most Advanced Researchers and Technology (SMART) Jobs Act of 2012 by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and the Securing the Talent America Requires for the 21st Century (STAR) Act by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) issued the following statement that can be attributed to Michael Petricone, senior vice president, government and regulatory affairs: “It is refreshing to see Senators from both sides of the aisle introducing legislation this week that will help America keep its competitive edge. The SMART Act and the STAR Act highlight the value of strategic immigration by keeping American-educated master’s and doctorate STEM students in the United States. America’s future competitiveness and prosperity relies on the ideas and hard work of the best and t... (more)

FinancialContent Launches Facebook IPO Tracker Widget

SAN CARLOS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/16/12 -- FinancialContent, a leading online provider of business content and stock market data, today announced the official launch of its Facebook IPO Tracker Widget and Mark Zuckerberg Net Worth Tracker. With the Internet abuzz about Facebook's IPO coming up this Friday, May 18th, FinancialContent has developed two free widgets that will go live as soon as shares of Facebook start trading on the Nasdaq. Online publishers are welcome to retrieve code for the two free widgets on a special Facebook IPO Tracker webpage. The Facebook IPO Tracker... (more)

CEA Hails Unanimous FCC Support of Incentive Auctions

All five Federal Communications Commission commissioners today voiced their support for voluntary incentive spectrum auctions during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. Julie Kearney, vice president of regulatory affairs of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, released the following statement regarding this sweeping support: “The FCC’s universal support for voluntary incentive auctions is encouraging, and we look forward to working with the full five-member commission and FCC staff on this technology policy imperative. Our nation’s ability to create jobs and grow our e... (more)

Infonetics Research: Global Spending on Optical Network Gear Drops 23% in 1Q12; Worst Quarter in Europe in 5 Years

Market research firm Infonetics Research today reported in its Optical Network Hardware vendor market share report that spending on optical gear dropped 23% globally in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12) from the previous quarter. “While optical hardware revenue trends in all world regions were not positive in the first quarter of 2012, the most alarming development is that year-over-year in EMEA – particularly Europe – spending on WDM optical equipment decreased faster than spending on legacy SDH equipment,” notes Andrew Schmitt, principal analyst for optical at Infonetics Resear... (more)

Mobile Marketing News Weekly – Week of May 6, 2012

The Mobile Marketing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile marketing that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information. Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly Also read Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Health News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Internet Broadcasting, provider of digital publishing technology and services and one of the world's largest digital advertising agencies, has un... (more)