Having access to the internet is one of the keys to leveling the playing field for students. Sprint is working to bring internet access to a million low-income high school students.
The 1Million Project is only a year old, and has already connected 85,000 students to the internet through free devices and services. Doug Michelman, President of The 1Million Project, says that they are on track to reach a million students within 5 years.
The organization is currently active in 30 states. The 1Million Project has connected with over 1,300 high schools across 120 school districts.
DirecTV's Spaceway-1 satellite is launching itself into a band of space junk called the graveyard orbit. The emergency measure became necessary after an unexplained battery malfunction in December put it in jeopardy of exploding.
Technology companies led U.S. stocks higher in early trading Monday as global markets mostly calmed down following a sharp sell-off last week over worries about the spreading virus outbreak that began in China.
In this age of personalization, information is collected from your online movements whether you’re aware of it or not. If you feel a bit eerie about it, you’re not alone.
With Roku set to possibly lose Fox channel by the end of Friday, Cheddar looks into alternate ways owners can still watch the Super Bowl on Sunday.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
The membership-based primary care provider came to the table with an ambitious business proposition: that primary care can use technology and high-end customer service to draw in patients willing to pay a little extra.
Cheddar got an exclusive ride in the front seat of a Street View vehicle in New York City -- and sat down with Andrew Lookingbill, engineering director at Google Maps, and Ethan Russell, the director of product management at Google.
Easy Aerial CEO and co-founder Ido Gur talked to Cheddar about giving police a "bird's eye view" of the Hard Rock Stadium parking lot this Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers square off.
The vehicle, set to make its debut this May, promises to be a sharp departure from the lumbering Hummer H1, H2, and H3, which were discontinued last decade amid soaring prices at the pump and sinking prices in General Motors stock.
The results reflect a year of heavy investment for the company as it expanded customer benefits like one-day delivery and sought out larger clients for its profitable cloud computing business.
