Joint Venture in the News
August 31, 2008 (San Jose Mercury News) - We're rich: San Jose is one of the most affluent cities in America with a median household income of $76,963. Santa Clara County ranks in the top 10 among large U.S. counties with an $84,360 median household income in 2007. More.
August 26, 2008 (San Francisco Chronicle) - Silicon Valley is known worldwide as a center of high-tech innovation, but a new report warns that a widening wage gap is putting pressure on middle-income earners and grinding down those at the bottom. More.
August 10, 2008 (Palo Alto Daily News) - In Silicon Valley, Google sends wireless Internet to the entire city of Mountain View, tech moguls are spotted in Starbucks, and you can't swing an Ethernet cable without hitting someone chatting on an iPhone. More.
August 8, 2008 (San Jose Mercury News) - Here in Silicon Valley, our passion for the latest in cell phones and mobile devices like the new iPhone is unbounded. But after you get that whiz-bang gadget out of the box, can you actually connect? More.
August 8, 2008 (San Jose Mercury News) - A a 16-page report from Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network released today highlighted some ways to fix the cell phone coverage problem. More.
August 7, 2008 (CBS5) - Joint Venture - Silicon Valley Network has authored a study titled, "How We Can Improve Cell Phone Coverage in Silicon Valley." The non-profit concluded the area has outgrown the existing network and more towers are needed. More.
July 31, 2008 (Gilroy Dispatch) - "The Silicon Valley economy today is one of the healthiest that we've seen in a generation. The reason is that it's a diversified portfolio," says Russell Hancock, head of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, a group that connects regional business and government leaders. "They call it Silicon Valley, but really that's a misnomer. We really should be called Innovation Valley." More.
July 25, 2008 (San Jose Mercury News) - "The digital divide really is a manifestation of the economic divide," Sunne Wright McPeak, president and chief executive of the California Emerging Technology Fund, said during a discussion of the survey held at Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More.
July 9, 2008 (Christian Science Monitor) - “The Silicon Valley economy today is one of the healthiest that we’ve seen in a generation. The reason is that it’s a diversified portfolio,” says Russell Hancock, head of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, a group that connects regional business and government leaders. “They call it Silicon Valley, but really that’s a misnomer. We really should be called Innovation Valley.” More.
July 8, 2008 (Palo Alto Online) - Wireless services could help machines communicate with each other — streamlining city and business functions, according to Seth Fearey, the vice president and chief operating officer of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network. Fearey's group is leading the Wireless Silicon Valley project under which Silicon Valley Metro Connect is conducting the San Carlos pilot. More.
July 3, 2008 (PC World) - Different approaches to wireless Internet access in San Francisco and neighboring Silicon Valley are producing very different results, with one project springing up around the city and the other inching through regulatory procedures. More.
July 3, 2008 (San Jose Mercury News) - Organizers of Wireless Silicon Valley said they spent most of last year searching for a workable business model that does not include taxpayer dollars. A test site is planned in San Carlos this year. More.
June 24, 2008 (San Jose Business Journal) - And many of those are the Silicon Valley. Of the 525 cleantech patents issued to companies here from 1976 to 2006, 274 were related to batteries, according to Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network. More.
June 22, 2008 (San Mateo Daily News) - The plan is to have the network for outdoor users, but people and businesses who want to use it inside can buy equipment to do so for about $100, said Seth Fearey, vice president and chief operating officer for the nonprofit Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, which is spearheading the effort. More.
June 22, 2008 (San Jose Mercury News) - Here's what you can do: Sign the Science Debate petition. If your company has a political action committee - Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Cisco all do - get it on board. And let's get some of the big civic organizations involved (Hello, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce). More.
June 22, 2008 (San Francisco Chronicle) - John Adams, Larry Alder, Elaine Alquist, Paul Gustafson, Linda LeZotte and Tom McCalmont were appointed to the board of directors of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network. More.
June 19, 2008 (KCBS Radio 740) - Three Silicon Valley government agencies, working in partnership with business and civic leaders, today signed an historic agreement to develop a multimodal transportation corridor plan along El Camino Real, a major step forward for the Grand Boulevard Initiative. More.
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