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Qualcomm Honored for 3G Mobile Vision Project in China
“The doctor told me that soon I will be able to see without my glasses!” said one of the children participating in the Mobile Vision Project who has amblyopia. Sometimes called “lazy eye,” amblyopia is the most common cause of vision impairment in childhood. Detected early, amblyopia is treatable. Left untreated, however, it can cause lifelong disability.
Brookings Institution Hosts Forum on How Mobile Is Fueling Entrepreneurship around the World
Panel of experts examine how mobile technology can accelerate entrepreneurship and successfully connect innovators worldwide.
Brazil’s Incentives For Wireless Infrastructure Provide a Model For Developing Countries
Nowhere has the mobile revolution had a bigger impact on people’s lives than in developing countries.
The Future of Mobility Event
At Qualcomm, we live and breathe mobile technology. We are acutely aware that it has transformed the way we live our lives and connect to the world around us. That is why we were thrilled to learn that TIME was devoting a special issue to wireless technology and bringing together industry experts to further examine the transformative power of mobile.
mHealth Task Force: Five Recommendations to Accelerate Wireless Health Technology Adoption
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asked a group of health care industry experts, academics and senior executives from the health and technology industries to examine the challenges faced by wireless health technology and develop recommendations to accelerate the adoption of mHealth solutions.
Congress Should Cooperate to Keep Skilled College Graduates in the U.S.
Democrats and Republicans move forward together to alleviate shortage of tech workers.
Easing the Spectrum Crunch—How Industry and Government Can Work Together
Recently, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) – an advisory group of leading scientists and engineers – released a report...
The Future of Mobile is Young and Bright
6:23 a.m. My phone is playing ‘Here Comes the Sun,’ by The Beatles. This rising sun brings the last day of my internship at Qualcomm, and the calendar notice on my phone confirms this fact that I would much rather were fiction. 6:36 a.m. Showered, dressed, and making breakfast, phone in hand. I check my emails—somehow I managed to sleep through my phone chirping “new message” during the night—and scroll through Facebook and Twitter. Nothing too exciting seems to have happened overnight, but I have yet to check my work email. My phone’s daily weather alert says it will be warm and sunny again today, so I leave my blazer at home.
“Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act” is a Win for U.S. Employers
On June 11, 2012, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that, after only ten short weeks of accepting applications, it had reached the Fiscal Year 2013 cap on congressionally mandated H-1B work visas. This came as a surprise to many, considering it took six months to reach the cap for Fiscal Year 2012 and more than eight months for Fiscal Year 2011.
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