After months of anticipation, the wait was over today!

AC Team and friends shared in the excitement of the iPhone, undisputedly the biggest first day launch of a cell phone in history.

After months of anticipation, the wait was over today!

AC Team and friends shared in the excitement of the iPhone, undisputedly the biggest first day launch of a cell phone in history.

Since members of AC's team also produce video features for cell phone carriers ilke Sprint and Ampd Mobile, we had to check out the new iPhone.

And yes, it is beautiful!

Stay tuned for more reports as we try out our iPhones over the next few days.

Asian American Voters Numbers are Up! Language assistance is available to voters during Californias 2006 Primary Election, Tuesday, June 6. Report by Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) Reports

ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS NUMBERS ARE UP IN S. CALIFORNIA

LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE FOR JUNE 6 PRIMARY

LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2006 A new report released by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) shows that Asian Americans are an increasingly large part of the electorate in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

According to Asian Americans at the Ballot Box, a report that details Asian American participation in the 2004 General Election and provides detailed information on Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and
Vietnamese voters.

Asian Americans grew from 8% to 9% of all voters in Los Angeles County and 8% to 13% of all voters in Orange County between the 2000 and 2004 General Elections.

Asian American communities are growing dramatically and were seeing that growth at the polls, said Stewart Kwoh, President and Executive Director of APALC. Increasingly, candidates will have to speak to our issues if they expect to get elected.

According to the report, Asian Americans make up a majority or near majority of voters in Cerritos, Monterey Park, and Rosemead in Los Angeles County and in Westminster in Orange County.

The report also highlights Asian American voters need for the language assistance required under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. According to the...

AAJA Governing Board Urges UNITY to Take Proactive Approach to Media Cutbacks and Layoffs

SAN FRANCISCO--(U.S. ASIAN WIRE)-- July 2, 2007-- The AAJA Governing Board recently passed a resolution urging UNITY: Journalists of Color to take a proactive approach to the cutbacks in newsrooms all over the country. "Significant numbers of AAJA members as well as members of the other UNITY alliance partners have been seriously affected by the continued 'bleeding' in our industry," said AAJA executive director Rene Astudillo. "We are starting to see the impact of this situation in our membership rolls, convention attendance, and more significantly in the diversity of our newsrooms. UNITY '08 is just around the corner and this situation will definitely impact our goals and expectations of the Chicago convention," he added.

The AAJA Governing Board Resolution reads:

WHEREAS continued cutbacks and layoffs at media companies throughout the country are impacting AAJA's membership as well as those of our UNITY partners;

WHEREAS the goals of UNITY and its member organizations include increasing diversity in the newsroom and in news coverage, and advocating for its members; and

WHEREAS UNITY, as the collective voice of all four member organizations speaks with a stronger voice than any one individual member organization; therefore

BE IT RESOLVED that the AAJA Governing Board urges UNITY to take a proactive approach to industry cutbacks, including contacting media owners and industry...

Nicole Wong Photo credit: Bart Nagel

Washington, D.C.

May 8, 2013

President Barack Obama has reportedly selected Nicole Wong as the White House's first Chief Privacy Officer. Wong received her law degree and a master's degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. She was a partner at Perkins Coie law firm. After working for Google for eight years as a vice president and deputy general counsel overseeing censorship issues for products such as YouTube.com, she joined Twitter as its legal director in November, 2012. 

Wong's new role will be to advise the Obama administration on matters involving Internet Privacy. She will reportedly be a senior advisor to Todd Y. Park who was appointed in March, 2012 as the United States Chief Technology Officer and Assistant to the President.

Todd Y. Park Photo credit: WhiteHouse.gov   Prior to Todd Y. Park's latest White House post as the United States Chief Technology Officer and Assistant to the President, he was appointed in 2009 by President Obama as the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Park is a graduate of Harvard, and co-founder of two health information technology companies.

Related sources:

White House Blog profile on Todd Y. Park
Wikipedia on Todd Park
Wikipedia on Nicole Wong
CNET.com

National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) Launches Career Center Online

(U.S. ASIAN WIRE)-- July 9, 2007-- To coordinate with its National Convention in August, the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) has launched a comprehensive Career Center to connect talented professionals with diversity-minded corporations. The NAAAP Career Center (http://www.naaap .org/careers/) allows job-seeking professionals to apply for top-notch opportunities with corporations dedicated to diversity and career development. Job seekers can publicly or anonymously submit their resumes for free to attract interest from potential employers.

Delta Airlines, a sponsor of NAAAP's convention, scheduled for August 16-19, 2007, in Atlanta, will be giving away three free round trip, domestic airline tickets to three lucky job seekers who post their resumes by July 31, 2007. The names/resumes will be drawn during the convention; however, the winners do not need to be present to win.

web: http://www.naaapconvention.org

About the NAAAP Convention
The NAAAP National Convention is an annual event for Asian American and Asian Canadian professionals and organizations dedicated to serving our Asian communities. The event includes a two-day diversity career fair, more than 20 workshops focused on leadership, management, entrepreneurship, diversity and community service, over 45 national and local workshop speakers, inspiring keynote speakers, Friday and Saturday dinner...