“Apretaste!” Hosting Hackathon to Better Internet Access in Cuba
As published in CubaNet, Salvi Pascual is a Cuban exile determined to help his country rise from “being the least connected in the hemisphere.” To that end, his Apretaste! platform will be hosting a Hackathon in Miami “where over $1,000 in prizes...
Open Letter: Connect Cuba to ETECSA…Regarding the Logo
February 9th, 2016 Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA)Centro de Negocios Miramaredificio Beijing, 5to pisoAve 3ra, e/ 76 y 78Playa, La Habana. CP. 11300CUBADear ETECSA:We have discovered, via your official web portal “CubaSi.cu,” that you...
Is Cuba Building the Next Great “Cyber Wall” with China?
The Associated Press ran a story Sunday on Cuba’s announcement of a pilot project to launch broadband Internet service in two Havana neighborhoods. It mentions that ETECSA, the country’s state run telecommunications monopoly, will allow Cubans in Old Havana to “order...