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Gig Bits: Connecting dots between Google moves in Council Bluffs, KC
For a project that’s expected to enable uploads and downloads at ultra-fast speeds, Google Fiber has come into focus at a plodding pace. But thanks to reports that surfaced over the weekend and early this week, people are beginning to connect the dots between recent Google activity in two Silicon Prairie hubs. First, several outlets…
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T8, ActiveGrade, Ben Milne among TAI 2012 Prometheus Award finalists
The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI), a nonprofit dedicated to growing Iowa’s tech industry, and its event co-sponsor, LWBJ Financial, announced today the finalists for the 2012 Prometheus Awards, an event billed as “the technology industry’s premier celebration of extraordinary achievements among high-tech businesses and individuals.” More than 40 companies and individuals are …
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Bo Fishback on Zaarly anniversary: ‘It’s been a pretty incredible year’
One year ago, Bo Fishback, then president of Kauffman Labs in Kansas City, returned home from a weekend trip to Los Angeles with one thing on his mind: Zaarly. Today, that one thing is his full-time job. Over the past 365 days, Fishback took a frustration – at 6 feet 8 inches tall, he longed…