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Weiv wants to change the way you experience live music
In decades past, concert-goers would wave lighters to the beat of the music. Today, the glow of cell phone screens shows appreciation at a concert. Weiv hopes that soon, waving Wii Remotes will let the audience actually interact with the performance in real-time. “We’re kind of trying to suggest a new model for what performance…
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Grassley releases committee hold on bill with tech industry support
With weeks left in the second session of Congress, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released his Senate Judiciary Committee hold July 11 on H.R. 3012, the bill also known as the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. Introduced to the Senate in September by a handful of Republican and Democrats, the bill will now have a chance…
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Google Fiber “arrives on July 26,” new KC video spot announces
Truman defeating Dewey. Satchel Paige firing a fastball. Charlie Parker playing bebop. The Google Fiber ad spot posted this morning on the Google Fiber Blog certainly pulls at Kansas City’s collective heart strings. And, with the obligatory shot of a steaming stack of short ribs, it also activates the salivary glands. But the 30-second spot…
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With ShareStream, eVents aims to create instant local communities
Popping up at functions like Coders 4 Charities, The Forum at the Middle of the Map Fest and GO | The Future of Mobile Payments, eVents has wasted little time since its March launch in introducing itself to the Kansas City community. eVents, a Kansas City, Mo. startup founded by the father-daughter team of Tom…