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  • KCWiT launches program to help middle school girls explore tech

    KCWiT launches program to help middle school girls explore tech

    KANSAS CITY—As part of a continual effort to help women in technology fields, nonprofit Kansas City Women in Technology (KCWiT) created Tech sHeroes earlier this year, a program focused on educating, encouraging and empowering middle school girls to explore careers in technology.

  • Building the Gigabit City returns to KC, with $150K fund for support

    Kansas City has had gigabit connectivity for a while now, but there’s still work to be done finding out how the community and its entrepreneurs can best harness the potential. Next Thursday, Feb. 13, Mozilla will re-launch Building the Gigabit City 2.0 downtown at the Kansas City Public Library, partnering with KC Digital Drive and…

  • KC Digital Drive launches new 1 Billion Bits series this Wednesday

    Members of the Kansas City startup scene will soon have another regular meet-up to brew their ideas. 1 Billion Bits—a new speaker and event series created by KC Digital Drive—was created to help foster conversations between developers and the technical community about …

  • KC tech advocates weigh in on Austin’s addition to the Fiber family

    Kansas City and Austin, Texas, became Google Fiber siblings Tuesday with the announcement that the internet giant would take its ultrafast connectivity south in the middle of next year. Just as was the case when Kansas City heard the news in 2011, the big-picture impact is foggy. Will the unique relationship with Austin build a…

  • How to hack a gigabit city

    This weekend, about 100 hackers, developers and visionaries will gather in the City of Fountains for Hacking the Gigabit City, an event aimed at creating and developing the advanced uses for the ultra-high-speed connectivity that Google Fiber is bringing to Kansas City. Our local organizations—the Kauffman Foundation and KC Digital Drive—have partnered with the national…

  • Social Media Club of Kansas City earns “Outstanding Chapter” award

    Social Media Club, a San Francisco-based non-profit overseeing 350-plus local chapters, recently recognized its Kansas City chapter (SMCKC) as its inaugural “Outstanding Chapter of the Year.” The award acknowledges SMCKC’s “outstanding efforts in representing Social Media Club goals and values through promoting digital advocacy and serving the local community,” the organization’s announcement stated. Founded in…

  • With Digital Drive, KC leadership continues push to make most of Fiber

    The Mid-America Regional Council on Thursday announced the formation of KC Digital Drive, the latest iteration on a plan by civic leadership from both sides of the …

  • Gig Bits: Global roundtable Tuesday, digital divide conversation continues

    With ample Google Fiber news — like last week’s announcement of the order that Kansas City’s 180 fiberhoods will receive service — coming straight from the source in recent weeks, it has been some time since we checked on the ad hoc efforts surrounding the arrival of Google’s ultra high-speed internet service in Kansas City.…

  • Kansas City IT Professionals kick off 2012 with a happy hour with a twist

    More than 120 professionals from around the Kansas City metro gathered Thursday evening at The Well in Waldo for drinks, discussion and networking. But this wasn’t exactly your typical happy hour discussion. The topic du jour? Goals. The Kansas City Information Technology Professionals (KCITP) kicked off their event schedule for the new year with a…