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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.
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Second round of Mozilla Gigabit Fund projects launch in KC
For communities with Gigabit connectivity, like Google Fiber, the question has become how to get the most out of a high-speed Internet connection. And through a program run by Mozilla, 10 more solutions will receive about $165,400 to try to do so…
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At halfway point, first Mozilla Gigabit Fund projects to present Tuesday
As the first round of Mozilla’s Gigabit Community Fund approaches the program’s halfway point, the Kansas City group of pilot projects is prepping to present what they’ve built so far to members of the community. On Tuesday, June 10, the Mozilla Foundation will hold its regular monthly meetup along with the first public reporting out…
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Mozilla awards grants to projects that harness Gigabit power for education
Mozilla announced grants ranging from $5,000 to $30,000 to eight educational pilot projects in Kansas City and Chattanooga, Tenn., that are taking advantage of the cities’ gigabit Internet speeds …
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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…
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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…