Kansas City Earlier today, we reported Sprint acquired Handmark and its subsidiary, OneLouder. But we haven't been along for the entire journey like the Kansas City Business Journal. Reporter Alyson Raletz put together a timeline showing how the deal coalesced, including the fact it took almost four months … read more

Kansas City Education startup myEDmatch has quickly—seven months since launch—caught the eye of DonorsChoose.org, the nonprofit that since 2000 has raised about $180 million for classroom projects. The Kansas City startup, which offers teachers and administrators "... read more

After a bundle of press earlier this month covering its latest round of funding, Dwolla on Tuesday landed back in the headlines for its involvement in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The Des Moines-based payments network is used by exchanges of ... read more

Kansas City Thanks to an all-expenses-paid trip earlier this year, a University of Houston student discovered the Kansas City startup community. The student, Andrew Douglass, a management information systems major, in March earned a trip to participate in "Hacking the Gigabit City." … read more

As we were knee-deep in Big Omaha preparation last Tuesday, Tech Cocktail gave 12 Kansas City companies a shot at pitching to an audience at Boulevard Brewing Co. Lucky Orange, which helps businesses track where eyeballs are specifically landing on their websites, was … read more

Kansas City Kansas City Startup Village has been covered by media far and wide, but it has yet to land on a magazine cover. Ben Barreth, creator of the Homes for Hackers program, did just that this week, making it onto the front of Government Technology magazine, a publication focused on information … read more

Omaha CenturyLink today announced it will begin offering gigabit Internet on Monday to parts of west Omaha. With the installation—the company said 48,000 customers will have access to the new speeds by October—Omaha will become one ... read more

Kansas City The women won, in a way, at the Hack of the Sexes hackathon last Friday and Saturday. But it was much more about the two sexes coming together to create tech solutions for civic problems. Kelly Tomlinson, a web designer at Cremalab, led the grand-prize winning team … read more