February 6, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Google announced in a blog post published in the wee hours this morning that crews in Kansas City are ready to begin construction of the company's much ballyhooed ultra high-speed fiber network. "We’ve measured utility poles; we’ve studied maps and surveyed neighborhoods; we’ve come up with a comprehensive set of detailed … read more
October 26, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
The City of Council Bluffs has teamed up with Google to roll out the Omaha metropolitan area's first free public wifi. Thanks to a $154,462 grant from the internet giant, Council Bluffs is giving free access to the web to anyone in and around three areas of the city: downtown and 100 Broadway District, Mid America Center and the Harvey Recreational … read more
August 18, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Google and the Associated Press announced this week that they will sponsor the new AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program, which will provide $20,000 scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year to six undergraduate or graduate students pursuing or planning to pursue degrees at the intersection of journalism, computer science and new media … read more
May 17, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Google is now giving Kansas Citians on both sides of State Line Road autobahn-fast access to the information superhighway. The Internet giant, which announced on March 30 that it would build its ultra high-speed network in Kansas City, Kan., is expanding that coverage to Kansas City, Mo. … read more
May 9, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Ames Harry Potter. That was the first name called out when Google's PJ Anderson and Drew Rowny asked a room full of elementary school students to name a children's character. Anderson and Rowny traveled from Silicon Valley to Ames last week to honor Nathan Hidajat for being chosen as a regional prize winner in the Doodle 4 Google contest. They kicked off the ceremony with a demonstration of Google … read more
May 4, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Ames Once again, young Nathan Hidajat has made the local technology news, this time as a regional finalist in the "Doodle 4 Google" competition. In March, the internet giant invited students in grades K-12 to submit a drawing along the theme of "What I'd like to do someday..." Hidajat's entry, which related directly to the charity: water campaign that we've covered on this site, was originally published on his site March 11 with this description: "What I’d like to do someday … read more
March 30, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The speed of startup progress in one of the Silicon Prairie's hubs is about to become significantly swifter. Google announced today that it will build its ultra high-speed … read more
December 8, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Earlier this week, Omaha's AIM Institute, a nonprofit organization with a goal of empowering communities, organizations, and individuals through information technology (IT), announced that they'll soon be carrying out that mission in two Council Bluffs high school thanks to Google. AIM has been awarded a $26,000 grant from the Google Data Centers… read more
July 27, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej
Omaha The leading compiler of local business and consumer information is continuing to work behind the scenes at their Omaha headquarters by… read more
July 8, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej
Omaha Before his days of management consulting and brand advertising, Ash ElDifrawi dealt with clients subjected to complicated marriages and troubled families. It all began in 1989 at the University of Chicago, where he obtained a doctorate degree in clinical psychology and started training at the Family Institute of Chicago, focusing on marriage and family counseling. “It was the usual stuff – communication… read more