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
April 19, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City The distance between Kansas City and the coasts got a little shorter this week. San Francisco venture capitalists, investors, entrepreneurs and a national tech writer spent 24 hours in Kansas City on Tuesday and Wednesday, absorbing the startup climate and putting Google Fiber through its paces. Silicon Prairie News community builders Regan Carrizales and Jeff Slobotski organized the trip and curated the schedule … read more
Lawrence It's open season for gigabit internet in the Kansas City region. Lawrence, Kan.-based Wicked Broadband on Tuesday announced plans to install fiber service in a test neighborhood with the highest percentage of pre-registrations, similar to Google Fiber's model in Kansas City. … read more
April 10, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City 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 stronger community here? … read more
Austin The rumors were true. Google this morning unveiled plans to install its gigabit fiber service in Austin, Texas, come mid-2014. "We believe the Internet’s next chapter will be built on gigabit speeds, and we hope this new Google Fiber city will inspire communities … read more
Austin Rumors are afloat Google Fiber may be hooking up with Austin, Texas. Google and the City of Austin sent an invitation to select business leaders to hear about "something new" at 11 a.m. April 9. The only problem is the invitation doesn't specify what will be announced, which could … read more
April 1, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City Kansas Citians with Google Fiber are spoiled by gigabit speeds when they're at home, but how do they access the ultrafast internet connection when they're on the go? "We realized that the answer was all around us—utility poles," Michael Plump, product lead for Fiber to the Pole, said today on the Google Fiber … read more
March 22, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Kansas 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 resources of Mozilla Foundation and US Ignite to kick off the event, which works to create advanced "use cases" for the homes in Kansas City that will have gigabit connection speeds. While there are many gigabit … read more
Kansas City Entrepreneurs have less than a week to apply for free rent and work space in a Kansas City, Kan. house purchased by Boulder, Colo. investor and author Brad Feld. Those with an idea that maximizes the value of Google Fiber have until Monday to vie for a spot … read more
Kansas City Slate's Farhad Manjoo visited Kansas City in January to explore Google Fiber's capabilities and came away resigned, not knowing how to take advantage of the gigabit speeds. He toured the Google Fiber Space and talked with two entrepreneurs in Homes for Hackers … read more
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