Tag: kansas city
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Google Fiber Ignites Kansas City Startup Scene
Mashable: Google Fiber Ignites Kansas City Startup Scene As Google continues to build its high-speed Google Fiber network in Kansas City, more startups are moving into the neighborhood to make the most of the new service. The first neighborhood to get Google Fiber, known on the map as Hanover Heights but locally as the Kansas…
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Tech’s New (Geographical) Frontier: ‘Silicon Prairie’
New York Times: Tech’s New (Geographical) Frontier: ‘Silicon Prairie’ … From here [Des Moines] to Omaha to Kansas City — a region known more for its barns than its bandwidth — a start-up tech scene is burgeoning. Dozens of new ventures are laying roots each year, investors are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to…
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In One City, Signing Up for Internet Becomes a Civic Cause
New York Times: In One City, Signing Up for Internet Becomes a Civic Cause KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With Google’s promise last year to wire homes, schools, libraries and other public institutions in this city with the nation’s fastest Internet connection, community leaders on the long forlorn, predominantly black east side were excited, seeing a…
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Flyover Country? Not This Kansas City
Huffington Post: Flyover Country? Not This Kansas City "… The Kansas City Metropolitan area is becoming the envy of individuals on the East and West coasts who have long since considered it merely flyover country. The City of Fountains has been praised as a great place to live, work and visit for many years, but…
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Top 10 Reasons to Visit Kansas City in 2012
PR Newswire: Top 10 Reasons to Visit Kansas City in 2012 All eyes turn to Kauffman Stadium next July, as KC welcomes the Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the first time in 38 years. Fans new and old will enjoy a week's worth of festivities, including a massive FanFest at the KC Convention Center.…
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Neema. The Newest PCUSA Congregation in Kansas City.
How a Bible Study of 6-8 people started in 2003 becomes the first Swahili-English speaking-chartered church/congregation in Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). (Source)
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Google Chooses Its Fiber-Networked City Of The Future: Kansas City
Tech Crunch: Google Chooses Its Fiber-Networked City Of The Future: Kansas City Back in February 2010, Google announced its plans to build out a fiber-optic network for a city in the United States, promising connection speeds around 1Gb/s — 100 times faster than the broadband most people are used to. The announcement led 1,100 cities…
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The National World War I Museum
My in-laws are in town this week, and yesterday we spent the day at the National World War I Museum here in Kansas City. From the museum website: The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial inspires thought, dialogue, and learning to make the experiences of the World War I era meaningful and relevant…