People & Places
‘Net Neutrality’ ruling a concern for local startups
Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a ruling on Verizon’s challenge to net neutrality regulation. The decision removed the barring of Internet service providers’ ability to prioritize specific Internet traffic.
Profile: Kari Keefe of The Mozilla Foundation
Kari Keefe is a seasoned entrepreneur, now working as the Community Catalyst for Kansas City at the Mozilla Foundation where she is involved with the Gigabit Community Fund. Tell me a little bit about yourself. Who is Kari Keefe? “I’m a 20-year marketing vet with a startup and entrepreneurial spirit. Twice an entrepreneur and always a small biz…
Storify: 1 Million Cups with Office Concerts and Tutorious Inc.
Every week, entrepreneurship reporter Kyle Geary shares what’s happening at 1 Million Cups at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. This week, local businesses Office Concerts and Tutorious presented, and Kyle captured some of the reactions using Storify. [<a href=”//storify.com/KCPT/1-million-cups-with-office-concerts-and-tutorious” target=”_blank”>View the story “1 Million Cups with Office Concerts and Tutorious Inc.” on Storify</a>]
Kansas City Public Library hosts 'Building The Gigabit City 2.0' event
The Kansas City Central Library hosted the “Building the Gigabit City 2.0” event Wednesday. The event was provided in part due to the partnership of Mozilla and KC Digital Drive.
Bitcoin freeze causes value to plummet
Bitcoin, the largest digital currency on the market right now, is in the midst of some trouble. The currency, which was valued at over $1,000 per coin late last year, has dropped down to $628, according to the value tracking site preev.com. The cause of this latest drop is due to major bitcoin exchanges freezing bitcoin withdrawals for customers.
Storify: 1 Million Cups for Feb. 12, 2014
Entrepreneurship reporter Kyle Geary shares what’s happening this week at 1 Million Cups at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. Local businesses Manos Chocolates and the Paw Wash presented, and Kyle captured some of the reactions using Storify. [<a href=”//storify.com/KCPT/1-million-cups-with-manos-chocolates-and-the-paw-w” target=”_blank”>View the story “1 million cups with Manos Chocolates and The Paw Wash” on Storify</a>]
Kansas City man correctly predicts winner of $1.5 million Esurance contest
Kyle Geary — The Hale Center For Journalism A Kansas City man correctly predicted the winner of Esurance’s $1.5 million Super Bowl contest on the Kansas City–based app Knoda. According to Kyle Rogers, CEO and cofounder of Knoda, the user “Johnny Optimist” predicted the result roughly 36 hours prior to the official announcement of the winner….
Sprint Accelerator to host mobile health application companies
Walking into the Sprint Accelerator is a lot like walking into a recently remodeled college student union: there are open work spaces, MacBooks galore, pingpong and shuffleboard tables and white board surfaces everywhere — literally everywhere, even painted onto the wall. The accelerator is a lot different than a place to lounge between classes, however….
Bridging the Gap’s Riott shares her vision for sustainable KC
Kristin Riott is the executive director for Kansas City environmental nonprofit Bridging the Gap. Kristin Riott is executive director of Bridging the Gap, which she said is one of the leading environmental nonprofits in the Midwest. BTG follows the philosophy that environment, economy and community are tightly connected. A simple example of the connection between…
Boulevard’s Chocolate Ale returns to Kansas City
Kyle Geary — The Hale Center For Journalism Boulevard Brewing Company has teamed up once again with Christopher Elbow Chocolates to make its seasonal Chocolate Ale. This beer is infused with cocoa nibs, or chopped roasted cocoa beans, in the brewing process to create the drink, which has been in high demand. Shipments of Chocolate…