Kansas City has been building up an ecosystem for early stage gigabit applications for going on four years. PlanIT Impact, Start Talking, Big Bang, Sportsphotos and SightDeck are just a few of the emergent startups and apps that make up … Continue reading
What can two days in Washington D.C. discussing the aspirations and academia behind Cyberlearning reveal? A boat load. The Cyberlearning 2015 event is put on by CIRCL (led by SRI International in collaboration with EDC and NORC) to support and … Continue reading
The Gigabit City Summit was an experience, both social and technical, that laid out Kansas City’s bi-state Playbook for all to see, poke at, learn from and, when it’s all said and done – take back to their blooming broadband … Continue reading
There’s an event in Kansas City in January that is shaping up to be the must-attend conference of gigabit cities. But, also for educators. That’s right. And we couldn’t be more excited… This main stage event is the Gigabit City … Continue reading
Guest post from Erin Mote, Mozilla Gigabit Fund, Adviser on Next-Gen Learning. In 1956 President Dwight D Eisenhower worked with Congress to create the Federal Highway System, a national network that would transform commerce throughout the United States. Now, goods … Continue reading
The Gigabit Community Fund project arrived in London for MozFest with a delegation of gig folks from our growing communities in Chattanooga and Kansas City, and even a US Ignite partner from Cleveland made the trip over. Keri Randoph, Public … Continue reading
Taking aim at the K-12 education space, Mozilla’s Hive KC Learning Community and KC Digital Drive have just launched the HIVE KC DIGITAL DRIVE FUND. The fund is designed to support local projects and organizations that promote youth learning through … Continue reading
Today, Mozilla announced ten projects in Kansas City and Chattanooga that will receive funding from the Gigabit Community Fund, an initiative supported by the National Science Foundation and part of the broader work of US Ignite. The goal of the … Continue reading
Last week marked the midway point for the Gigabit Fund’s first round projects. In KC, we marked this milestone with an event at Google Fiber Space during 1 Week KC, and delivered a public report-out on our progress. Each of … Continue reading
Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund Awards $134,600 to Eight Grantees Across Chattanooga and Kansas City Mozilla announced the five projects in Kansas City and three projects in Chattanooga that will receive funds from the first round of the Gigabit Community Fund. … Continue reading
