The TEDxKC Facebook page announced today that TEDxKC 2012 will be held at the Kauffman Center on August 28. The post says tickets should be available in the second week of July.
If that's not exciting enough news, Midwest tech watcher Silicon Prairie News announced yesterday that it'll be hosting a Big Omaha-like event in Kansas City in 2013.
Great news all around.
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Hometown: I spent most of my childhood in Olathe, but I was born in Salina. I had a brief stint in Oklahoma but was young and have vague memories of red dirt.
Current neighborhood: West Plaza
Who or what is your sidekick? Bruno, my giant yellow Labrador
What career would you choose in an alternate reality? Chef! I love to cook, and I worked in a few restaurants growing up. But I couldn't "stand the heat."
There's a smattering of laughter from the audience, but the guy asking the question seems to honestly agree with Schmidt's assessment — joke or not.
But Google itself couldn't hold back anymore this week at a tech conference in Barcelona.
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt was speaking about the fiber project, and someone asked him about the impact that the speedy Web access could have on technology. We'll let CNET's Stephen Shankland take it from here:
From time to time, Funk had been tweeting from his old account. It was mostly uninteresting stuff directed at specific followers. Occasionally, it was things that were clearly intended to be innocuous private messages. But four days ago, his account makes it appear that the former mayor has become obsessed with helping his followers lose a few pounds by clicking links to websites with names like Newsbloggerz.com and Onlinemediaz.com.
A hacked account is annoying for sure, but Funk apparently has yet to notice that his tweets have gone rogue. Feel free to open a betting pool in the comments for when Funk gets wise. See all the hacked tweets after the jump.
A Google blog post explains: "Detailed floor plans automatically appear when you’re viewing the map and zoomed in on a building where indoor map data is available. The familiar 'blue dot' icon indicates your location within several meters, and when you move up or down a level in a building with multiple floors, the interface will automatically update to display which floor you’re on."
A former University of Central Missouri student who taunted investigators isn't feeling so smart today. Daniel J. Fowler, 21, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his participation in a computer-hacking conspiracy.
Fowler was indicted last fall on charges that he and another man, Joseph A. Camp, gained unauthorized access to the university computer network. Authorities said the men accessed and tried to sell faculty, staff, alumni and student information.
Cleveland Browns fans really want Peyton Hillis on the cover of Madden '12. Hillis destroyed Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles in the quarterfinals of the fan vote to see whose image will appear on the game's cover -- and be the next victim of the Madden Curse.
Hillis received 60 percent of the vote to Charles' 40 percent. Hillis moves on to face Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and ESPN reports that Hillis already has a big lead.
Google is bringing super-speed broadband to Kansas City, Kansas. Exciting news! But the company that operates the world's most popular search engine is not going to leave much of a footprint as it connects KCK to a network that moves data at speeds 100 times faster than traditional broadband.
Matt Dunne, Google's head of community affairs, tried to manage expectations during a town-hall meeting on Wednesday. Disappointing property owners and job seekers, Dunne said Google may not lease an office, and its local work force will likely number only two or three people.
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Fifty years ago this week, Continental Flight 11 fell out of the sky over Unionville
Guy Fieri, Henry Ford and Johnny Trigg to be inducted into the National Barbecue Hall of Fame
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Clemson, rumored to be interested in the Big 12, opens up its relationship with the ACC
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New teen curfew goes into effect this weekend