Startup Talk: Googling In Lonoke
by May 21, 2015 5:35 am 129 views
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AG RUTLEDGE ‘GOOGLES’ WITH LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and representatives from Google Inc. visited middle school students in Lonoke on Tuesday to participate in an online safety assembly developed by the Silicon Valley tech giant.
The Online Safety Roadshow is a Google program designed to educate parents and students on how to be more successful and safe online. The presentation is a 45 minute assembly that teaches middle school students how to be smart about the content they share online. It focuses on important skills, such as how to create a safe and memorable password, identifying phishing scams, and more.
At Lonoke Middle School, two Google employees and the AG participated in the presentation, expressing the benefits of technology and the importance of online safety to the students.
“Technological advances bring both exciting opportunities and greater risk to our children as they use computers, smartphones and tablets,” said Attorney General Rutledge. “I am proud to bring Google to Arkansas to advance our mutual goal of keeping our children safe online.”
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IRON YARD SETS TO IGNITE TECH ECOSYSTEM WITH 12-WEEK CODING SCHOOL
It takes a big imagination when walking through the now empty offices of the future home of The Iron Yard in downtown Little Rock to see the possibilities of what will actually be taking place in a few weeks.
Located on the fourth floor of the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock’s River Market district at 500 Clinton Avenue Clinton Ave., the now vacant and stark future office space for the new Central Arkansas coding school will be in the midst of the area’s fast-growing tech community, said The Iron Yard’s recently hired Campus Director Mary Dunlap.
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STARTUP JUNKIE CONSULTING SEEKS GRANT FUNDING TO EXPAND PROGRAMS
Fayetteville-based Startup Junkie Consulting is asking for support to move on to the next step for a $100,000 grant from Chase’s Mission Main Street program. The local small business catalyst and startup mentoring firm has applied for a $100,000 grant from Chase’s, Mission Main Street program that would allow the startup to expand the free mentoring, counseling and support mission for small businesses in the region.