Month: October 2016

Policy Matters: ITCND hosting meeting on November 1

Think you don’t have a voice? Think again. The best way to be heard is to get involved. Join Emerging Prairie and Information Technology Council of North Dakota (ITCND) to learn…

Divorce inspires cross-country tour of co-working spaces.

“When life changes, change your life and your situation.” That motto is one of the first things you see when Robert Kropp writes about himself. The web developer turned blogger is…

Token of Trust. Software company streamlines ID verification process.

“I was a tinkerer. Always building stuff.” Austin O’Brion is a maker. “I was a 4H-er. I focused on electricity. I had to learn how to sew…That’s what you do…

An app for ales. Brewzeit connects beer lovers

Have you noticed the explosion in the craft beer market? Alex Dixon certainly has. Mostly, it’s a good thing. “Even five years ago, the options were a lot less,” says…

Social entrepreneurs value community over bottom line

What’s your favorite city? Why? I bet you dollars to donuts not one of you picked a great city because of its mayor or business leaders. You picked it because…

Internet Privacy Q and A

We send out massive amounts of data about ourselves when we visit websites, download apps, and even answer those fun online quizzes. That leaves us vulnerable to a host of…

Leading Ladies

Good ideas tend to spread like wildfire. That’s what happened to Girl Develop It, a nationwide effort to make tech more inclusive. GDI started in a solitary classroom in New…

A personal lighthouse

“Find pizza near me.” “How do I get to the airport?” That’s how we’re used to using locater tech. It makes sense when you’re exploring a new city. We don’t…

A "LEAP" forward for NDSU professor, RFID technology

For close to five years, Dr. Val Marinov worked quietly alongside students and faculty at the NDSU Research and Technology Park to develop cutting-edge technology for microelectronics assembly. The technology, known as Laser…