Tagged: Technology

First Orion Lets Firms Reach Customers

First Orion Lets Firms Reach Customers

Technology & Telecom

While robocalls are annoying, they’re problematic for companies that have legitimate reasons to try to reach customers. But there’s one business that’s come up with a solution. read more >

Sweating the Small Stuff At UA Little Rock

Sweating the Small Stuff At UA Little Rock

Technology & Telecom

Inside several labs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, physics professors Gregory Guisbiers and Tansel Karabacak conduct quantum research, an evolving field that analyzes the properties and behaviors of subatomic particles. read more >

Social Media Bill Spurs Concerns

Social Media Bill Spurs Concerns

LegalTechnology & Telecom

Bill 396, the Social Media Safety Act, would compel social media companies to use a third-party firm to verify ages via a driver’s license or other form of identification. read more >

Mycelium Builds New Network for IoT

Mycelium Builds New Network for IoT

Technology & Telecom

An 18-month-old Fayetteville company is building a blockchain-based network to operate Internet of Things devices, and it’s paying people and businesses to help. read more >

Health Tech Projects Up for Federal Funding

Health Tech Projects Up for Federal Funding

Health CareTechnology & Telecom

Two projects that could receive some of a $75 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration would give a booster shot to health care technology in Arkansas. read more >

Broadband Efforts to Get $100M Boost

Broadband Efforts to Get $100M Boost

Technology & Telecom

The state will receive $100 million in federal funding “right off the bat” for broadband deployment through the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act that President Joe Biden signed on Nov. 15. read more >

Zenwork to Expand Workforce

Zenwork to Expand Workforce

Technology & Telecom

Software firm Zenwork of Fayetteville will use part of the $163 million investment it received last month from Spectrum Equity of Boston and San Francisco to fuel a hiring spree. read more >

Tech Firm, Nonprofit Build Talent Pipeline

Tech Firm, Nonprofit Build Talent Pipeline

Technology & Telecom

What do North Little Rock’s First Orion and the nonprofit Forge Institute in Little Rock have in common? They’re both building the tech talent pipeline in Arkansas, albeit differently. read more >

UA Little Rock Building Cybersecurity Pipeline

UA Little Rock Building Cybersecurity Pipeline

Technology & Telecom

Thanks to a $750,000 grant awarded earlier this month, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will be one of the first institutions in the country to offer graduate certificates in cybersecurity education to high school teachers. read more >