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Now in its fourth year, the annual Launching Las Vegas award celebrates local startups that contribute to the economic growth and vitality of Las Vegas. The founder of the award, Dr. Samir Pancholi, is a successful entrepreneur himself and believes in the importance of supporting fellow local businesses. In addition to hosting the annual Launching … Continued

The Evolution Championship Series (EVO) is a major fighting game competition that came to life in 1996 with the original name of Battle By The Bay. The name EVO was adopted in 2002 and the event moved to Vegas in 2005. Here it is 22 years later taking up prime real estate in the Mandalay … Continued

The era of the flip phone and MySpace gave birth to our current hyper-connected life. Before all that, spending your last quarter at the local arcade was the only way to avoid chores and homework. Arcade 1 Up brings back that experience at EVO 2018 in Las Vegas and makes it even better with its … Continued

The National Association of Broadcasters convention is coming to the Las Vegas Convention Center in April. It draws massive crowds, nearly 100,000 people attended in 2014, as well as major brands and companies from all over the entertainment and technology industry. This year’s tag line is “Where Content Comes to Life.” This year a new … Continued

The boredom of summer is often solved by chores, swimming, sports, or making robots to take over the world. Code Central is offering kids 7-17 and chance to avoid chores and the sunburns that accompany swimming and sports with Summer Tech Camps. A series of four-day events is occurring throughout the summer. They cover topics … Continued

The STEM pipeline is in desperate need of attention. So when Casey Juilano of Nate Mack Elementary reached out to the Henderson Chamber of Commerce for support, the unexpected response opened up an opportunity for more than just funding a nice school project. The Henderson Chamber Foundation raised $12,500 in one evening to support three … Continued

In mid-April, Google purchased 1,210 acres of land in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRI) for $29.1 million. Technically, it was $29,096,190.95 plus tax, but who’s counting? Rumors abound as to the intended use of the land, but according to Google spokespeople, the land will be used for a data center. The new data center … Continued

Students from the UNLV College of Engineering won $10,000 at CES this year by developing software to assist the City of Las Vegas identify streetlight outages. Team Wingin’ It had 24 hours to come up with a solution to a city problem using their own knowledge, public works data from the city, and some new tech from … Continued