Birmingham Business Journal: Facebook’s Huntsville project reporting investment of over $1 billion June 16, 2021 - Huntsville's Facebook data center continues to see construction progression and financial investment. Read the full article on Birmingham Business Journal. Read More
WBRC: Alabama Power and Tombigbee Electric Cooperative partner to expand broadband internet in Northwest Alabama June 16, 2021 - Tombigbee Communications’ freedom FIBER, a subsidiary of Tombigbee Electric Cooperative, and Alabama Power have announced a partnership Friday to expand rural broadband and high-speed fiber internet service to residents and… Read More
AL.com: Bill Smith on Landing, Shipt and Birmingham’s rise as tech center June 16, 2021 - Bill Smith is coming back to Birmingham, but he never really left. Thursday’s announcement that his newest creation - Landing - is moving its corporate headquarters to Birmingham from San Francisco,… Read More
Birmingham Business Journal: Landing moving HQ to Birmingham, bringing 800-plus jobs June 16, 2021 - A Bill Smith startup is establishing a new headquarters in Birmingham. Read the full article on Birmingham Business Journal. Read More
AL.com: Austal gets contract to develop ship as autonomous prototype June 16, 2021 - Austal USA announced Wednesday that it has received a $44 million contract to develop one of its Expeditionary Fast Transports as an autonomous prototype. Read the full article on Al.com. Read More
Birmingham Business Journal: Shipt partners with pet care technology provider VitusVet June 16, 2021 - Shipt shoppers will soon provide delivery of pet medicines and supplies from a veterinarian. Read full article on Birmingham Business Journal. Read More
Birmingham Business Journal: UAB’s Carver Tapped for AlabamaCIO Leadership Award June 11, 2021 - When Covid-19 took hold in March 2020, Curt Carver and his team sprung into action. Carver, UAB’s CIO and vice president for IT, helped the school quickly transition to its… Read More
Birmingham Business Journal: How a Hybrid Model Paid Off for Velocity Accelerator June 10, 2021 - The Velocity Accelerator’s fifth cohort came to an end in early May, and while the cohort didn’t tackle the same Covid-19 challenges the class of 2020 faced, it was the… Read More- Telecompetitor: Tombigbee Offers Details on CARES and RDOF Broadband Plans June 9, 2021 - Tombigbee Electric Cooperative provided some additional details about its plans for high-speed fiber broadband deployments in its home state of Alabama. The company received funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity… Read More
AL.com: Birmingham Tech Startup Linq Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Round June 8, 2021 - For some companies, the pandemic was a wakeup call that old ways of doing business wouldn’t work. For Birmingham startup Linq, more than a year of long-distance networking helped underline… Read More
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