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Oliver aims to create educational apps for school kids

URBANA — Tymir Oliver's interest in computers started when he was young. Really young.

His mom bought a Dell laptop, which included a pinball video game Oliver liked to play.

"Probably age 4 or 5," Oliver said. "My mom, she didn't keep electronics from me. They used to always let me have electronics when I was younger, all the time. I remember that having a great impact in my life."

Oliver quickly found out he had computer skills.

"I could always get on and figure it right out," Oliver said. "Once I saw somebody do it, I knew how to do it.