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Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News.

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Career Moves

• Drew Gourley, University of Nebraska Kearney graduate has joined Oxide Design as a full-time web developer – via news.oxidedesign.com

New Work

• SkyVu Entertainment (Omaha) released Big Blue Bear in the App Store – via itunes.apple.com
• SecretPenguinmysanctuarychurch.com – via twitter.com/secretpenguin
• Graphicly (Boulder), a Dundee Venture Capital portfolio company (Omaha), released its redesigned site – via couch.graphic.ly

Product Development

• Hudl (Lincoln) refurbished features to its service including adding more space for video and data, playlists to presentations and reports for all sports – via hudl.com/blog
• SmartyPig announced it will be cutting saving account APY rates from 1.35 percent to 1.10 percent – via depositaccounts.com/blog

Media Mentions

• Curbwise, featured page on Data Omaha, profiled by The Nieman Journalism Lab: “House Hunters, data edition: Meet Curbwise, the Omaha World-Herald’s real-estate news app“
• Zaarly (Kansas City) featured by KCTV5: “KC’s Zaarly.com One Of Web’s Hottest Ideas,”The Tennessean: “Nashville’s charms lure Zaarly,” and mentioned by Fox Buisness: “App Lets You Benefit From Economic Inequality“
• Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman’s press conference on the Angel Investment Tax-Credit Act covered by the Omaha World-Herald: “Wanted: ‘Angels’ for businesses“
• Shane Neuerburg of Dwolla (Des Moines) profiled by Grand Forks Herald: “UND grad helps develop mobile payment system“
• Pongr discussed on CMO Advantage: “CMO Advantage: Pongr Mobile Marketing Video Interview“
• Nick Seguin of the Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City) interviewed by Venture Studios: “Nick Seguin Kauffman Foundation’s Manager of Entrepreneurship“
• Boxcar mentioned in the New York Times blog, Bits: “Which Apps Are Threatened by Apple’s Upgrades?“
• Kauffman Labs Venture Showcase (Kansas City) covered by The Kansas City Star: “Innovators at boot camp pitch ideas to energize education“
• PIPELINE (Kansas City) highlighted by Greater Horizons blog: “Cultivating Good Companies that give back – PIPELINE“
• Hayneedle (Omaha) mentioned in the Omaha World-Herald: “Region’s job outlook brightens“
• Bloom (Omaha) covered by KETV: Website Compiles Product Reviews For Women
• SmartyPig (Des Moines) mentioned by Fox Business: “How to make saving fun” and NBC’s Today Show: Money-Maximizing Websites
• Gique Gear (Altoona, Iowa) featured by The Android Guys: “GiqueGear ‘Smart Station’ is Handy Hybrid Carrying Case“
• Proxibid (Omaha) mentioned in the Omaha World-Herald: “Rosenblatt memories to be sold“
• MarbleSpark (Omaha) highlighted in the Omaha World-Herald: “Every kid’s book“

Misc.

• Trozzolo Communications Group shared the story behind the billboards celebrating Google Fiber in Kansas City – via trozzolo.com
• Zaarly (Kansas City) started blog sharing stories – zaarlystories.tumblr.com
• Shoplr (Ames, IA), currently in private beta, began blogging – shoplrapp.com/blog
• Eric Koester of Zaarly (Kansas City) speaking at The Startup Mixology Conference
• Charise Flynn of Dwolla Des Moines) speaking at the Iowa Credit Union League’s Gen Y Summit
• Proxibid (Omaha) hosted its first ever online simulcast storage unit auction and posted photos of the event – via facebook.com/Proxibid and proxibid.com
• Gabe Kangas (Omaha) created TurntableScrobbler – via gabek.github.com
• Hudl(Lincoln) expands its office – via hudl.com/blog
• Tickly (Des Moines) provided updates on the company blog
• John T. Meyer (Sioux Falls) is a candidate for an Inspiration Grant – via milliondollarroadtrip.com
• Author of the Wired Magazine Omaha piece, Adam Davidson interviewed by Robyn Wisch, KVNO News – via kvnonews.com