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What is Prairie Moves?

Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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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Acqusitions

• Class.com (Lincoln, Neb.), an online learning firm, will be sold to Cambium Learning Group (Dallas), an education company, for $4.5 million cash. The deal is expected to close in October. - Associated Press 

New Creative

• 8/7 Central (Des Moines) launched the new Badowers website - badowers.com and thedesmoinesegotist.com
• Blue Compass Interactive (Des Moines) launched a new site for Cornerstone Home - cornerstonehomesia.com

New Tech

• T8 Webware (Cedar Falls, Iowa) released Grip, a white-labeled app that aggregates a users' balance and transaction data from an unlimited number of domestic financial institutions into a single, up-to-the-minute view - Press Release, SPN post, Credit Union Times, Finovate, ConsumerReports.org, BankTech.com and Mobile Payments Today
• DocLanding (Omaha) desktop client released in beta release - blog.doclanding.com

Product/Business Development

• Pongr's (Boston-based, Des Moines office) computer vision platform is being used by Pepsi this fall to power a fan photo-scanning contest to promote Simon Cowell's THE X FACTOR - Press Release, Boston Herald, Des Moines Register
• Hudl (Lincoln, Neb.) introduced a new report for football team and added a way for coaches to download video directly from Hudl.com - hudl.com/blog

Media Mentions

• Fampus (Des Moines) - TechCrunch: "Fampus Launches Social Events Site For Universities"
• Big Text, a project of Dan Leatherman (Omaha) - Six Revisions: "11 jQuery Plugins That Can Enhance Your Typography"
• Zaarly (Kanas City office, San Francisco-based) - ZDNet: "Hot startup Zaarly targets hyper-local jobs" and Ohio State University's The Latern: "Real-time, local marketplace comes to OSU"
• Dwolla (Des Moines) - TechCocktail: "Dwolla's Ben Milne: Proxi mobile payments are just the beginning"
• Hudl (Lincoln) - OregonLive.com: "Prep football: Sophomore quarterback Josh Schleining shows poise for Reynolds", Shreveport Times: "Prep football teams use online service to better scouting, preparation" and The Republic of Columbus, Ind.: "James, Billingsley debate college football rankings, big games"
• Mystery Ball, an app of Red Nova Labs (Westwood, Kan.) - Game Ranx: "Mystery Ball: Rolling Forward in Full Force!"
• Hayneedle (Omaha) - Internet Retailer: "Dynamic imaging helps Hayneedle tie together its e-commerce sites"

Misc.

• Kansas City won federal jobs and innovation funding - ithinkbigger.com and eda.gov
• Lemonly (Sioux Falls, S.D.) made an infographic for Pando Networks that appeard on Mashable: "Which Country Has the World’s Fastest Internet? [INFOGRAPHIC]"
• Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City) released a video recap of Maker Faire Kansas City - "Maker Faire Kansas City 2011"
• Bo Fishback of Zaarly (Kansas City office, San Francisco-based) wrote a guest post for Food + Tech blog: "Bo Fishback on Hacking the Food System: It’s Different This Time"
• BitMethod (Des Moines) blogged about its new event, DeMo: "September DeMo Recap"
• Calvin Pappas of SelectOut (Lincoln, Neb.) started a personal blog - calvinpappas.com
• Hudl is printing a special shirt for breast cancer awareness and participation in the Komen Nebraska Race for the Cure - hudl.com/blog