Prairie Moves: 34ideas, FriendCaster, Kickanotch and more
December 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Photo by kbrookes via Flickr
What is Prairie Moves?
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (one day late this week), 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
- Eric Hill joined QA Graphics (Ankeny, Iowa) as a project manager for the company’s interactive design team - qagraphics.com
New Tech
- Ryan Swanstrom (Sioux Falls, S.D.) launched 34ideas, a site to share and vote on ideas - 34ideas.com
- SlouchCouch (Omaha) released The Silicon Prairie News Game (that's us!) - siliconprairienews.com
Product/Business Development
- OneLouder (Kansas City) added a photo editing feature to its FriendCaster Android app - Press Release, OneLouder blog, AndroidGuys
- Kickanotch (Kansas City) adds six to its leadership team - Press Release
Mentions
- SkyVu Entertainment (Omaha) - "Ben Vu on Battle Bears' freemium debut and his 10 game roadmap for the humorous shooter franchise, Also pitching for TV series"
- Dwolla (Des Moines) - Business Insider: "This Hot Startup Has To Keep A 700-Name Spreadsheet To Manage All The Investors Who Want To Fund It" and Digital Transactions: "Dwolla Looks to Make Its Mark with ‘Near Real-Time’ ACH Transactions"
- VoterTide (Omaha) - TechPresident: "Newt Surges Ahead In The Polls, But What Are People Saying Online?"
- Zaarly (San Francisco-based, Kansas City office) - Business Insider: "The 20 Best New Startups Of 2011" and "How to Get the Government to Promote Your Start-up"
- Archrival (Lincoln) - CNN.com: "Why QR codes aren't catching on"
Blogged
- Derek Jensen for the Iowa State Daily (Ames, Iowa): "College isn't about building resumes"
Misc.
- Fat Brain Toys (Omaha) was named to Internet Retailer's "Hot 100" list - internetretailer.com
- San Jose / Silicon Valley Business Journal: "Iowa governor pitches Silicon Prairie"
- Lincoln Journal Star: "Video blogger from Nebraska lands MTV project"
- 2012 Young Professionals Summit (Omaha) anounced its keynote speaker, author and designer Bruce Mau - omahachamber.org