What is Prairie Moves?
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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
- Miranda Smith, formerly a member of the Account Management team at Hudl (Lincoln), became the company’s Marketing Designer and Event Coordinator – Hudl on Facebook
New Tech
- BettrLife (Des Moines) announced its app is now available – iTunes App Store, Google Play and SPN
- Ninth Division (Omaha) released the Silicon Prairie News app – iTunes App Store, SPN and Ninth Division blog
- Bozell (Omaha) launched the QRinkle Management System, an app that offer marketers a way to manage, monitor, measure and modify QR code campaigns – qrinkle.com and Nebraska Creative
Product/Business Development and Milestones
- BitMethod (Des Moines) announced it’s switching it up and focusing its development efforts on its flagship product, Change – BitMethod blog and the Des Moines Register
- Proxibid (Omaha) introduced private label solutions for auction companies – Press Release
Mentions
- Proxibid (Omaha) – Omaha World Herald: “State invests in interns“
- Dwolla (Des Moines) – Wired: “Peter Sunde: We need cash for anonymous transactions“
- Resonance (Omaha) – On the Spot: “GDC 2012 Special“
- The Daily Nonpareil: “TJHS teen creates simple app to link classmates to announcements, events“
Gig Bits
Gig Bits is an occasional feature keeping our readers up to speed on Google Fiber. Read Gig Bits.
Thanks to our sponsor
- Kansas City Business Journal: “Kansas regulators say Google can offer video services“
- This Big City: “The Future of the City: Crowd-Sourcing & Gamification for City 2.0“
- Kansas City Star: “Can Google Fiber crack cable’s stronghold in KC?“
Recognition
- SPN: “Tech innovation helps Sporting Kansas City earn more recognition“
- Des Moines Business Record “Forty Under 40” profiles: Ben Milne of Dwolla (Des Moines) and Geoff Wood of Silicon Prairie News
- RareWire (Kansas City) won two Appy Awards for the construction of the Atlantic iPad App – “Appy Awards“
- Phenomblue’s HelloQR is up for the FWA Public Shortlist – thefwa.com
Blogged
- Christian Renaud of StartupIowa: “Surefire Ways to Screw-up your Start-up- Way #1“
Misc.
- Kansas City Business Journal: “Salva O’Renick ad agency offers incubator space in exchange for expertise“
- Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship released videos: “Startup advice from MindMixer and TELCOR” and “Opening Summit Keynote Christian Renaud“
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released its Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial: “The Kauffman Index shows that, despite a drop from 2010, U.S. startup activity remains above pre-Great Recession levels“
Credits: Photo by Ange Ward-Brown via Flickr
