What is Prairie Moves?

Published Tuesdays and Fridays, Prairie Moves is a roundup of career changes, media coverage, product development and other updates from the companies and individuals regularly covered by Silicon Prairie News.

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Lead Read

"Peter Kiewit Institute success brings push for more" - The Omaha World-Herald takes a look at the orgins of the Peter Kiewit Institute and a new direction it may be headed.

Quotable

"We're getting to a point in which we are basically trying to go to high schools and letting them know that IT is not just about programming. It's more than that. It's exciting." - Hesham Ali, dean of the University of Nebraska-Omaha's College of Information Science & Technology, told the Omaha World-Herald for a story that looks at the slowed growth of enrollment in the Peter Kiewit Institute. - Omaha World-Herald

New Tech

• EliteForm StrengthPlanner software is now online for a free 30 day trial - @EliteForm and eliteform.com

Product & Business Updates

• Dwolla launched reddit Donate to drive charitable donations - Fast Company, Dwolla blog, Reddit blog, redditdonate.com, SPN, The Next Web, WebProNews, The Verge, Des Moines Register, TechCrunch, The Daily Dot
• OneLouder's Slices is now available on the web - OneLouder blog
• Torsion Mobile now integratse with the Constant Contact suite of online marketing tools - Press Release
• Tikly allows its ticket sellers to embed ticket sales on Facebook - Mashable
• "OneLouder Plays It Cool While Slices Sweats in the Death Quadrant" - PandoDaily
• Koala Pay signing merchants for Dwolla-based mobile payment app - Press Release

Mentions

• Social Money - Social Money Open House photos - Des Moines Register
• VoterTide - Political conventions ‘a huge step' for Omaha startup - Omaha World-Herald
• MyHomework - Featured App Friday, myHomework - DroidDog
• LockPath - Product spotlight: LockPath's regulatory compliance management tool - Search Compliance
• Proferral - Des Moines Startup: Proferral Taking On The Traditional Business Card - Nibletz
• Peter Kiewit Institute - Peter Kiewit Institute success brings push for more - Omaha World Herald
• Peter Kiewit Institute - Q&A: For Walter Scott, the focus is all on what's next - Omaha World-Herald

Gig Bits

Gig Bits is an occasional feature keeping our readers up to speed on Google Fiber. Read Gig Bits.

• KC must make the most of Google Fiber - Kansas City Star
• Google Fiber and Troost - Growthology
• Google Fiber problems become more evident - Kansas City Star
•  Area must seize a ‘fleeting advantage’ with Google Fiber - Kansas City Star
• How Google Fiber Stacks Up Against Verizon FiOS - Mashable

Recognition

• CRN Magazine names LockPath one of "The 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors For 2012" - Press Release

Blogged

• Happy Birthday Montessori - Montessorium
• The New Fan Experience is Here - Sporting Innovations
• Integration Highlight: Koala Pay - Dwolla
• You Have To Live In (Insert City Here) To Be Successful - Brent Beshore
• Big Data Kansas City: What Questions Would You Ask Our Panel? - Kansas City IT Professionals
• Knock Knock. Who's There? It's Destiny. Destiny Who? Your Destiny. - Battle Bears

Misc.

• IBM acquiring Kenexa, committed to Lincoln growth - Lincoln Journal Star
• $3 million gift to UMKC will enhance entrepreneurship and innovation - Kansas City Star
• Tech Orchard and Cristo Rey Kansas City Charter School partner to manage iPad one to one deployment - Press Release
• Over 2,500 Omahans have downloaded the new Omaha Mobile App - Omaha Mayor's blog

Credits: Screenshot from omaha.com