Austin The rumors were true. Google this morning unveiled plans to install its gigabit fiber service in Austin, Texas, come mid-2014. "We believe the Internet’s next chapter will be built on gigabit speeds, and we hope this new Google Fiber city will inspire communities … read more
Austin Rumors are afloat Google Fiber may be hooking up with Austin, Texas. Google and the City of Austin sent an invitation to select business leaders to hear about "something new" at 11 a.m. April 9. The only problem is the invitation doesn't specify what will be announced, which could … read more
March 19, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Austin CNN last Saturday premiered its roundup of more than a week's worth of coverage of this year's South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. "The annual SXSW festival is where the tools developed in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are turned into the culture of today," said CNN producer Josh Rubin, the host of the 30-minute special. That "elsewhere" … read more
March 13, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Austin Turns out Kansas City, Mo.-based Phone2Action truly was dialed in at the South by Southwest Interactive Accelerator on Tuesday. The mobile advocacy startup outdueled seven early-stage companies to win the News Technologies category after two rounds of presentations. Co-founders Jeb Ory and Ximena Hartsock will head home with $4,000, two tickets to next year's SXSW Interactive, free web hosting for a year, an Apple TV and more … read more
March 11, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Austin You just spent hours at a rally getting fired up about a cause you believe in. The speeches, music and camaraderie with fellow supporters has you ready to act. Now what? Kansas City, Mo. startup Phone2Action took the South by Southwest Interactive Accelerator stage today to convince the audience its toolbox of mobile advocacy engagement is the answer. The startup's co-founders, Jeb Ory and Ximena Hartsock, used Startup Act 3.0 … read more
March 9, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Austin More than 27,000 people have descended on Austin, Texas for the 19th annual South by Southwest Interactive. And that's just registered attendees, according to ABC News. To help those from the Silicon Prairie find each other in the Lone Star State, we've rounded up the region's presence at SXSW. We've also assembled a Twitter list of attendees – tweet @SiliconPrairie to be added. … read more
March 8, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Austin Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) is in Austin, Texas, today and Saturday for his second trip to South by Southwest Interactive to promote the third version of the Startup Act at several events. The bill, first introduced by Sens. Moran and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in 2011, aims to fuel economic growth and create jobs through Entrepreneur and STEM Visas for highly educated immigrants, tax code reforms to ease … read more
March 6, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Austin As we've done for five years now, we want to help connect those from the Silicon Prairie making the trek to Texas for South by Southwest Interactive. In past years, entrepreneurs from across the region have attended, some bringing whole teams – RecBob even had a uniform last year (left) – and others earning spots on panels. We'll be publishing a post tomorrow with those Silicon Prairie people who are on panels or throwing a party, such as the State … read more
October 25, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Austin Just more than two weeks remain for startups to apply for the fifth annual SXSW Interactive Accelerator. Applications are due Nov. 9 for the Accelerator, a competitive pitch event featuring 56 startups with innovative new products and services, which takes place March 11-13 during South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. Forty-eight companies will be chosen to participate March 11-12 in the main Accelerator event, which features six categories: social technology, innovative web, news technology, health technology, mobile technology and entertainment and gaming technology. Eight more startups will compete in the Accelerator … read more
June 28, 2012 by Paige Yowell
Austin The Nebraska Angels announced today that several of the group's members are investing a total of $450,000 into the Austin, Texas-based company VolunteerSpot, which makes an online scheduling and sign-up tool for recruiting and coordinating … read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.