Lincoln "Drone journalism" – the idea that small, unmanned aircraft can be used to gather photos, video, and data for use by journalists – is hot. So hot that journalism professor Matt Waite has been interviewed by news outlets around the world, including Japan, Australia, Hungary, Germany, and France, since launching a "drone journalism lab" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln late last year. And hot enough that the Knight Foundation announced today … read more

Lincoln FileBound co-founder Rex Lamb describes his company as “a little Nebraska company no one knows about.” But the numbers paint a different picture. The company's Lincoln headquarters house 55 employees, and FileBound also has offices in Denver and Tampa, data centers in Chicago and San Francisco and a team of 13 developers in India. Some 250 resellers in the U.S. sell FileBound's products … read more

Lincoln Were you aware that the NFL's notorious "Spygate" scandal served as impetus for Hudl to beef up the security protecting its video? Or that Hudl's clients include teams from 20 sports? Hudl's Matt Mueller shared that information and more during a radio spot Wednesday morning with Jack & John In the Morning on Lincoln news talk station KLIN. One day after Hudl announced its acquisition of APEX Sports Software, Mueller, Hudl's vice president of business development, took to the airwaves for a 15-minute visit with KLIN's Jack Mitchell and John Bishop. Mueller has worked at Hudl, the Lincoln company that makes web-based video analysis and coaching tools for sports, almost as long as the company has been around. … read more

Lincoln The high school sports offseason is, it appears, prime shopping season for Hudl. For the second offseason in a row — and the second time inside a calendar year — Hudl has purchased its largest competitor. The Lincoln company, which makes web-based video analysis and coaching tools for sports teams, today announced it has acquired APEX Sports Software of Lower Burwell, Penn. Hudl paid cash, giving up no equity in the deal. No APEX employees will join the Hudl team, which currently stands at 54 employees. Today's news comes just 11 months after Hudl's July 2011 purchase of Digital Sports Video (DSV), which at the time was the second-largest player … read more

Lincoln Two Lincoln-based entrepreneurs have created a tool they believe can save political campaigns precious steps in the march toward election day. Meet Footwork, a mobile application designed to make door-to-door political canvassing more efficient, enjoyable and effective with the use of technology for routing canvassers and collecting data. Footwork was created by Tegan Snyder and Phil Montag, who work together under the name Etelligence Pioneers, or Etpio. As veterans of political campaigns, Snyder and … read more

Lincoln The idea for Vestn — a "tool for providing portable value in education, personal development, and personal marketing" — started with co-founder Conner Dana's search for some help with a college class project. As a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in early 2011, he figured he could find a fellow student to do some graphic design by asking friends and networking across campus. He was surprised that it took him three weeks to connect with someone who lived right down the hall. By last summer … read more

Lincoln Last week we explored the path that led Christopher Kingsley, the founder and CEO of 42, to his startup's March relaunch, which was backed by $1.5 million in funding from Nebraska Global and Nelnet. Today, we’ll go more in depth with the company and learn about what makes it tick. “42 is the evolution of what we've been doing the last couple of years," Kingsley said of his company, which before its relaunch was known as Roundscapes. "We have been acting as a digital agency and a vendor and … read more