Silicon Prairie News

When a group of former professional journalists teamed up with bloggers in the Kansas City area last year to launch KCFreePress.com, an online publication featuring local news and events, it grabbed my interest. On the day it launched, Lucas Wetzel, the publication's editor-in-chief, wrote a… read more

Des Moines A local initiative is underway to include Des Moines amongst the cities chosen by Google for their Google Fiber for Communities project. This initiative, dubbed DSMfiber, is seeking to gather interested Central Iowans in support of the idea as well as serve as a hub for local information on the project. DSMfiber is… read more

Omaha Last week, Chicago-based Groupon officially launched its Omaha site with a bang! Already featuring deals from Sam & Louie's, Beyourself Boutique, Turning Heads Salon & Spa and more, the city is embracing the site as a way to save on local retailers of interest. I had a great talk with Andrew Mason, Groupon's founder & CEO, about the history of the local offers… read more

LaVista On Wednesday, Yahoo! opened its new 180,000-square-foot data center in LaVista, located just south of Omaha. Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang was on hand for the celebration. In 1994, Yang, along with his business partner David Filo, founded Yahoo! while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The Nebraska data center is servicing Internet traffic around the world, and once Phase II is completed, it will be one of the company's largest data center facilities. Currently… read more

Des Moines If you haven't heard of or full grasped what Des Moines-based startup SmartyPig is up to – social banking – check out the short video below to learn more. I hadn't seen a video from them like this before, short and all-encompassing of their product, so I felt it'd be great to share. I'm also a big fan of screencasts (who isn't?). read more

Omaha Starting today, you may notice that on certain places throughout the site we've introduced advertising units. Currently, these spots are being occupied by Google Ads. Have no fear, this is not a long-term solution! We're currently selling the following ad spots across our site and multiple distribution channels. These are available as monthly contracts starting immediately… read more

Lincoln Today's a big day for college football recruits and all those involved, from the families of the players to the fans of the college programs that add some of the nation's top talent. Another important player in today's events is a company out of Lincoln, Agile Sports Technology, whose product, Hudl, is influencing the offers college programs are making to recruits. Check out their press release on PRWeb to learn more: Hudl's High-Tech Recruiting Changing the Game  read more

Des Moines Cash transfer startup Dwolla has announced that they will be expanding to their second state on March 1, 2010 when they open up their service to consumers and merchants... read more