Silicon Prairie News

Three Silicon Prairie cities are the subjects of a couple April Fools' Day jokes today. First, Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Kan., the cities chosen by Google in 2011 to be the first to receive its coveted gigabit internet speed later this year, were announced as the launch pad of the internet giant's first nutrition bar. "As we started thinking about fiber," Kevin Lo, General Manager of Google Access … read more

We've rounded up more than a half-dozen creative, clever and sometimes confusing holiday greetings from startups, web development shops, marketing firms and, in its usual festive mode, Google. Check out the short descriptions and screenshots below for a link to each item of seasonal cheer … read more

Lincoln Nebraska Global today announced a larger-than-anticipated boost in its effort to “develop here.” The Lincoln-based software investment fund has completed … read more

Lincoln As the inaugural Don’t Panic Labs summer internship program drew to a close with presentations on Monday at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Kauffman Center, it became increasingly clear the extent to which the interns had run the asylum for the last three months. If it wasn’t evident by their sheer numbers alone — Don’t Panic labs … read more

Lincoln From the outset, Nebraska Global has touted the potential that exists where "nerds and money" intersect. But to folks outside the Lincoln-based venture fund's Haymarket office, what Nebraska Global has represented since its launch in late 2010 has been mostly that — potential. Well, the tangible realization of that potential is under way, marked most recently by the launch of its first product. ICORA, one of Nebraska Global's forecasted 10 spinoffs, on June 1 released Mako XRM … read more