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Fat Brain Toys, you've just been chosen from among 11,000 companies as one of five winners of the Big Break for Small Business contest. What are you going to do next? Why, they're going to Facebook land, of course. Fat Brain, based in Elkhorn, Neb., was announced Monday as one of five winners of a trip to Facebook headquarters for a two-day social media makeover and $20,000 for a social media marketing budget as part of the Big Break contest sponsored by Facebook and American Express Open. Some 11,000 companies … read more

Des Moines As iPhone users logged some 1.5 million miles on Uppward, the Des Moines-based creators of the flight-based social application fielded frequent requests from Android users to bring the app to their platform. Consider those requests granted. And then some. Uppward’s James Eliason announced Tuesday that Uppward will launch a Facebook app and is currently accepting beta testers … read more

Lincoln Added last line in first paragraph at 6:10 p.m. Earlier this week, Red Bull Stash, a Facebook campaign developed by Archrival, went live. Conducted solely through Red Bull's Facebook presence, it's a scavenger hunt for Red ... read more

Omaha Ok all...join the Silicon Prairie News Group on Facebook and comment it up! Let's make this an addition to our site to sound off on what you'd like to see, what else is going on in the ... read more