January 24, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions … read more
December 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha All is lost. Or is it? There's only one little creature left that can save the Silicon Prairie as we know it and he's standing at 14 inches tall with a feisty left paw … duh duh duh … Analog the Prairie Dog, it's up to you! Green aliens. Spider-like aliens. Cows. Silos. UFOs. Laser guns. You must navigate Analog through the … read more
June 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha First, for those not familiar with the obscure term, according to Wikipedia, scrobbling is the act of "publishing one's music-listening habits via software." This software, one of the most popular ones being Last.fm … read more
May 25, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Tune in at 9:30 p.m. CDT tonight to watch Gabe Kangas of the Omaha-based startup Hollrback give a 5-minute demo his mobile contact management app at SF New Tech, a monthly meetup with more than 5,000 members. In preparation for tonight's event, I caught up with Kangas today by email. He said that he had been in talks with the organizers of the SF New Tech event for quite … read more
April 11, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha As a postlude to our eight-post series on the demonstrations that took place at Cornstalks Demo Night on March 31, we once again present our recap of the demo night and links to the eight demonstrations we've… read more
April 8, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Hollrback founder Gabe Kangas presented his company’s context-specific, event-based contact-management system. That description, Kangas said, is "a fancy way of saying that when you meet people, we’re going to try to take care of making that information useful to you." Technical difficulties prevented us from recording Kangas' presentation on Demo Night, but he was kind enough to record another version for us. A few highlights from… read more
March 30, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Give Hollrback this: the Omaha-based startup seems to have a flair for the dramatic. For the second time in two rounds of TechStars' Startup Madness tournament, Hollrback advanced with a win by an oh-so-slim margin. With the narrow victory, Hollrback advanced … read more
March 22, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Thanks to a buzzer-beater in overtime — or the online polling equivalent thereof — Hollrback is moving on. The Omaha-based startup advanced to the third round of the Startup Madness Tournament, an NCAA tournament-style contest that started with… read more
March 18, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Hollrback is one win away from the Sweet 16. Of sorts. The Omaha-based startup advanced yesterday to the second round of the Startup Madness Tournament, an NCAA tournament-style contest pitting 64 startups in competition for a grand prize worth more than $25,000. Startups advance through the… read more
March 10, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Hollrback, a startup that's made "context is everything" its mantra, illustrated an appreciation for the importance timing today with the release of its latest mobile offering. The context-based contact management system unveiled its Android app today (left, screenshots from market.android.com), on the eve of South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. "We're all about meeting people at the right place and at the right time," Hollrback said… read more