Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it's happening in the Silicon Prairie, you'll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others in the region. To submit an event for consideration, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. (Left: At Thursday's Nebraska UX Meetup, Brandon Miller of Archrival will discuss best practices for designing and developing on Facebook.) … read more

Kansas City To complement our previous coverage of GO - The Future of Mobile Payments, we present video from the event, which was hosted July 9 in Kansas City, Mo. by KCnext- The Technology Council of Greater Kansas City. At the event, Chirpify founder and CEO Chris Teso, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City senior vice president Barb Pacheco and … read more

Kansas City The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is on the verge of its 100th year of operation, having first opened its doors for business in 1914. Chirpify, by contrast, checks in well shy of the century mark. The Portland-based Twitter commerce platform launched just four months ago. But on Monday at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo., organizations' disparate pasts were of less consequence than their shared future. What lies ahead … read more

Kansas City Tune in at 2 p.m. for the live stream of KCnext's "Future of Mobile Payments" event, showcasing the CEOs of startups Dwolla and Chirpify along with a senior vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The event begins with individual presentations, and around 3 p.m., journalist Ben Paynter will join the speakers for a panel discussion and audience question and answer. Partial biographies … read more

Kansas City As we reported last month, KCnext - The Technology Council of Greater Kansas City is hosting an event on July 9 to look at the future of mobile payments. Called GO | The Future of Mobile Payments, the event will … read more

Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it's happening in the Silicon Prairie, you'll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others in the region. To submit an event for consideration, please email … read more

Kansas City A lineup featuring two startup founders and a senior official from the Federal Reserve Bank will take the stage July 9 at the the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo. for GO - The Future of … read more

Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it's happening in the Silicon Prairie, you'll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others in the region. (Left: Join Silicon Prairie News and RecBob on Thursday for a tailgate at the College World Series in Omaha. We'll begin serving brews and Ball Park franks around 2 p.m. and keep playing tailgate games until 6. So join us for a break from work or a drink after.) … read more