January 25, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska (left), a former co-sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA") who dropped support for the bill on Jan. 18, is looking to his constituents for ideas on how to curb online piracy. Utilizing the virtual town hall product of Omaha startup MindMixer, Terry has posted "Internet Piracy" as one of the topics on Lee Listens … read more
January 18, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska announced today that he is removing his name as a co-sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA"), which is one of two highly contested bills (along with the Protect IP Act, or "PIPA") at the center of today's internet backlash. "Thank you for your concern about #SOPA," Terry said on his Facebook page. "I have asked to have my name removed … read more
July 22, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha The expansion that the MindMixer team hinted was imminent when we checked in with them last month became official today, as U.S. Rep. Lee Terry, a Republican from Nebraska's second district, announced the launch of the website Lee Listens in collaboration with MindMixer. Terry is the first legislator to have an individual page powered by MindMixer, an Omaha-based company that creates and manages virtual town halls. Until now, MindMixer has worked with cities and special causes … read more
February 18, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
La Vista 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