April 24, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Apple opened up its iPhone to third party app makers in March 2008. Less than a year later, Omaha developer Andy Peters left his full-time job and founded Ninth Division, a mobile app development shop. "There wasn't anyone at the time that was doing it full-time," he said. "Nowadays, there's really big versions of Ninth Division." Peters today announced the closing of his business and a new career path for himself. Next month, he'll join … read more
January 30, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Unless you're a real estate agent in Nebraska, you probably haven't heard about the Omaha startup that's developing an app for home buyers and sellers. At an event today, the startup, muvin, expects to host more than 200 realtors for a product demo, round table discussion and complimentary cocktail reception. "Literally every realtor in Nebraska has gotten the (event) link," muvin co-founder Jeff Nieto said in an interview Tuesday. Nieto and co-founder Katrina Campins, a Miami-based real estate agent who earned fame in 2004 as a contestant on The Apprentice, plan to launch … read more
May 9, 2012 by Amy Engle
With the staff of Silicon Prairie News busily working to get everything just right for Big Omaha 2012, we wanted to make sure we stopped and took a minute to thank our final group of sponsors that make Big Omaha possible. In-kind donations are some of the most vital, providing crucial services like wifi and creature comforts of lounge areas. Each year, we honor our sponsors with recognition in a … read more
March 20, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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 on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage … read more
March 16, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Meet Silicon Prairie News, the app. Thanks to our friends at Ninth Division, a three-year-old mobile product development company, SPN is now available in the iTunes app store and is coming soon to the Android Market. The app features a homepage with the latest article and next event in the Silicon Prairie, a feed of our articles displayed by day and a list of upcoming events in the region. We're especially excited about today's release, as its creators are … read more
February 28, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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 on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage … read more
November 1, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
What is Prairie Moves? – 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. … read more
October 5, 2011 by John T. Meyer
Sioux Falls In less than a month, Sioux Falls will be the gathering spot for the eighth annual Innovation Expo, taking place Wednesday, Nov. 2 at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center. The Expo, which is hosted by Enterprise Institute, a non-profit that provides business development and services to individuals and startup companies, brings together inventors, researchers and entrepreneurs … read more
May 26, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha An ill-timed bout with illness couldn’t stop the Omaha-based team from Ninth Division from delivering the Big Omaha iPhone and iPad apps this year. And if Ninth Division’s Andy Peters and Hasani Hunter they have their way, not much should stop them from continuing to churn out Big Omaha apps for the foreseeable future. "We hope to do them," Peters said of the apps, "until there’s no more Big … read more
February 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha In late January we reported on a local connection to the $3 million funding round of Boulder, Colorado-based Graphic.ly (left, icon of their iPad app). Omaha-based Dundee Venture Capital participated in that round and we grabbed an interview with Dundee's founder Mark Hasebroock the day the story broke. With this story, we're a good week late… read more
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