July 7, 2010

  • Thanks for the shout out SkyVu Pictures

    A couple weeks ago we received an email from Benjamin Vu that he had included Silicon Prairie News in the Special Thanks section of BATTLE BEARS -1. We appreciate this shout out immensely and we’re excited by the success Benjamin’s animation studio, SkyVu Pictures, has had with its line…

  • QuickCal explained in screencast, mentioned on Lifehacker

    After success with a Mac OS X desktop widget called QuickCal – 10,000+ downloads and mention on the popular blog Lifehacker – Jim Boutcher of Smelly Puppy is expanding his repertoire and is now offering an iPhone app called QuickCal Mobile ($0.99). QuickCal takes natural language expressions describing calendar events or tasks and creates that…

  • Startups RockDex & Deckerton covered by Nebraska Entrepreneur

    Last week, Omaha-based RockDex and Lincoln-based Deckerton received nice writeups on Nebraska Entrepreneur about their backgrounds and founders. Below you’ll find links to the stories. Nice work to Matt Sherman and the Nebraska Entrepreneur team for keeping up…

  • Lava Row’s Nathan Wright predicts future of social media

    Social media is at a high point for further developing the business models of major companies and establishing a new means of communication for people to share their thoughts, experience and location. To celebrate, Social Media Club (SMC) Omaha gathered on June 30 at Nomad Lounge for drinks and conversation around the latest trends…