January 18, 2011

  • Heartland Greenup seeking speakers for June event

    (Simon Mingay, Research Vice President at Gartner Research, presents virtually at the 2010 Heartland Greenup. Image from TheHeartlandGreenup.com.) The Technology Association of Iowa recently released a call for speakers for their upcoming Heartland Greenup event to be held June 2, 2011 at the Meadows Conference Center in Altoona. Speaker abstracts will be accepted through…

  • Groupon Omaha record & more numbers that’ll make your jaw drop

    Yesterday morning I tweeted the above – “Wow. @Groupon’s already sold 2,117 groupons today to Pitch Pizzeria. Seems like they’re headed for an Omaha record.”

  • TechBrew Iowa City, Ignite Lincoln, PechaKucha Omaha & more

    There’s a solid lineup of events this week all across the Silicon Prairie, from Lincoln, down to Kansas City, and back up to Omaha. Check out the listings below and learn more about each by clicking on the provided link. To see events beyond this week, pay a visit to our events page, siliconprairienews.com/events. If…

  • Prairie Moves: David Kerber, Matthew Helt, Jim Esch & more

    (Photo by Maerzbow via Flickr.) Published every Tuesday, 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…

  • Socie Awards to recognize South Dakota’s finest online

    We’ve all read the stats on the number of users on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more. Even in a place like South Dakota, vibrant online communities have sprung up and have yielded some fine social media personas. Two Sioux Falls companies have teamed up to recognize South Dakota’s finest online with the first annual South…

  • Software Developer, Art Director, Graphic Designer & more

    We’re excited to bring you our 41st Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Proxibid, Turnpost Creative Group, and Omaha World-Herald in Omaha and Technology…

  • PrairieCast streaming live at 1:30 p.m. CST – Canceled

    Update: Due to technical difficulties at the studio, PrairieCast will be filmed and then posted later this week. It won’t be live-streamed as usual. – Tune in at 1:30 p.m. today for Episode 21 of Silicon Prairie News’ weekly podcast, PrairieCast. Now streaming with live video…