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Demonstration Fund awards Torsion Mobile $50K for stealthy Mojaba
Torsion Mobile today divulged new details on a project it has kept under wraps for months, most notably that the project will benefit from $50,000 in state funding. Torsion, a Des Moines-based mobile solutions provider co-founded by Christian Gurney and Richard Kirsner, received $50,000 from the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) …
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Next to tee off: GolfStatus, the app that rewards loyalty to the links
As even the most avid navigator of golf links can attest, getting out and swinging the sticks can, at times, be an up-and-down adventure. It’s with that in mind that Ryan Cooper has created GolfStatus, a location-based mobile platform that rewards golfers for their on-course achievements, brand and course loyalty and influence within golf circles.…
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Dwolla now processing $1M per day, Milne hints at what’s next (Video)
Five weeks ago, Dwolla announced a momentous milestone: $1 million a week in transactions. Today, the peer-to-peer payments network is at it again, announcing in a blog post that they’ve hit $1 million a day. Visually plotting this growth for the fist time, they’ve posted the above infographic, showing the use of their network since…
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Don’t Panic Labs intern Mike Varilek makes developer challenge finals
An internship at Don’t Panic Labs certainly isn’t all fun and games. But a summer gig with the Lincoln-based software development shop has helped Mike Varilek create those two things — although not necessarily in that order. Varilek, a 20-year-old junior-to-be studying computer science and economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln …
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Are we there yet? A look at Google Transit in the Silicon Prairie (Updated)
Drop me off in Seattle, Boulder, Minneapolis, Austin — any city with widely-used public transportation, really — and there’s high potential for this traveler to be confused. Luckily, these cities and more than 443 others have welcomed the trip planning tool, Google Transit …