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Tom Chapman departing the Chamber, joining Nebraska Global
Earlier today Tom Chapman of the Omaha Chamber popped in the Silicon Prairie News office unannounced. “What’s up?” we asked. “I wanted to stop by to share some news with you,” Tom told us. This wasn’t the first time this scenario had played out, and when it does it usually involves something exciting in the…
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Prairie Moves: Thursday edition, Nate Custard, Scriptito and more
With the help of the “Xzibit Yo Dawg” meme, welcome to the Thursday edition of Prairie Moves, just like Tuesday but published on Thursday. There’s an increase of startups, projects, people, events and overall activity in the Silicon Prairie that we’ve decided to move this series to twice a week (a small sign the region’s…
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Thank you, sponsors: Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Midtown Crossing & BrownWinick
We want to take the chance to thank our amazing partners and sponsors over the last few weeks. We’ve been fortunate to have some great companies on board and are humbled by their support of what we’re building at Silicon Prairie News! …
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It’s time for a party: Silicon Prairie News is 3!
We love parties! Even more so, we love parties that celebrate another amazing year for Silicon Prairie News! So, with that said, we’re thrilled to announce that Silicon Prairie News and Analog have turned another year older, and we want to celebrate. Here are the details you’ll need to remember: On Aug. 12, starting at…
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Vineme upgrade to enable uploading of photos from Facebook, Flickr
Since vineme launched in March, one of the most frequent questions the creators of the timeline-based, social photo sharing platform have fielded has been about the ability for users to upload photos from other photo-sharing platforms. Users, consider your …
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Big Omaha Video Series: Leila Janah of Samasource
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the twelfth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. This video features Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, a nonprofit connecting people living in poverty to work via the internet. In her talk, Leila shared her vision and inspiration for…
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Coralville hosting meetup Friday in conjunction with RAGBRAI stop
This flew under our radar until just recently, so it didn’t make this week’s events post, but if you’re near Iowa City on Friday evening, it’s worth a look. The Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD Group), in partnership with iQuest, COWRK Iowa City, iccreatives.us …