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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.
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Career Moves
- Bryan Roth (@bryanroth) joined DocLanding (Omaha) as an application developer
- Kaylin Brabec (@kaylinbrabec) and Nabile Coulibaly joined Phenomblue (Omaha) as Experience Producer and Jr. Experience Engineer, respectively
Fundings
- Torsion Mobile (Des Moines) – $50,000 from Iowa Department of Economic Development’s Demonstration Fund – SPN post
New Tech
- iapps24 (Des Moines) released StepTrace – itunes.apple.com
- Nelnet launched Loan Assist, a loan payment, management app for Android – market.android.com
New Creative
- Electric Pulp (Sioux Falls) launched Octane Academy, a promotion by Ford, and The Climate Reality Project, Al Gore’s new initiative
- Archrival (Lincoln) launched The Bank, The Bank Apartments at the Farm Credit Building – archrival.com/work
Product/Business Development
- MindMixer (Omaha) debuted its first legislator-specific site, Lee Listens – SPN post
- Hudl (Lincoln) released an Android app – hudl.com/blog
- Syncbak (Marion, Iowa) added its technology to broadcast stations in Madison, Wis. and Des Moines – syncback.com
- SmartyPig Cash Rewards Card added a new batch of retailers – blog.smartypig.com
- Fundle (Iowa City) completed its first “Fundle” – twitter.com/fundleco
- Zaarly (Kansas City office, San Francisco-based) made iPhone app updates – blog.zaarly.com – and updated its users on security – blog.zaarly.com
- SkyVu (Omaha) and FunMobility (Pleasanton, Cal.) united to allow FunChat users to select Battle Bears characters as avatars – prweb.com
Media Mentions
- Zaarly (Kansas City office, San Francisco-based) – CNET: “Zaarly: Not nearly as crazy as it appears“, ZDNet: “Service as a service: Zaarly leads the way” and TechCrunch: “Zaarly Security Glitch Exposes Private Messages, Phone Numbers“
- Dwolla (Des Moines) – GigaOm: “Square what? Dwolla shows the power of cash networks“, The Next Web: “Social payments system Dwolla surpasses $1mm per day in transactions“, Scribbal: “Dwolla’s Rapid Growth Continues, Now Processing $1M In Transactions Daily“, Credit Union Times: “Dwolla Adds Another Iowa CU as P2P Client” and “Dwolla reaches million-dollar milestone“, ABC 5 Des Moines: “Dwolla Hits Milestone, Partners with Credit Union” and Bitcoin Money: “Dwolla – $1 Million Per Day Transaction Volume” – SPN post
- PIPELINE (Kansas City) – Angel Capital Education Foundation: “PIPELINE: Great Mentoring For Promising Entrepreneurs“
- Pat Lazure of Deal Garden (Omaha) – NetNewsCheck: ” ‘Local’ Is Key To Expanding Deal Industry“
- Syncbak (Marion, Iowa) – Terry Heaton’s PoMo Blog: “Online broadcasting, oxymoron or solution?“
- Adam Coomes of Keymash (Kansas City) – Startup America Partnership: “Startup Weekend Brings Out The Best People“
- Drew Davies of Oxide Design (Omaha) – Shout: “7QYP: Drew Davies“
Misc.
- Geoff Wood of Silicon Prairie News (Des Moines office) launched Eggcrates, stackable shelving – eggcrat.es
- Zaarly (Kansas City office, San Francisco-based) presenting at SF New Tech on Thursday – sfnewtech.com
- Ben Milne of Dwolla (Des Moines) will be presenting at The Future of Mobile conference in September – twitter.com/futureofmobile
