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With Proxi news still fresh, Dwolla announces two developer tools
On the heels of last week’s unveiling of Proxi, which generated ample media buzz and a flood of beta users, Dwolla on Tuesday announced two new tools designed to enhance the experience for developers working with its API, rolling out Facilitator and an off-site gateway. “One of the big things we’ve gotta keep concentrating on…
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Battle Bears turns 2, SkyVu celebrates 12 million downloads
In August 2009, Ben Vu, founder and CEO of SkyVu Entertainment, came to us with a news pitch for an iOS game he described as ” ‘Care Bears’ meets ‘Black Hawk Down.’ ” Intrigued, we reviewed the app in a post titled “SkyVu Pictures releases Battle Bears iPhone app.” Today, thanks to that first app…
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PrairieCast with Justin Schoen and Brittany Mascio (Video)
We’re looking for feedback on PrairieCast! What do you like about the show? What would you like to see changed? Send an email to geoff@siliconprairienews.com or leave a comment on the post. Just hours after the announcement that Brittany Mascio was joining the Silicon Prairie News team full time, she joined me, Andy and Justin…
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View from the FishBowl: Old dog learns new trick
There is hope … even for an old dog like me. My kids (and even my grandkids) are loaded with iPods, iPhones, iPads and everything else technologically advanced that starts with a vowel. My oldest grandson, Jackson, (7 years old) laughs at me when he tries to figure out why I can’t manage to help…
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SPN Out & About: San Francisco for Salesforce’s Dreamforce Conference
Today I’m off to the sunny state of California, specifically the great city of San Francisco. Marcus Nelson of Salesforce asked me to assist in a few events related to their annual Dreamforce conference taking place this week. I’ll be moderating and emceeing a panel as well as hosting a live show on the internal…