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What is Prairie Moves?
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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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Mergers & Acquisitions
- Zave Networks (Kansas City), a company founded in 2006 and devoted to digitizing coupons and loyalty reward programs, was acquired by Google for an undisclosed amount – SPN post, TechCrunch, Venture Beat, Kansas City Star, Kansas City Business Journal
- Slash Web Studios (Des Moines), a web development and design company, acquired Adstringo LLC (Des Moines), a digital marketing company – slashwebstudios.com
New Tech
- Drake University’s (Des Moines) beta version of blueMobile, a mobile app for students, is now available for download on iOS and Android devices – oit.drake.edu/blueMobile
Product/Business Development
- Syncbak announced its list of broadcast advisors – syncbak.com
- Dwolla (Des Moines) added Veridan Credit Union to its family of FiSync users, which represents the largest implementation of FiSync to date – dwolla.org/blog – and integrated foursquare into the next version of its app – dwolla.org/blog
Media Mentions
- Omaha Creative Week – Omaha World-Herald: “What We Are … Talking About: Omaha Creative Week“
- Dream Big Central Iowa contest and Real Estate Fan Pages (Des Moines) – Des Moines Register: “Realty sales idea is ‘Dream Big’ contest winner“
- Dwolla (Des Moines) – Credit Union Times: “Veridian CU Announces Integration of Dwolla into Online Banking“
- Hudl (Lincoln) – Dayton Daily News: “Computer programs aid coaches in reviewing game film“
- Sojern (Omaha) – eTourism Summit: “Presenter Interview: Steven Stein, Sojern“
Misc.
- Proxibid (Omaha) entered into a strategic marketing agreement with Husker Sports Network to be the title sponsor of the “Proxibid N’Side Nebraska” show – proxibid.com
- Synbak’s (Marion, Iowa) CEO, Jack Perry, will speak on the Future of Television at the Telsey Advisory Group Fall Consumer Conference – twitter.com/syncbak
- Technology Association of Iowa (Des Moines) president Leann Jacobsen has been appointed to the STEM Advisory Council – governor.iowa.com
- PeggyBank (Omaha) rolled out national television commercials – facebook.com/peggybankvault