January 24, 2012

  • Prairie Moves: Mike Hays, Rachel McClung, Allrecipes.com and more

    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. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • Startup Nebraska: Now is the time to get involved

    The Startup Nebraska effort is launching on Friday. What does this mean? It means that now is the time to get involved. The event is a launch but not a completed …

  • SOPA and social media: Protests lead constituents to ‘like’ congress

    (This is a guest post by Jimmy Winter.) Well internet, you’ve really done it this time. You didn’t just like a friend’s Facebook post and add a ribbon to your Twitter avatar, but you did some good old fashioned, hi-tech reaching out to your elected representatives. The effort to stop the advancement of the Stop…

  • MSN’s Business on Main spotlights StartupCity Des Moines (Video)

    StartupCity Des Moines, a tech startup incubator which opened its doors in October, is the focus of a short video on MSN’s Business on Main, which is billed as an “entrepreneur’s source for news and commentary on today’s pressing small-business issues” “A tech incubator is born in an unlikely place,” MSN’s Chris Cashman says to…

  • LiveOn named SXSW Awards finalist for ‘technical achievement’

    LiveOn, a site enabling users to capture memories and share with loved ones, is a finalist for the South by Southwest Interactive Awards, an event recognizing the year’s best new digital work. Based in Kansas City, LiveOn was named one of five finalists in the …

  • Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Sayer Martin and Jordan Lampe

    Join us live at 2 p.m. for this week’s PrairieCast. Our guests include first-timer Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc. and returning guest Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. We’ll be discussing the week’s biggest stories including the SOPA/PIPA Blackout Day and the rumors that broke on Friday of an upcoming Union Square Ventures …

  • Sioux Falls-based accelerator opens application process

    The South Dakota Technology Business Center announced Thursday that the application process for its 2012 Accelerator is open and will run through March 30. …