May 8, 2012

  • VoterTide Alerts goes live, with free updates for up to three candidates

    VoterTide, an Omaha-based social media monitoring and intelligence company for politics, today announced the release of VoterTide Alerts (left), a free mobile alerts service designed to notify users of news as it’s breaking in social media. VoterTide tracks some 1,800 political candidates and officer holders, and users can receive free updates on up to three…

  • Coming this August, the inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards

    On the eve of the Big Omaha 2012 Opening Party, we want to take a moment to let you in on another party we’re planning (and you’re invited). On August 30, we will celebrate the Silicon Prairie community: the startups, entrepreneurs, developers, creative individuals, investors and other key stakeholders who are working to build the…

  • Prairie Portrait: Sarah Foss of Social Money

    Silicon Prairie News: What’s the CliffsNotes version of the story of how a college English major becomes marketing director for a financial tech company? | Sarah Foss: Once I discovered I couldn’t support my shopping habit by being a writer, I went into what all young twenty-something gals do for lucrative means – sales. I…

  • The badge-less guide to Big Omaha 2012

    Though Big Omaha is limited to 650 attendees this year, we’ve rounded up the best of what’s out there for the badge-less bunch. Below is the agenda for how to best experience Big Omaha on a budget. Wednesday Beer && Code Pre-Party 5-8 p.m. at Old Mattress Factory (501 North 13th Street) With the goal…

  • With upgraded FiSync, Dwolla cuts 3-5 day wait to real-time

    Dwolla, the cash-inspired payment startup based in Des Moines, today announced an upgrade to its financial services product, FiSync, that will enable the real-time transfer of money from one bank account to another. The web service syncs financial accounts with Dwolla’s payment network and partnering financial institutions, providing integrated banks and credit unions with a…

  • Big Omaha gets bigger with free live stream on Thursday and Friday

    In its inaugural year, Big Omaha sold out to 450 attendees. In year two, Big Omaha added 50 seats and sold out again. In year three, 100 seats and another sell out. Now, in year four, with 50 seats added, a record sell out time and a waitlist of more than 200 names, we’ve decided…

  • Thad Langford to speak at Tech ESP event on May 15

    Thad Langford, who guided Zave Networks through its 2011 acquisition by Google and now is actively involved with several other Kansas City startups, will present May 15 at the next installment of Kansas City’s Technology Entrepreneur Speakers Program (Tech ESP). The event will take place from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Country Club Plaza offices of…