What is Prairie Moves?

Published Tuesdays and Fridays, Prairie Moves is a roundup of career changes, media coverage, product development and other updates from the companies and individuals regularly covered by Silicon Prairie News.

If you or your company would like to submit an item for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com or use the form below.

Lead Read

“What Happens After Angry Birds Is Played Out? Meet SkyVu’s Battle Bears.” – Following funding news from SkyVu Entertainment, All Things D took a look at the startup’s Battle Bears game.

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Quotable

“Am I an innovator? You bet. In 1983 I could make 106 hushpuppies in a minute.” – Syncbak founder Jack Perry blogged about how he’s a television industry disrupter. – Jack Perry blog

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Service Management Group of Kansas City, Mo. acquired Boston-based Locately, a consumer location analytics startup – Press Release, Bostinno, Boston Herald, Boston Business Journal and Xconomy

Fundings

• Omaha-based BlabFeed announced $100,000 in funding from Ho-Chunk, Inc., an economic development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska – Omaha World-Herald and SPN

Career Moves

• Rush Nigut, a full-time attorney, announced he will no longer be active with NotifyWorks – Rush Nigut blog

New Tech

• Rodrigo Neri released Better Nest, a browser extension that enhances Twitter.com – Rodrigo Neri blog and SPN

Product & Business Updates

• Tripleseat released its API – Tripleseat blog
• Torsion Mobile released Mojaba version 1.9 – Torsion Mobile blog
• WeCrash, an online social network and information destination for the sport of demolition derb, shut down – Wade Sikkink blog

Mentions

• Dwolla – Engineering a Mass-Market Payment Revolution – All Things D
• SkyVu – SkyVu in no doubt mobile will ‘only get more competitive’ – PocketGamer.biz
• Hudl – More about the Redskins, iPads and Hudl – The Washington Times
• Neighborly – Vote With Your Money With Kansas City Startup: Neighbor.ly – Nibletz
• Nate Allen of Four First Names – On My Mind: Nate Allen, self-proclaimed geek – Ink

Gig Bits

Gig Bits is an occasional feature keeping our readers up to speed on Google Fiber. Read Gig Bits.

Google

• Join us for “Back to School Day” – Google Fiber Blog

Local

• Group tries to help needy neighborhoods get Google Fiber – Kansas City Business Journal
• Google’s freebie to schools is in danger – Kansas City Star
• SMCKC September 2012 Breakfast: Google Fiber and the All-Star Game Command Center – Social Media Club of Kansas City

Blogged

• What is Dwolla? – Dwolla
• A coaching moment – Christian Renaud
• Someone needs to disrupt the disruption. I guess I’ll do it. – Jack Perry
• Wondering if Syncbak is currently available in your area? – Syncbak

Misc.

• TEDxDesMoines released Ben Milne’s talk, “Value as a Technology Stack“
• Kansas City is one of six cities SoRewarding plans to launch in soon – TechCrunch
• Pipeline opened its applications – Press Release and pipelineentrepreneurs.com
• Columbia, Mo.- based Modern Meadow received a $350,000 grant from Peter Thiel’s Breakout Labs – Press Release, CNET, Inc., Medical Daily and Wired

 

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