October 30, 2012

  • OneLouder releases Live 140, a curated guide to TV-related tweets

    For a segment of television viewers, the Twitter conversation about what’s on TV has become entertainment equal to — or greater than, some would argue — the television programming that inspires it. Take, for instance, the presidential debate on Oct. 22: During the 90-minute event, debate-related conversation accounted for some 6.5 million tweets, including more…

  • UNL Drone Journalism Lab lifts off with stories on Nebraska’s drought

    The Drone Journalism Lab, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln endeavor that we reported received a Knight Prototype grant in June, has published its first drone-assisted stories. Using a small, unmanned aerial vehicle, the lab produced a video (above) and written report on this year’s drought in Nebraska. “It was fun getting out there and doing actual…

  • Prairie Moves: Startup Weekend introduces “next” step after Sunday

    Lead Read: “Introducing NEXT” – Startup Weekend is rolling out a four-week pre-accelerator course to help teams from its events move forward on their idea after the Sunday night pitch session. | Quotable: “This is about DIY cities, it’s taking an entrepreneurial, hacker approach to civic thing.” – Neighbor.ly founder Jase Wilson told VentureBeat in…

  • Ames video company signals latest shift with iPracticeBuilder app

    Championship Productions, an Ames-based company that specializes in instructional video and literature for sports coaches, helped release a new iPad app earlier this month as part of the company’s efforts to develop new channels for distributing its trove of instructional content. Championship Productions teamed with Justin Labagh, the men’s basketball coach at the City College…

  • With CEO and state funds in place, Invest Nebraska financing startups

    Invest Nebraska, a 10-year-old private, nonprofit corporation known for its regular business plan competitions, is now funding early-stage startups thanks to the leadership of its first CEO and a pair of contracts with the State of Nebraska. The May 2011 passage of Gov. Dave Heineman’s Talent and Innovation Initiative put Invest Nebraska in charge of…