August 22, 2013

  • Get a taste of Raspberry Pi during a roadshow Friday at Union Station

    This is a last-minute call for pie, er, Raspberry Pi. One of the brains behind the credit card-sized computer, Robert Bishop, will be stopping by Union Station in Kansas City at 5:30 p.m. Friday, August 23, as part of a U.S. roadshow to help kids learn computer programming and share the origins of the product. He…

  • Singly, co-founded by Iowa native, is acquired by Appcelerator

    Singly, a San Francisco company co-founded by Cascade, Iowa, native and software guru Jeremie Miller (below, left), has been acquired by mobile app platform giant Appcelerator. The announcement came this morning in a press release and “self-interview” blog post by Appcelerator CEO Jeff Haynie …

  • Meet the 8 Innovation and Mobile App of the Year finalists

    Each year we’re blown away by the big ideas Silicon Prairie companies think up and the dreams they’re able to turn into realities. The eight finalists for Innovation and Mobile App of the Year have their finger on the pulse of the “next big thing” and have all proved themselves worthy of recognition for the…