November 25, 2013

  • KC’s EyeVerify wins int’l Get in the Ring, chance for $1.4M investment

    At the final round of the international Get in the Ring competition on Friday, EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush made his entrance with Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” playing in the background. That evening Rush went head-to-head with startups from around the world and proved he could handle the “thrill of the fight” as the Kansas…

  • Iowa State student creates PayHere (for Dwolla) with startup’s API demo

    A few weeks ago, the Des Moines-based financial startup Dwolla released an API demo iPhone app on Github. Not long after, Iowa State University student Brett Neese took the API and began modifying it. Last week, his customized app—PayHere (for Dwolla)—appeared in the Apple App Store, with a version 2.0 already active …

  • International Hour of Code event comes to Lincoln Dec. 12

    Next month more than 3 million students from 150 countries will come together for more than 21,000 events with one simple mission: teaching people to code. As part of Computer Science Education Week—held internationally…