Innovating Solutions

  • Don’t get burnt by overdone meat with KC startup’s Tappecue monitor

    Left to our own devices, there’s a good chance everyone will mess up on the grill every now and then. Fortunately for barbecue hobbyists, Kansas City’s Innovating Solutions has a device to ensure no meat goes overdone. Tappecue, an Internet-connected smoking and grilling thermometer that runs through an app for smartphones and tablets, launched at…

  • With Tappecue, KC startup aims to help grillers keep tabs on meat

    In a city known for its barbecue, one startup is out to make the the process of preparing that grilled meat a little easier. Kansas City-based Innovating Solutions recently introduced Tappecue, a gadget that lets people use web-connected devices to remotely monitor what they’re grilling. The company …

  • AutoCorrect Switch app aims to rein in power of smartphone prediction

    Today’s smartphone-powered world has reached a point that stories of autocorrect gone awry have achieved almost urban-legend status. Everyone, it seems, has an anecdote of autocorrect out of control. Heck, there are entire websites dedicated to the confusing, humorous and oftentimes excruciatingly awkward outcomes produced when a phone has a mind of its own. Now,…

  • Prairie Moves: Sam Wilken, Local Hero Design, Locusic and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • Prairie Moves: Nadine Anheier, Find & Replace, QuickCal and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (two days late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…