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What is Prairie Moves?
Published twice weekly, 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.
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Fundings
- Nebraska Global (Lincoln) funds EliteForm, maker of high-tech sports training tools – Press Release, SPN and Lincoln Journal Star
Career Moves
- Jeremy Harrington (Des Moines) has been promoted to Vice President, User Experience Design at Voce Communications, A Porter Novelli Company (Sunnyvale, Cal.)
New Tech
- OneLouder (Kansas City) released 1Weather in the Android Market, an app offering real-time weather information and forecasts plus weather related tweets from a user’s area – Website, Android Markerplace and AndroidStatic
New Creative
- MKrell (Omaha) launched a website for Echo Systems (formerly Echo Tech) – echosystemsomaha.com
Product/Business Development
- MindMixer (Omaha) rolled out sites in Des Moines and the San Francisco Bay Area – The Tomorrow Plan and North Bayshore Precise Plan, respectively
- OneLouder (Kansas City) released an update of BaconReader – OneLouder blog and Droid Matters
- Think Big Partners announced Think Big Nation, Think Big conference and new coworking space – Think Big Partners blog and SPN
Mentions
- Think Big Partners’ Gigabit Challenge (Kansas City) – Think Big Partners: “Winners of The Gigabit Challenge Announced at Finale Event“, SPN, TechCrunch: “Google Fiber-Inspired Gigabit Challenge Unveils Winners; Senator Announces STOP SOPA Petition“, NBC Action News: “$350,000 in prizes awarded in Think Big Gigabit finale” and “Think Big picks winners in gigabit challenge“, Kansas City Star: “Three teams win in Google-inspired Gigabit Challenge“, Kansas City Business Journal: “Google-inspired Gigabit Challenge awards $100K to N.Y. startup” and Press Release
- eCreamery (Omaha) – Oprah.com: “26 Ways to Tell Your Story and Share It with the World“
- Austin Brown of Hurrdat (Lincoln) – Jacob Elyachar blog: “Jacob Interviews…Hurrdat Social Media’s CMO Austin Brown“
- myHomework (Kansas City) – LaKeny on YouTube: “Life Made Easy with myHomework“
- Joni Cobb of Pipeline (Kansas City) – The Wichita Eagle: “5 questions with Joni Cobb“
- Drake University (Des Moines) – Mashable: “Pinterest for Brands: 5 Hot Tips“
Blogged
- Hudl (Lincoln): “NSCAA Day 2 AM Timelapse” and “Four Hudl Partners Claim National Championships“
- Dwolla (Des Moines): “Dwolla vs. Interchange“
- Matt Waite (Lincoln): “A completely arbitrary list of takeaways from two unconferences“
- Scott Rocketship (Des Moines): “DeMo Des Moines January 2012 Recap“
SOPA & PIPA
- Omaha World Herald: “Protesting anti-piracy bill” and “Terry to remove name from bill“
- Lincoln Journal Star: “Fortenberry, Johanns won’t support piracy bill; Terry pulls co-sponsorship“
- Des Moines Register: “Des Moines tech community joins protests against SOPA/PIPA“, “Des Moines-based business, tech communities join protest against internet bills“, “Guest columnist: Web ‘piracy’ solution would be worse than the problem“, “Guest columnists: Sweeping new ‘web piracy’ law could squash startups“, “Guest columnist: Technology protection would guard jobs in Iowa“
- WOI-DT Des Moines/Ames: “How the Internet Piracy Bills Affect You“
- KCCI Des Moines: “What’s Behind The SOPA Protest?“
- Kansas City Star: “Blake Miller of Think Big Partners explains SOPA“
- Kansas City Business Journal: “Kansas City region’s politicians speak out about online piracy proposals“
- Fox 4 Kansas City: “Support Fading for Anti-Online Piracy Bill“
- Leavenworth Times: “Our View: Stop online restriction acts“
- Iowa State Daily: “Websites black out to protest SOPA and PIPA” and “Editorial: Website blackouts necessary to preserve future Internet use“
- Think Big Partners (Kansas City): “Senator Jerry Moran Announces his Stop SOPA Position at Gigabit Challenge Finale“
- Brett Trout (Des Moines): “SOPA and PIPA Are Bad“
- SPN: “List of Silicon Prairie sites protesting SOPA and politicians supporting it“, “SOPA: Lee listens, Saddle Creek sets record straight and Moran reaffirms” and “Silicon Prairie politicians distance themselves from SOPA, PIPA“
Fiber Watch
- Kansas City Star: “Google Fiber work in KCK is delayed by dispute over how its wires are hung“
- Fox 4 KC: “Why is Google Fiber Set Up Taking so Long?“
- KMBC: “KCK, Google: Fiber Project Still On Track“
Misc.
- Lincoln Journal Star: “Senators deal with what happens when Facebook users die“
