Prairie Moves is a roundup of career changes, media coverage, product development and other updates from the companies and individuals regularly covered by Silicon Prairie News. To submit an item for consideration, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com or use the form below.

Lead Read

“The Top 100 Websites of 2012” – PCMag gave nod to Pongr, a Boston-based startup with an office in Des Moines, in its annual list of what it calls the best of the web.

Quotable

“If connectivity equals opportunity, somebody has to make sure that people have a chance.” – Connecting for Good president Michael Liimatta, on the occasion of his group’s installation of free internet access in a low-income housing complex in Kansas City, Kan. – Kansas City Star

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Career moves

• Andrew Kirpalani, formerly with Ensighten, joined Bunchball – LinkedIn

New tech

• RareWire released the Boulevard Beer Finder app, an app that identifies a user’s location to find Boulevard beer sold nearby – The Kansas City Egotist and App Store

Product and business updates

• Syncbak released version 2.0, an update that features a redesigned user interface and closed captioning capabilities – Press Release, Google Play and App Store
• myHomework released version 2.0 for Android, a rewrite of the app from the ground up – myHomework blog and Google Play

Mentions

• RecBob – “RecBob Rewards? Startup celebrates first year, discusses plans” – The Gazette
• Josh Cramer of Cramer Development – “Josh Cramer: Cramer Development” – Corridor Business Journal
• Troy Miller of Koala Pay – “Troy Miller: Koala Pay and Naomi’s Kitchen” – Corridor Business Journal
• Cody Peterson – “Interview: Cody Peterson” – AIGA Nebraska
• “Silicon Valley’s Profit-Killing Provincialism” – The New Republic
• “FUSE Coworking Poised to Ignite Lincoln’s Startup Community” – Nebraska Entrepreneur
• “Reardon, KCKCC look to future of technology in KCK” – Kansas City Kansan

Gig bits

Gig Bits is an occasional feature keeping our readers up to speed on Google Fiber. Read Gig Bits.

• “Coming soon: Fiber for five more fiberhoods” – Google Fiber Blog and Techmeme

Recognition

• Pongr was named one of PC Magazine’s “Top 100 Websites of 2012“
• Hudl co-founder and chief technology officer Brian Kaiser was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” for sports
• Kansas City, Mo. Mayor Sly James honored by Newsweek magazine as one of the “Most Innovative Mayors in the U.S.“

Blogged

• “Startups are Hard. Funding is Harder.” – Christian Renaud
• “Chapman Studio: user-focused web design” – Turbine Flats
• “Eat Sleep Lands Spot In App Store App Essentials” – BitMethod
• “Steelwool 2.0” – Volano Solutions
• “[API Update] Adding + Verifying Bank Accounts” – Dwolla
• “RecBob Launch Party!” (Photo) – RecBob
• “Front Flip Insider of the Week: Paul Hirsch” – Front Flip
• “Scan, Scratch, Win this Holiday Season” – Front Flip
• “Mentor can help with university spinoff” – Emily Harris
• “Sly James wins national award but for wrong reasons” – Yael T. Abouhalkah

Misc.

• “Capital Crossroads hires firm to name tech area” – Des Moines Register
• “Nonprofit throws digital lifeline to KCK apartment complex” – Kansas City Star
• “SoftBank merger wouldn’t limit Sprint’s startup efforts, exec says” – Kansas City Business Journal
• “For him, by her: All-female Drake class creates a digital publication for men” – Des Moines Register
• Hudl created a website for the University of Nebraska’s class of 2013 football recruits – hudl.com/2013/nebraska
• Garmin announced that, effective Jan. 1, the board of directors has appointed Clifton Pemble to the position of president and CEO, where he will succeed Garmin’s co-founder, Dr. Min Kao – Press Release
• MIDWESTIX integrated Facebook purchasing on its ticketing platform – Press Release

 

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