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Using Dwolla, TMG makes first Google Glass app to move hard currency
Now with only a few swipes, and a tap or two, Google Glass wearers around the country can pay merchants using Dwolla. But the Des Moines-based payments startup isn’t the one behind the development. The Members Group (TMG), a Des Moines-based financial services company that provides payments processing solutions, announced the Google Glass app—called See2Pay—during…
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Midwest CodeDays help create interest in code, network for students
You may have noticed their events popping up around the Silicon Prairie the past year, but later this month StudentRND’s CodeDay will come to even more Midwest cities, including Des Moines and Omaha.
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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 …
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Inaugural student CodeDay comes to Iowa Nov. 9-10 at StartupCity
CodeDay is a 24-hour event open to students of any age and level of coding experience. Learning to code can be intimidating—that’s why some are encouraging students to start as early as possible. But now, thanks to StudentRND and its global event, CodeDay, the process may become a little bit easier. With the inaugural CodeDay Iowa slated for early…
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Remember to tell Iowa’s student hackers to “hop on the bus”
As our bus screeched in to Ann Arbor, Mich., surrounded by the darkness of late evening and a harassing light drizzle, I nervously guided our group into Michigan Stadium to check them in. We were only eight hours into an amazing weekend but I was already breathing a sigh of relief. We made it …
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Hack Night instigator happy with first event, hopes to hold it monthly
Wednesday marked the inaugural Hack Night DSM, an “unhackathon” born out of a Facebook post by Iowa State student Brett Neese following a recent Startup Weekend. Sponsored by Hatchlings and hosted at the Goodsmiths office in West Des Moines, more than 50 people, Neese estimated, drifted in and out of the five-hour event. “The energy…
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ISU student builds Chrome extension to tip Medium writers via Dwolla
Iowa State University student Brett Neese last week wrote a post for story-sharing platform Medium, unveiling …