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Introducing the 13 most read Silicon Prairie News stories of 2013
In the past we’ve written “top stories of the year” posts based on what our editorial team deemed the most important news of the year. This time we turn that tradition on its head and focused on the numbers. What follows is a look at our 13 most read stories over the last 12 months—chosen…
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Timeline shows Sprint-Handmark relationship traces back to 2005
Earlier today, we reported Sprint acquired Handmark and its subsidiary, OneLouder. But we haven’t been along for the entire journey like the Kansas City Business Journal. Reporter Alyson Raletz put together a timeline showing how the deal coalesced, including the fact it took almost four months …
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Sprint acquires homegrown Handmark, OneLouder
Sprint didn’t have to call long distance to acquire app developer Handmark and its social and mobile advertising subsidiary OneLouder. The 13-year-old company is based about 20 miles north of Sprint’s headquarters in Overland Park, Kan. The telecom giant today announced the move, one it says it made in an effort to boost its advertising…
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Handmark founder Augie Grasis reflects on life, work in KC (Video)
Silicon Prairie News has occasionally chronicled the work of Kansas City, Mo. application developer Handmark and regularly reports on the exploits of Handmark’s social media app spinoff, OneLouder. (In fact, we published a story on OneLouder’s latest offering, Slices, just last week.) We’ve had less frequent opportunity to report on the man …
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Handmark taps power of text messaging with POWOW release
Handmark, a mobile app developer in Kansas City, Mo., last week released its full-version of POWOW for Android, a text messaging app it believes is a cut above the rest. “While a number of text messaging products exist for Android, we saw the need for a single solution that easily combines the capabilities for one-to-one…
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Web developer, account executive, graphic designer, intern and more
We’re excited to bring you our 77th Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Corporate 3 Design, Deal Garden and Anderson Auto Group; Thought District in Lincoln; Integer …
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Prairie Moves: Sean Freitag, Eric Clymer, Shift and more
What is Prairie Moves? – Published Tuesdays (one day late this week) 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…