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Silicon Prairie News videos now viewable on iPhone & iPad
We’re excited to announce that all Silicon Prairie News videos going forward will be viewable on the iPad and iPhone. Up to this point, we’ve been hosting our videos with Viddler, and the Flash player it provided made it impossible for iPad and iPhone users to view videos of our interviews, reports and events. On…
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UNO’s Mobile Phone Orchestra composes music using iPhones
As part of a content syndication partnership, the following article also appears in this week’s (June 2-8) issue of Shout!, an alternative weekly newspaper in Omaha. Each Wednesday, look to Shout!’s Silicon Prairie News page for a feature story and “Quick Scoop.” | While pursuing a master’s degree in music composition from the University of…
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Looking Up: SkyVu Pictures reaches great heights
The following article is part of a special insert in the June 3-9 issue of The Reader, a weekly newspaper focusing on the area’s culture. | Things are looking up for Omaha’s SkyVu Pictures Inc. The animation studio, originator of BATTLE BEARS (currently the No. 1 adventure game in 50 countries), specializes in mobile games…
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Eelios’ weather app hits the App Store
Today was a big day for the team at Êelios, Inc., a spin-off subsidiary of 21st Century Systems, Inc. (21CSI). Their location-based personal weather app, WxFix, became available for purchase in Apple’s App Store. This morning, they shared the good news in a blog entry. It began: Well, we finally got our new WxFix “Lifestyle…
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SPN interviews Bejamin Vu and Melissa Ledger of SkyVu Pictures
It has been a few weeks since Omaha-based SkyVu Pictures released their iPhone game, Battle Bears, and things seem to be going well even still. After covering the story of their iPhone game, I had the chance to visit them at their new offices. SkyVu actually has three teams: one based in Omaha, lead by…