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Prairie Moves: Macy Koch, Blake Pinneke, Lake Surf Co. and more
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (two days late this week), 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 our next Prairie Moves post,…
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PrairieCast video: foursquare in Des Moines, fiber in the Silicon Prairie
This week we had two PrairieCast rookies on the show, OpenAir Equity Partners’ executive-in-residence Thad Langford and Drake University social media strategy instructor Chris Snider. We discussed the successful efforts of Snider’s class to procure a badge for Des Moines on the popular social platform foursquare, Langford’s investment in Kansas City-based …
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Leap2 adds Android app, raises $280K to rethink mobile search
Leap2, a Kanas City, Kan.-based startup that launched its iPhone app in November, released its Android app on Wednesday, bringing wider distribution to its new take on searching the web on mobile devices. Leap2, a Kanas City,Kan.-based startup that launched its iPhone app in November, released its Android app on Wednesday, bringing wider distribution to…
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Ten Silicon Prairie startups to watch in 2012
In 2011, we did our best to keep a close eye on Silicon Prairie startups, covering entrepreneurs who dared to disrupt the established local marketplace, aimed to make the online shopping experience more social and dreamed of virtual town-halls that increased citizen participation. Among the startups we covered, there were a few in each city…
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Following soft launch, Leap2 receives positive reviews, hints at next update
Nine days ago, Leap2 jumped into the spotlight with the soft launch of its first product, Leap2 Navigator, a mobile app with a new take on mobile search. Tonight, the company will be holding a “Kansas City Launch Party” at OfficePort, which Leap2 co-founder and CEO Michael Farmer said is as much about thanking the…
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Prairie Moves: Clint Andrew Hall, Marco Santana, Fresk and more
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (one day late this week), 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 our next Prairie Moves post,…
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Leap2 rethinks mobile search, launches app with all-in-one interface
The team at Leap2 sees big opportunity on the small screens of mobile devices. More precisely, Leap2, a Kansas City, Kan.-based mobile application development startup, believes it’s problematic that search interfaces originally designed for large computer screens are being used on the considerably smaller screens of smartphones. And that’s a problem Leap2 intends to solve.…