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Google drones: out of the cloud to track poachers

Google Inc.-funded drones will fight rhinoceros poachers in Africa. Google announced a $5 million grant to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to purchase a fleet of drone aircraft in Africa, FastCompany reported. The WWF already uses …

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Tim Cook looks back on first 16 months as Apple CEO

In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook sat down for a lengthy and wide-ranging Q&A, in which he discusses how the company works now that he’s taken over, the Apple…
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Quad Cities identified as fast-growing tech sector

The Quad Cities ranked No. 18 on the list of Top 25 metro areas for high-tech employment growth from 2010 to 2011, growing by 8.7 percent, according to a study released by entrepreneur advocacy group …

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National article takes notice of server farm bid

A recent article in Fortune identified a fight between Altoona and Kearney, Neb., for a $1.5 billion server farm project.

The article leads off by detailing a “high-tech parlor game playing out in an unlikely …

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Txting is 20, still can’t spell

Text messages turn 20 today and their use may rise 40 percent by 2016, even as mobile-phone owners increasingly rely on Facebook Inc. and WhatsApp to communicate, Bloomberg reported.

The first SMS, or short message …

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Nonprofit: Entrepreneurs’ Organization

You own your own business and things are getting overwhelming. Wouldn’t it be nice to have somebody to talk to who can give you objective advice on decisions you have to make?

That’s what the …

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Social Money partners with The Bancorp

West Des Moines-based Social Money, which helps financial institutions, merchants and other financial service providers, announced a partnership with The Bancorp Inc.

Starting in 2013, Social Money will help The Bancorp Inc.’s 300 clients create …

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Google acquisition report a hoax

A spate of press reports on Monday heralded the latest takeover deal by Google Inc. — an apparent $400 million purchase of ICOA Inc., a Warwick, R.I., company that makes Wi-Fi hotspots for public areas …

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THE ENTREPRENEURS: Brad Dwyer

Brad Dwyer sometimes wears a T-shirt with a Facebook logo on it, which is somewhat fitting.

Dwyer, like Facebook Inc. founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, dropped out of college to run his own technology startup …

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Technology Association recognizes Women of Innovation

The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) last night presented eight professionals and two students with its 2012 Women of Innovation awards.

The awards are designed to recognize women who are innovators in science, technology, engineering …

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