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MidwesTIX introduces mobile ticket delivery

Des Moines-based ticketing company MidwesTIX has launched a mobile ticket delivery option in conjunction with sales for the upcoming Center on Sustainable Communities Sustain-A-Ball Fundraiser.

Ticket buyers will receive their tickets on either iPhone or …

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West Des Moines to celebrate fiber-optic network

The city of West Des Moines and Iowa Network Services (INS) will host Light Up West Des Moines for the Future, celebrating the launch Phase I of the INS fiber-optic network, tomorrow at 10 a.m. …

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Doextra of Des Moines forms joint venture with Baltimore firm

Doextra Corp., a Des Moines-based software consulting firm, has entered into a joint venture with Light Industries, a technology firm based in Baltimore, to form Doextra CRM Solutions.

The joint venture plans to expand its …

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Pick your Des Moines tech event this week

Several events for tech firms and tech entrepreneurs are scheduled in Des Moines this week. The Technology Association of Iowa’s pitch competition is today. The event gives start-up companies a chance to pitch their businesses …

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Labor dispute interrupts iPhone production

Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of Apple Inc. iPhones, had to stop production for the second time in as many weeks after factory-line workers at one of its plants protested against increased pressure, Bloomberg reported. …

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Don’t get burned

Businesses need to have a strategy for archiving and organizing electronic documents – such as emails – so they can be easily retrieved in the event of litigation.

Many don’t – and are setting themselves …

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Project update:Southeast Connector

Cost:
$50 million from Southeast 14th Street to Southeast 30th Street; approximately $8 million from Southeast Ninth Street to Southeast 14th Street.

Timeline:
The expansion to Southeast 30th Street is expected to be completed by …

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Casting for tech workers, firms

Silicon Valley, meet Silicon Prairie.

That was the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s focus during a mid-September trip to California that included two events in San Francisco and one in Palo Alto. The message: There are …

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THE BIG QUESTION: What is the next tech-based company poised for rapid growth?

Dwolla Inc., earlier this year, raised $5 million in venture capital. The mobile-based payment company made a splash when actor Ashton Kutcher was revealed as one of the investors.

Seemingly every time you turn around, …

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3 questions with Terry Branstad … about the state’s technology start-up scene

Gov. Terry Branstad encouraged area entrepreneurs last week to call him if they ran into impediments facing their small business.

Branstad spoke to a group of 30 to 40 entrepreneurs in an event at StartupCity …