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Delta Dental endorses Des Moines start-up

Des Moines-based technology start-up eDossea Inc. is now a preferred Delta Dental of Iowa vendor. The start-up created a platform to streamline referred patient records online between general dentists and dental specialists.

Launched in 2011, …

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A Closer Look: Jack Harris

Jack Harris retired from Rockwell Collins Inc. last September and immediately started working to get the Iowa Innovation Corp. up and running. The Iowa Innovation Corp. is a public-private partnership that contracts with the Iowa …

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Innovative Companies: Tikly LLC

The problem:

Founder Emma Peterson, who has worked with local band The Nadas for more than two years, was tired of seeing consumers have to shell out extra money in add-on fees when they bought …

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Survey: 73 percent of Iowa businesses are using broadband

A recent survey found that 73 percent of Iowa businesses are using broadband Internet services throughout the state, and small businesses using the service saw twice the revenue of those without it, according to Connect …

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NATIONVIEW: An out-of-state perspective from the national level

Startup America Partnership CEO Scott Case was in Iowa for the third time in six months for the April 12 i2iowa Innovators and Investors forum hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa.

Case has praised …

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Governor appoints chief information officer

Robert von Wolffradt has been appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to serve as the state’s chief information officer. Wolffradt, 55, most recently held the same position for the state of Wyoming, where he installed the …

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Microsoft will invest in Barnes & Noble digital products

Microsoft Corp. will invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble Inc.’s digital and college businesses, valuing them at $1.7 billion, Reuters reported.

Microsoft will get a 17.6 percent stake in the new unit, and Barnes …

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OpenIowa event takes place this weekend

StartupIowa is hosting a three-day competition starting tonight called OpenIowa. Described as a “code-athon,” the event is challenging developers to take publicly available government data and make it easier to use for Iowa residents, visitors …

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Microsoft beats analyst’s estimates

Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, reported a fiscal third-quarter profit that topped estimates, Bloomberg reported. Net income slipped to $5.11 billion, or 60 cents a share, from $5.23 billion, or 61 cents per …

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A Closer Look: Kevin Dear

Kevin Dear recently took over as the enterprise sales team manager for Iowa and Nebraska at Microsoft Corp. He leads a 10-member sales team that works with Microsoft’s largest business clients in the two states. …

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