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A video delight

YouTube, Google Inc.’s video website, is streaming 4 billion online videos every day, a 25 percent increase in the past eight months, Reuters reported.

The jump in video views comes as Google pushes YouTube beyond …

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Connecting Iowa

Connect Iowa and the Iowa Association of Regional Councils will launch a statewide “Connected” program to increase broadband access, adoption and use. Last week, staff of regional Council of Governments were trained by Connect Iowa …

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Tech cuts reach record low

Despite a surge in tech-sector downsizing in the second half of 2011, the number of job cuts announced by these firms dropped last year to the lowest level ever recorded in tracking going back to …

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YPC to host entrepreneur events

YPC to host entrepreneur events    The Young Professionals Connection (YPC) will host a pair of entrepreneur events next week. An event on Tuesday will focus on resources available to entrepreneurs and start-ups in the…
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Biggest Internet sites not part of blackout

Biggest Internet sites not part of blackout A  web blackout scheduled for today to protest against proposed legislation on online piracy has failed to get the support of the biggest Internet players, Reuters reported.  …
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New advisory committee works on broadband expansion program

The first broadband advisory committee meeting between Connect Iowa and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) took place this week, kicking off a new community effort to expand broadband access, adoption and use across the …

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StartupIowa to host fair on Jan. 31

StartupIowa, a chapter of the Startup America Partnership, will host the Iowa Startup Fair from 3 to 6 p.m. on Jan. 31.

Start-ups from across Central Iowa are invited to set up informational tables at …

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Entrepreneurs, meet your angels

Entrepreneurs, meet your angels Iowa entrepreneurs and potential investors will have a new forum at which to connect this spring, with the launch of the inaugural i2iowa Investors and Innovators forum on April 12.  …
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Looking for ‘wow’ at tech show

The world’s biggest technology trade show will feature razor-thin laptops, powerful new smartphones and fancy flat-screen televisions, but talk in the cavernous halls of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which kicks off today, may focus …

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Internet Solver acquires Advanced Network Technologies

Urbandale-based Internet Solver Inc., a provider of computer and network support, Internet service and telephone service to small and medium-sized businesses, has acquired Advanced Network Technologies, a managed services provider and IT consulting firm with …