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Big carriers pursue mobile payments

Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc. and T- Mobile USA plan to invest more than $100 million in their joint venture that lets consumers pay for goods with mobile phones, Bloomberg said.

The investment sets up a …

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A fit iPhone app

Nexercise is a free iPhone application that tracks activities ranging from running and weightlifting to fencing and polo and rewards users with free and discounted merchandise in the hope that users will adopt long-term exercise …

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Companies partner on mobile app

Johnston-based DeskActive Inc. and West Des Moines-based Kosama announced a strategic partnership to develop a mobile app that will extend Kosama’s eight-week workout program with push messaging and coaching through animated avatars.

The companies said …

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Industry Report: TECHNOLOGY


Put on your ‘Thinc’ing caps
The local technology start-up community is buzzing over a new event that will come to Iowa in October. The ThincIowa conference, hosted by Silicon Prairie News (SPN), will take place …

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Dwolla upgrades service with new product

Dwolla Corp. yesterday announced that it is launching a new product called Proxi, which will allow users to send and receive cash-based mobile payments based on their proximity to another connected device.

The technology cuts …

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Big changes at Apple

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, who started the company at age 21, announced his resignation from the post yesterday after being on medical leave since Jan. 17, Bloomberg reported.

Jobs has battled cancer since 2003 …

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China moving ahead in the personal computer market

China probably overtook the United States as the largest personal computer market last quarter after three decades of American dominance in an industry pioneered by Apple Inc. and International Business Machines Corp., Bloomberg reported.

Personal …

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Facebook ups acquisitions amid competition

Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social network, is planning acquisitions that will improve site design, keep its service reliable and advance mobile features to stave off competition from Google Inc. and Twitter Inc., Bloomberg reported.…

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Meredith to offer magazines on NOOK tablet

Meredith Corp. announced that it is now offering special editions of Parents and Fitness magazines featuring bonus content on Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Color Reader’s Tablet.

The Des Moines-based media company soon will begin offering …

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Trinity Structural Towers workers hold contract vote today

A year after voting to join Local 347 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, workers at Trinity Structural Towers Inc. in Newton will vote today to ratify a contract. The agreement focuses on three …