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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 …

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Nominations being accepted for Women of Innovation awards

The 2011 Women of Innovation awards, annually hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa, opens its nomination period today and will hold a breakfast event from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Aug. 30 at Pioneer Hi-Bred …

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Sunkist plans something juicy for smartphones

Sunkist Growers Inc. intends to launch seven additional mobile sites by the end of the year in an attempt to drive purchases and make it easier to shop for produce in grocery stores, Mobile Commerce …

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No cheers for Hewlett-Packard plan

Hewlett-Packard Co. shares plunged 20 percent to six-year lows today as investors reacted badly to the technology heavyweight’s bleak outlook and plans to spin off its PC business, FOXBusiness reported.

After declining more than 6 …