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PayPal, an eBay Inc. subsidiary, has updated its mobile 2011 projection to $3 billion, marking the third time it has had to change its mobile predictions for this year, Mobile Commerce Daily reported.

The news …

Deere & Co. said today that a proposal under consideration by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would jeopardize use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in agriculture and construction equipment.

The Moline, Ill.-based company is …

Central Iowa Shelter & Services (CISS) has launched a new website.

The site, designed by Catchfire Media LLC, will be continually updated through a blog and a Twitter feed, CISS said. It also will provide …

Websites will no longer need to use suffixes such as “.com” and “.org,” according to the group that manages Internet addresses, Bloomberg reported.

Requests for new domains, which can include the names of companies or …

Annual mobile commerce is expected to reach $10 billion by the end of next year, according to a new report from Forrester Research Inc., Mobile Commerce Daily reported. The report, “Mobile Commerce Forecast: 2011 to …

The Central Iowa chapter of the Public Relations Society of America will host a talk about the techniques used to evaluate social media effectiveness through both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Katie Miller-Smith, director of Catchfire …

The sixth-largest investor in BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) has sold more than half of its holdings in the company as rivals such as Apple Inc. continue to carve out a larger share …

In Iowa, 31 percent of Internet-connected businesses (approximately 21,000) reported earning revenues through online sales, compared with the national average of 32 percent, according to a recent report by Connected Nation. A total of 803 …

Palisade Systems Inc. will hold a free webinar titled “Protecting Your Business From Data Breaches, Crippling Fines, and Surviving a HIPAA Audit.”

The webinar will take place at 2 p.m. on June 23. It will …