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Organic farmers sue Monsanto

The Public Patent Foundation, on behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations, including the Southeast Iowa Organic Association, sued Monsanto Co.  on Tuesday to challenge the agricultural giant’s patents on genetically …

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Social business tools seek to connect workplace

A growing number of technology companies and software start-ups are trying to make business applications more “social,” as business-software vendors and customers look to take advantage of people’s increasing interest in social networking, The Wall …

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Deal in works for social network?

News Corp. is in talks to hand over control of social media website MySpace to Vevo.com, an online music website partly owned by the world’s largest record companies, Bloomberg reported.

The talks are preliminary, and …

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Kemin has you protected

Kemin Industries Inc. has entered the personal care market with the launch of a new division, Kemin Personal Care, the company said in a news release. Kerty Levy, former worldwide vice president of Kemin Industries, …

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EBay will buy e-commerce company

EBay Inc. said today that it has struck a deal to acquire e-commerce and marketing services firm GSI Commerce Inc. for $29.25 per share in cash, totaling $2.4 billion, CNNMoney.com reported. The price represents a …

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Google planning mobile payment system for Android

Google Inc. is joining Citigroup Inc. and MasterCard Inc. to set up a mobile payment system that will turn Android phones into a kind of electronic wallet, Reuters reported, based on a story in The …

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Des Moines listed as ‘socially networked’ city

Based on a survey of social media use in U.S. cities, Men’s Health magazine recently named Des Moines as one of the most “socially networked” towns in America.

Coming in at No. 42, Des Moines …

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Social networks, investors bet on smartphones

Silicon Valley venture capitalists are betting on a new generation of companies that hope to unshackle social networking from personal computers and shift it to cellphones, The Wall Street Journal reported.

On Thursday, Color Labs …

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Mars Cafe hosts Twestival tonight

Des Moines will host a local Twestival (a “Twitter festival”) tonight from 5 to 9 p.m. at Mars Café, 2318 University Ave.

Twestival is a national movement by the Connect the Dots Foundation to raise …

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RIM ready to go head to head with Apple in tablet market

Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) said its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer will go on sale in the United States on April 19, as it seeks to compete with Apple Inc.’s iPad, Bloomberg reported.

The announcement …