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Facebook adds feature to counter Google

Facebook Inc. yesterday unveiled tools to give users more control over personal information, which officials called a pre-emptive strike against Google Inc., Reuters reported.

A new “Groups” feature will make it easier for users to …

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Energy job training programs receive $5.7 million

More than 4,100 Iowans will receive “fast-track” apprenticeship training and job placement assistance in energy-sector jobs through a 36-month program, Gov. Chet Culver announced Tuesday. The State Energy Sector Partnership Board has awarded $5.7 million …

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Iowa College Aid to add online financial literacy program

The Iowa College Student Aid Commission announced that it has selected EverFi Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based educational software company, to provide an online financial literacy program to Iowa high schools.

The program is expected to …

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Schools break ground on technology center


Hoover High School and Meredith Middle School will have a new look when students start classes next fall.

Using some of the money the Des Moines Independent Community School District will receive from the state’s …

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Mobile device boom sparks Internet address shortage

The United States could run out of unique Internet addresses to assign to new devices by the end of next year, a telecommunications official said on Tuesday.

The recent profusion of mobile devices like Research …

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Iowa receives $3.5 million broadband grant

Iowa will expand its efforts to improve high-speed Internet service across the state with the help of a new federal grant of $3.5 million. Connect Iowa announced Tuesday it was awarded the funds as part …

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Technology companies have busy start to week

It was a busy day in the technology industry yesterday, as a number of tech companies made news – even about not making news.

A Pew Research Center report said Microsoft Corp. has fallen off …

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Heartland Technology to announce launch online

Heartland Technology Alliance (HTA), a new nonprofit alliance of technology professionals that supports connecting more people to each other and to the future in the Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, will host a …

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Study finds mobile phone most-used electronic device

Forrester Research’s largest annual survey of Americans’ technology adoption finds that 73 percent of the 37,000 respondents say the mobile phone is the electronic device they use the most., Mobile Marketer reports.

Fifty-eight percent said …

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Nine states OK Qwest buyout

Nine states so far have approved the pending buyout of Qwest by CenturyLink, according to an article in the Denver Business Journal; the deal needs approval from 12 more states. The Iowa Utilities Board will …