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Warner Bros. teams up with Facebook to show movies online

Facebook Inc. is starting into a new frontier, The Wall Street Journal reported: movies.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. announced today that it will begin offering selected movies through the social media site. Warner Bros., owned …

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Survey: IT companies positioned for growth

Information technology companies expect overall growth in the second quarter of 2011, according to a survey of 1,400 chief informational officers (CIOs) from companies across the country.

The Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and …

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Technology intrudes on sleep

Watching television every evening before going to sleep, playing video games late into the night or checking e-mails and text messages before turning off the lights could be interfering with the nation’s sleep habits, Reuters …

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Locals to talk farming at SXSW panel

A panel discussion at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, will focus on how farmers are getting business done with smart phones, as well as various applications for mobile technology in an agricultural setting. …

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Startup Weekend starts today

Startup Weekend Des Moines, a 54-hour event that focuses on constructing a Web-based or mobile application, is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. today. The event, which is open to anyone interested in the local …

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Start-up seminar to focus on raising capital

On March 29, a number of business advisers will deliver presentations on business valuation, fund-raising compliance and legal issues during a daylong seminar intended to help entrepreneurs uncover and understand sources of available capital. “Raising …

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Software tool brings high precision to flooring estimation


About a year ago, Steve “Doc” Scheidecker began searching for a software tool his Indianola employer, Phillips’ Floors Inc., could use to efficiently estimate flooring jobs to generate competitive bids for contractors.

Unable to find …

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Sauer-Danfoss reports gains for year, quarter

Sauer-Danfoss Inc. reported fourth-quarter net sales of $428.9 million, an increase of 54 percent from the fourth quarter of 2009.

Net income for the quarter was $126 million compared with a net loss of $74.7 …

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Dwolla launches location-based payment system

Paying a retailer or a friend could become as simple as clicking a button on your cell phone, using a new system developed by Des Moines-based Dwolla Corp.

The payment system, called Dwolla Spots, allows …

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Internet Solver acquires SimplicIT

Internet Solver Inc., an Urbandale-based technology company, has acquired the assets of SimplicIT, a West Des Moines technology consulting firm. The acquisition will enable SimplicIT clients to simplify their information technology management by consolidating their …