Des Moines-based Trokt is sponsoring the first 16 teams that enter the Online Dispute Resolution Bowl, an online competition for anyone interested in solving “big picture” problems, reports Clay & Milk. The organizer is Sydney Moore, a senior Drake University law, politics and society major. The Online Dispute Resolution Bowl requires teams to complete different objectives […]
A new angel investing organization in the Quad Cities is building out of coffee breaks. Riverbend Angels started in 2017 after a series of entrepreneurial meetups laid the groundwork for a six-county startup community along the Iowa/Illinois border, Clay and Milk reports. Founding Principal Tom Trone said the organization is seeking early-stage companies to invest in, […]
Monday night’s poor weather prompted the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce to postpone its cybersecurity event to April 24. The event will still be held at the Des Moines Golf & Country Club from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Previous registrations will be honored or participants can request a refund by emailing Hunter@wdmchamber.org.
Iowans, we’re going to have to wait. We’re not among the three cities AT&T says will get zippier mobile service — aka 5G. AT&T announced late Tuesday that it will first roll out 5G to three locations: Dallas and Waco in Texas, and Atlanta, according to CNN Tech. The article says the company will announce more cities in […]
The Technology Association of Iowa has launched a video series, “We Are Iowa Technology,” that will include eight feature stories on Iowa tech companies. TAI is fond of saying — and repeated in the announcement — that Iowa’s tech industry is an $11 billion boon accounting for 8.8 percent of the state’s gross domestic product […]
Gov. Kim Reynolds will make a presentation and sit for a “fireside chat” with organizer Ben McDougal at the 1 Million Cups Des Moines gathering March 14 at the Science Center of Iowa, co-sponsored by 1 Million Cups Midwest. The gathering for innovators and startup companies runs from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Parking at the […]
Clay & Milk reports that lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require net neutrality in Iowa. Iowa House File 2287 would prohibit communications service providers from slowing down internet traffic based on content, applications, services or the use of certain devices. It also would ban interfering with someone’s use of a broadband service.
Successful Farming tells the story of Premium Standard Farms, which sought to modernize hog confinements in Iowa decades ago but was chased off to Missouri after working on a development near Ledges State Park.
We all know about pet therapy, but a group of hospitals is deploying canines in an official feel-good mission for patients, Radio Iowa reports. The hospitals in Iowa and Nebraska are offering “wag therapy.” Kris Wiley, a mental health practitioner at CHI Health in Omaha-Council Bluffs, says pooch power is real. “Research has shown that it can […]
From Samsung’s virtual reality experience to robots carrying the Olympic torch, technology has been on display prominently at the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. NBC reports here.