A data analytics company that threw Facebook policies into international scrutiny touted the success of digital advertising for an Iowa Congresswoman’s campaign. In a post-2014 election report, Cambridge Analytica promoted successful digital advertising the firm created for U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican who successfully ran against Iowa Democrat and…
Treating chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a struggle for medical professionals and athletic trainers by its very nature. Although CTE stems from traumatic brain injury and concussions, it is difficult to confirm CTE’s presence until patients are deceased — a debilitating and heartbreaking journey for patients and their families.Now,…
When Marc Meyer founded the video security management startup Inteconnex in Cedar Rapids eight years ago, it was expected that the web-based cameras could serve security needs for systems like Mercy Medical Center, or Lincoln, Nebraska’s traffic surveillance needs. Today, Inteconnex’s biggest growth is with universities and k-12 schools in…
The Iowa Clinic was honored with the Drexel LeBow 2017 Analytics 50 award for its innovative data-driven approach to increasing adult vaccination rates. The national recognition of 50 industry innovators, presented by the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University in Philadelphia, annually recognizes companies that are using analytics to…
Liberal arts school Loras College will be the first Iowa school to host DataFest, a national undergraduate data analytics competition, from April 13-15 on campus, the school announced Friday. Teams of five undergraduate students will compete during 48 hours in categories from Best in Show, Best Visualization and best Use…
An Ames-based online marketplace for ag real estate is rebranding, Clay & Milk reports. Terva.Ag is now FarmlandFinder.com, and a software update is redefining the product’s two functions for both shoppers and farmland professionals, founder Steven Brockshus said. Users in the market for agricultural real estate can search any property…
More than 300 candidates who filed for federal, statewide or legislative races in Iowa get an unusual gift from Secretary of State Paul Pate: the “Cybersecurity Campaign Playbook,” created by the bipartisan initiative Defending Digital Democracy Project (D3P). Iowa has not experienced cyberattacks in the state election system, but political…
Ankeny-based QA Graphics and Ames-based Solvent Web are partnering to create QA Web, a new web development and design service aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. The new partnership aims to offer affordable new websites to help smaller companies stand out. QA Graphics specializes in system graphics and custom marketing…
Junior Luz Bautista sat in the Des Moines Social Club with her East High School classmates on March 29, their first day of audio class.Bautista doesn’t have any experience with audio production, although she’s been involved in play productions, producing the annual fashion runway event and Movement 515, a spoken…
What started as a toilet joke may propel a team of ten middle school students to the Global Innovation Award competition in San Jose, California. Students at Oak Ridge Middle School in the Linn-Mar school district are nominated for their work developing a toilet that can store and deodorize urine…
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