Kickin' Country 100.5 » technology http://kikn.com Today's Best Country in Sioux Falls, SD Mon, 20 May 2013 11:25:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Company to Add 1,000 Tech Jobs in Vermillion http://kikn.com/company-to-add-1000-tech-jobs-in-vermillion/ http://kikn.com/company-to-add-1000-tech-jobs-in-vermillion/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:06:46 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=74366 VERMILLION - Gov. Dennis Daugaard is set to announce that 1,000 information technology jobs are coming to South Dakota as part of a growing effort to keep high-tech positions from being shipped overseas.

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]]> http://kikn.com/company-to-add-1000-tech-jobs-in-vermillion/feed/ 0 Getty Images Germs on Your Cellphone http://kikn.com/germs-on-your-cellphone/ http://kikn.com/germs-on-your-cellphone/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:13:27 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=72183 Okay, I might have creeped you out a while back when I wrote about germs that could be on your office coffee cup. You know, the one you've been meaning to wash.

Well, I saw a story today about germs on cellphones

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]]> http://kikn.com/germs-on-your-cellphone/feed/ 0 Experts say your cellphone can carry germs, but they're mostly of the variety that occur naturally in the environment. Sanford Health Buys Biotech Company Hematech http://kikn.com/sanford-health-buys-biotech-company-hematech/ http://kikn.com/sanford-health-buys-biotech-company-hematech/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:31:05 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=49324 Dakotas-based Sanford Health says it has acquired Sioux Falls-based biotech company Hematech.

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]]> http://kikn.com/sanford-health-buys-biotech-company-hematech/feed/ 0 Study: Waking to the Light From Electronics Has Positive Effect http://kikn.com/study-waking-to-the-light-from-electronics-has-positive-effect/ http://kikn.com/study-waking-to-the-light-from-electronics-has-positive-effect/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:10:04 +0000 Jeff Harkness http://easy1001.com/?p=31016 An unexpected consequence of our computer age.

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]]> http://kikn.com/study-waking-to-the-light-from-electronics-has-positive-effect/feed/ 0 Image Source/Getty Images Cell Phones for 2nd graders? It's happening… http://kikn.com/cell-phones-for-2nd-graders-its-happening/ http://kikn.com/cell-phones-for-2nd-graders-its-happening/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:53:59 +0000 Dan Collins http://kikn.com/?p=10478 If you have an elementary school-aged child, you are probably well aware that many of his or her classmates have cellphones. We're talking really little kids – like second grade little.

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]]> http://kikn.com/cell-phones-for-2nd-graders-its-happening/feed/ 0 Inventions That Changed the World http://kikn.com/inventions-that-changed-the-world/ http://kikn.com/inventions-that-changed-the-world/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:03:40 +0000 Dan Collins http://kikn.com/?p=9602 OK...the invention of the wheel was, I'm sure, pretty big in it's time but by now we are a gadget obsessed society. If it's compact, helps make your life easier, and does cool stuff – we're sold!

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