Innovation and Entrepreneurship

GeoLearning Systems Inc., a 13-year-old West Des Moines learning and management system (LMS) company that has grown to become a market leader, has been acquired by SumTotal Systems Inc., the largest player in the LMS …

Yahoo Inc. is taking another step to merge the relationship with television and the Internet, Bloomberg reported.
 
Yahoo is working with CBS Corp. and home-shopping retailer HSN Inc. to add interactive features to live …

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has launched a new generation of corn hybrids developed and tested to help deliver a yield advantage in drought conditions, the company said. These hybrids will be …

Facebook Inc. could be forced to disclose financial information, according to Bloomberg.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. invested $450 million in Facebook and is planning to allow clients to make additional investments worth as much as …

Facebook, the popular social networking site, has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and a Russian investor in a deal that values the company at $50 billion, The New York Times reported.

The …

McAfee Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its 2011 Threat Predictions report, outlining top threats its researchers foresee for the coming year from a list that includes location-based services, Android and iPhone.

Google Inc.’s Android and Google …

MidAmerican Energy Co. wind projects in Iowa combined for the largest onshore wind turbine order to date for Siemens Energy Inc.

MidAmerican will receive 258 Siemens 2.3-megawatt wind turbines which will be installed in Cass, …

Google Inc., which helped popularize the idea of automated advertising sales on the Internet, has been quietly turning to an old-fashioned tool — phone calls — to compete in the hot market for local business …

Apple Inc. took a stand Wednesday against the controversial release of confidential information by WikiLeaks, removing a WikiLeaks application from its online mobile store.

Google Inc., though, has kept several apps on its Android Marketplace …