Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Google Inc. acquired a number of patents this month from International Business Machines Corp. in an effort to boost its portfolio amid growing threats of intellectual property lawsuits, Bloomberg reported.

Google, which in 2008 entered …

A Des Moines photo-sharing website is confident in its product, even though Google Inc. is developing a similar concept.

VineMe, an online site founded by Josh Fleming, Tony Muse and Chris Taulborg with consulting from …

Sprint Nextel Corp. posted second-quarter profit margins well below Wall Street estimates, sending its shares down 16 percent as the No. 3 U.S. mobile provider lost more subscribers than expected, Reuters reported.

Investors also questioned …

Mobile gaming is rapidly increasing, Mobile Commerce Daily reported.

A recent study by ABI Research said mobile gaming is expected to exceed $16 billion in revenues by 2016, compared with expected revenues of less than …

There was bad news for one video service today and good news for another, Reuters reported.

Shares of top video rental company Netflix Inc. fell more than 9 percent, a day after the company projected …

Retailers have been slow to keep up with tablet computer shopping behavior, Mobile Commerce Daily reported.

A new study by Forrester Research shows that the average company is investing just $14,000 on tablet commerce tools. …

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry devices, said today that it would cut more than 2,000 jobs as part of a previously announced cost-cutting effort, CNNMoney reported. The Ontario-based company said the …

The chief operating officer of Verizon Communications Inc. expects U.S. regulators to approve AT&T Inc.’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, Reuters reported.

Due to AT&T’s need for more wireless airwaves, Lowell McAdam, who …