Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Iowa e-Health Summit, an event that promises to be the largest and most comprehensive conference focusing on health-care  information technology, will be held Aug. 11-12 at the Meadows Conference and Events Center in Altoona. …

Cisco Systems Inc., the largest networking-equipment company, may cut as many as 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its work force, to revive profit growth according to two people familiar with the plans, Bloomberg …

Telecom network operators acknowledged they are out of touch with customers’ wants and are struggling to keep up with user expectations, according to a survey of industry executives, Reuters reported.

In a global online study …

More than 25 percent of U.S. consumers would be more willing to make mobile payments if they trusted the device’s security, according to a study by MEF, a mobile industry trade publication.

The study found …

The Business Innovation Zone has partnered with the University of Northern Iowa Regional Business Center to sponsor a “Dream Big Grow Here” contest in Central Iowa. Open to technology start-ups that have an idea for …

Facebook Inc. announced yesterday it will add Skype video chat to its pages, Reuters reported.

The agreement deepens the company’s cooperation with Microsoft Corp., which is in the process of buying Skype. The partnership comes …

American Express OPEN last week launched YourBuzz, a free tool designed to help small businesses manage their online presence.

The tool is built to aggregate conversations across review sites and social networks such as Facebook, …

BASF SE, the world’s biggest chemical maker, may withdraw genetically modified crop research from Germany in response to growing political opposition, Bloomberg reported.

The maker of the Amflora starch potato is considering the future of …

A top U.S. official called today for an accelerated cross-border campaign to combat cybercriminals, whose technical savvy is undermining the world’s ability to deal with online threats, Reuters reported.

“Most countries don’t even have a …

Apple Inc.’s iOS and Google Inc.’s Android — the two dominant mobile platforms — were “designed with security in mind” but there are still major gaps, according to a white paper published by Symantec Corp., …