Innovation and Entrepreneurship

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC, a subsidiary of  E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., said Monday that it has agreed to buy a parcel of land in Nevada for construction of a refinery to …

Microsoft Corp. is updating its online corporate software offerings to include a full Internet-based version of Office 2010 for the first time, in an effort to stave off competition from Google Inc. for business accounts, …

The Urbandale Chamber of Commerce is the first chamber in the state to launch its own mobile application for smartphones.

The application provides users with business search capabilities, a direct call feature to contact the …

PayPal, an eBay Inc. subsidiary, has updated its mobile 2011 projection to $3 billion, marking the third time it has had to change its mobile predictions for this year, Mobile Commerce Daily reported.

The news …

Deere & Co. said today that a proposal under consideration by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would jeopardize use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in agriculture and construction equipment.

The Moline, Ill.-based company is …

Central Iowa Shelter & Services (CISS) has launched a new website.

The site, designed by Catchfire Media LLC, will be continually updated through a blog and a Twitter feed, CISS said. It also will provide …

Websites will no longer need to use suffixes such as “.com” and “.org,” according to the group that manages Internet addresses, Bloomberg reported.

Requests for new domains, which can include the names of companies or …

Annual mobile commerce is expected to reach $10 billion by the end of next year, according to a new report from Forrester Research Inc., Mobile Commerce Daily reported. The report, “Mobile Commerce Forecast: 2011 to …

The Central Iowa chapter of the Public Relations Society of America will host a talk about the techniques used to evaluate social media effectiveness through both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Katie Miller-Smith, director of Catchfire …