Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Science safety company Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) announced today that it will acquire Newton-based Springboard Engineering Inc.

Springboard Engineering is a reliability and engineering advisory services company that was founded by Maytag Corp. design engineers. …

Toyota Motor Corp. and cloud computing company Salesforce.com Inc. will build a social network service that will enable owners to become “friends” with their cars and get friendly, tweet-like reminders for maintenance checks and other …

Palisade Systems Inc., a data loss prevention services provider in Des Moines, will host a free webinar aimed at financial institutions.

“Protect Your Data Assets: How a Mid-Size Community Bank Protects Sensitive Data With a …

Bankers Trust Co. will kick off its “Business & Technology Series” on May 25 at Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel. Open to business owners, managers and executives, the event is intended to provide information on …

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. today announced the formation of two new business units, Industrial Biosciences and Nutrition & Health. The announcement follows DuPont’s successful takeover battle on Monday for Danisco A/S, a …

Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that it now sells more digital e-books than paper books and that its recently introduced lower-priced Kindle e-reader is outselling other versions of the device, Reuters reported.

Amazon, which does not …

Hackers are increasingly aiming attacks at smartphones, touching off a race among software giants, start-ups and telecom operators seeking to cash in on ways to help consumers protect themselves, Reuters reported.

As the smartphone market …

LinkedIn Corp., the largest professional-networking website, increased the price range for its initial public offering (IPO), lifting the company’s potential valuation to as much as $4.25 billion, Bloomberg reported.

The company is offering 7.84 million …

Meredith Corp. has launched digital editions of several of its magazine brands on the Zinio platform, including Successful Farming, Wood, Living the Country Life and Siempre Mujer, as well as a number of special interest …

AOL Inc. launched a professional division today that is aimed at government, energy and defense executives.

AOL Industry borrows social media, video and design from consumer-oriented sites and applies those features to media for business …