Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Iowa Power Fund Board yesterday approved project awards totaling more than $2.1 million.

The board awarded Growth Design Energy Mt. Valley LLC $1.5 million to construct a refinery near Forest City and increase biodiesel …

Minneapolis-based PC Solutions Inc. today announced the acquisition of LBC Technology LLC, a West Des Moines-based technology partner for small and mid-sized businesses.

The acquisition provides PCS access to the Greater Des Moines market as …

Google Inc. set aside $500 million related to the possible resolution of a U.S. Justice Department investigation of its advertising business, resulting in lower first-quarter profits. The expense trimmed net income to $1.8 billion, or …

The music and movie industries both took on a major transformation today thanks to Google Inc., Reuters reported.

Google-owned YouTube is adding more than 3,000 mainstream movies for users to rent starting next Monday. YouTube …

The Technology Association of Iowa will hold its second Heartland GreenUp Symposium & Expo on June 2 at the Meadows Events Center in Altoona.

The event is designed to connect executives, technologists and entrepreneurs with …

Microsoft Corp. has agreed to buy Internet phone company Skype Technologies SA for $8.5 billion in cash, the most aggressive move yet by Microsoft to play in the increasingly converged worlds of communication, information and …

Daily deals site Groupon Inc. is linking up with the country’s largest concert promoter, Live Nation Worldwide Inc., in a ticketing service that will launch in time for the summer concert season, the companies said …

Dwolla Corp., a Des Moines-based online, mobile and social payment platform, has been chosen as one of 63 financial innovations to be highlighted at the 2011 FinovateSpring, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday in San …

Rovio Mobile Ltd., developer of the “Angry Birds” mobile game, is eyeing an initial public offering in three to four years, its chief marketing officer was quoted as saying today in a Finnish business daily, …

Research in Motion (RIM) announced this week that that it will open its highly secure Enterprise servers to digital devices that run on both Apple Inc. and Google Inc. operating systems, Reuters reported.

The BlackBerry …