Innovation and Entrepreneurship

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and Advanta Corp., an India-based global seed business, announced a collaboration and licensing agreement to develop and deliver sorghum with increased productivity and value. DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred …

Palisade Systems Inc. has named Spencer Snedecor as its CEO, the Des Moines-based software company announced on Tuesday. Snedecor has more than 30 years of experience in leading technology companies, among them PGP Corp., a …

The launch of Apple Inc.’s iPad2 tablet computer will be delayed to June from April, according to Reuters.

Taiwanese brokerage Yuanta Securities said in a note that maker Hon Hai faces production bottlenecks due to …

Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini will be named to a panel of experts advising President Barack Obama, according to Reuters. Otellini will join Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, created in January to focus on …

Sigler Cos. has been selected by Dutch-based web-to-print network BlueMailCentral as its exclusive provider in the United States.

The deal will give Sigler access to more than 30 countries where BlueMailCentral operates.

Sigler also announced …

Verizon Wireless announced today that it invested more than $35 million in 2010 to enhance its network in Iowa. The investments included 14 new cell sites, upgrading equipment on more than 240 existing cell sites …

Nonprofit organizations raised 35 percent more through online contributions last year than in 2009, according to a new report on giving trends by Blackbaud Inc.
    
“2010 saw the continued growth in the importance …

After teaming up with News Corp. to launch the iPad-only newspaper The Daily, Apple Inc. is making another splash in the media market, according to Reuters.

The company announced today that it will launch a …

A majority of the respondents to an Adobe Systems Inc. survey – 62 percent – said they have bought physical goods from their smartphone devices in the last six months, Mobile Commerce Daily reported.

The …