Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Central Iowa Bloggers will begin meeting downtown on the third Friday of each month, starting tomorrow.

The networking group, which typically gathers on the first Friday of each month at Panera Bread in West …

Apple Inc. beat analysts’ expectations on Tuesday, reporting first-quarter net income of $6 billion, or $6.43 a share, up from $3.38 billion, or $3.67 a share, in the same period last year.

Sales of 16.24 …

Tablet computers aren’t just for consumers.

More than 10 million tablets, such as Apple Inc.’s iPad, will be purchased by companies in 2011, consulting firm Deloitte said today in its annual forecast.

The company expects …

There might be trouble brewing behind the glassy eyes of kids who spend too much time and energy on video games, Reuters reported after the release of a study.

In a two-year study of more …

Attacks on computer systems now have the potential to cause global catastrophe, but only in combination with another disaster, Reuters reported after the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a study today.

The …

Kum & Go LC of West Des Moines was the 2011 winner of the Biodiesel Marketing Award given by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey.

The secretary’s awards were created by the Iowa Department of …

Verizon Wireless and Apple Inc. announced that the iPhone 4 will be available on the Verizon network beginning Feb. 10. Currently, the iPhone is only available through AT&T Inc., and accounted for 80 percent of …

Planning to join the mobile Internet ranks in 2011? You’re not alone.

Mobile broadband subscriptions are on track to surpass 1 billion in 2011, according to a report by mobile network gear maker Ericsson.

Broadband …

Mobile phone bar code scanning experienced rapid growth in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Mobile Commerce Daily.

A Scanbuy Inc. report showed that consumers used mobile phone bar code scanning for coupons, prices …