Blackboard News

Blackboard and Desire2Learn have formally ended their three-and-a-half-year legal dispute, a conflict that was triggered when Blackboard received a hotly disputed patent for electronic learning technologies and proceeded to enforce it through litigation against D2L.

From a profile of Michael Chasen, CEO of Blackboard: I had just finished my first year of law school in 1996.

More and more, due to advancements in technology, the American society is becoming increasingly mobile-based. Individuals, businesses and now educational institutions are finding the ability to carry out tasks from the palms of their hands.

Acquiring, using and defending software patents has become big business - sometimes playing a vital role in a company's success - but that could all change if the Supreme Court decides software can no longer be patented.

Blackboard and Microsoft have joined forces to offer students access to information from their online courses on Web browsers.

No doubt, the internet is transforming the education market. After all, schools need to find ways to cut costs as well as improve instruction.

Blackboard Inc. announced the launch of a native application for BlackBerryA mobile devices, debuting at the University of Washington this week, as part of the new Blackboard Mobile platform which is being leveraged by a growing number of campuses and K-12 schools to deliver a rich set of campus life services and content to mobile devices.

Blackboard Inc. today announced an alliance with Microsoft Corporation to offer students and learners access to information from their online courses on Web browsers, enabling them to keep up with important course updates while surfing the Web, not just when logged into their BlackboardA accounts.

Good gay ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Blackboarda s third quarter 2009 quarter earnings call.

Blackboard Inc. and Northwestern University have partnered on an integration to make Google Apps Education Edition available to students within the Blackboard Learn platform with a single sign on.

There are those rare moments in business when a technology goes from being cutting edge to being an indispensable part of everyday life.

An e-Literate reader comments on my post about Blackboard owing Desire2Learn money: The amount [that Blackboard will have to pay Desire2Learn, including the original award plus interest] will probably be over $3.8M USD from my rough estimates which is higher than the expected writedown Blackboard took.

Blackboard Inc. 's legal counsel said the company will take its ongoing patent infringement case against Canada-based competitor Desire2Learn Inc.

There's a rumor going around the Internet playground that Google likes Blackboard .

Mr. Leonard brings to NACON nearly two decades of leadership in the distance learning and transaction-based technology industries.

The City of Altus announced today it has launched the Blackboard Connect mass notification system, enhancing community-wide communication and emergency preparedness.

CEO, President of Blackboard Inc. Michael L Chasen sells 30,000 shares of BBBB on 10/01/2009 at an average price of $37.06 a share.

Michael Chasen rode his passion for technology, education and business creation to a spot as the chief executive of a leading software company.

Tags: Academic Senate , Blackboard , Office of Information Technology , technology The Office of Information Technology will take initiatives next year to introduce updates to Blackboard and other programs.

Startup businesses are the focus of this fall's Entrepreneurship Forum Series for Business Ownership at the Wichita State University Center for Entrepreneurship.