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The 16-year-old kid from Texas who became internet-famous overnight as "Alex from Target" is now fearful of leaving his house, the New York Times reports.  Alex Lee was unwittingly thrust into the limelight two weeks ag...

The central idea, CEO Tamar Shor told VentureBeat, is that a busy small businessperson can conduct "five activities in five minutes" on a smartphone for Facebook, Twitter, and a blog.

Two British men have been imprisoned for running the notorious "Dancing Jesus" file-sharing site, which could have cost the music industry £240 million. US Homeland Security helped British police track down Kane Robinso...

Even though Bitcoin is a hot topic at the moment, it still remains a bit of a mystery for many small business owners. Lucie Mitchell finds out what it is and what it means for your company.  

The first day at a new job is usually pretty easy. You can expect to fill out some paperwork, grab lunch with new coworkers, and perhaps do some light training -- but usually not much more than that. But that's not the c...

After some technical glitches overnight, the Philae lander has separated from the Rosetta probe and is making its way to the comet below. The descent will take several hours. And there’s a bit of extra drama. When the ...

Guest Post: To use the words of Rand Fishkin, "Don't be minimum; be exceptional."

The 1980s and 1990s were a pivotal time for innovation in Silicon Valley. In 1981, shortly after Apple released the Apple 1, IBM introduced the first PC. A few years later, the World Wide Web would be born. Documentary p...

Sponsored Post: The financial status quo is being challenged by tech entrepreneurs who are building products that bring more transparency and consumer advocacy to the world of finance.

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The rise of native commerce is presenting content creators with interesting decisions about their brands.

Could broadcasting all the gory details of the startup process jeopardize a company's success? One entrepreneur is going to find out.

According to a new report, Harvard has more billionaire alums than any other MBA program.

When a consumer watchdog organization alerted eBay that it had found hundreds of counterfeits on the site, eBay blocked the whistleblower's accounts and removed its comments warning people about fake products. It did thi...

I saw a video the other day that I think any entrepreneur can relate to. It shows the different types of people that we encounter at almost every office meeting.

Apparently, the company really wants to help developers build Android apps.

Samsung, which just a year ago seemed to be unstoppable, has been having a rough 2014. Earnings are down 49% from a year ago as the company struggles to compete against other high quality smartphones that sell in emergi...

If you don't want the NSA to know anything about you, that's tough. If you don't want Google to know anything about you, that's also tough. The makers of the Epic Privacy Browser, a browser that protects your identity by...

A new approach to cancer treatment may bring better results. It?s all about looking at the problem from a different angle.

Sure, you love steak and know all the best steakhouses, but are you a true connoisseur? We spoke with New York City's Old Homestead Steakhouse team (including owners Greg and Marc Sherry, and Executive Chef Oscar Martin...

The purchase, which had been rumored for weeks, was the Internet company's largest acquisition since it bolstered its coffers with $6.3 billion from the Alibaba initial public offering.

In one final appeal, Sky Capital's Ross Mandell is on his way to the Supreme Court. From Prison, he will learn his fate as he has begun his 12 year prison term.