Startup News

There are all sorts of reasons to get an education. It gives you perspective on the world, it makes you a complete person, and of course most importantly of all, it helps you build a career.

Well that didn’t take too long: After Instagram officially cut off its photo integration with Twitter today, one developer has already created a Chrome extension that reverses Instagram’s change on your des...

A team of researchers recently published their findings about mentoring, an important part of career guidance and progression.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have created the smallest transistor yet from a material that could one day replace silicon in semiconductor chips. Silicon has ruled for decades. But the...

Launch.it, a New York City-based startup that has built a platform for managing and distributing news, has been tapped to power the onslaught of news coming from startups at the Consumer Electronics Show next month.

Embroiled in a photo turf war with Twitter, Instagram's deadly weapon of choice is a revamped iOS application that allows users to snap better, more stylized shots.

Nothing like a little Nike-branded, fitness-fueled energy to knock out your incubator fatigue.

Fujitsu Semiconductor vouches for the power-saving chip technology.

Microsoft's Bing search engine hopes to help you find more about the personalities and places in your queries with an update that spits out relevant information at the center of your search.

"Big data" startups are experiencing fast-growth and are getting funded on an international scale, a sure sign that it's more than just a fleeting Silicon Valley trend.

What will be the biggest disruption in the advertising industry in 2013? We recently took that question to ad executives. Here, their responses:

Twitter will roll out its bigger and bolder profiles to all users on Dec. 12.

Want to market your company or yourself on Facebook? Now it's easy to find a reputable company that won't get you banned from the most popular social network on the planet.

This article is by David Schwab, managing director of Octagon First Call, a business that helps brands assess the value of celebrities and negotiate deals for marketing campaigns. Follow him at .celebrityacquisition.com.

Brazilian e-commerce giant raises $65 million in its fourth round of funding, bringing its two year total to $180 million.

Forget Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Google just announced perhaps the best sale of the entire Christmas season, at least as far as electronics and computers are concerned.

It's not just you: Google has confirmed that Gmail has indeed experienced some service disruptions.

Check out this image and a few vids we rounded up to preview BlackBerry 10 before it launches next month.

It's the week before Memorial Day, and I've been feeling restless for months. The pressure is mounting, and I'm ignoring how I feel. But when my body breaks down with fatigue and insomnia, I start to listen. My soul had ...

With the holidays approaching, smartphone theft is on the rise -- as I discovered recently when I was mugged at knifepoint for my iPhone 5.

Nike is the latest to jump into tech incubation with its Nike+ Accelerator, for helping the latest health-related startups. The program, organized by TechStars, focuses on startups in areas such as training, coaching,...

They're already famous. But these celebrities want to invest in, learn about, or just schmooze with tech start-ups. Tech start-ups also often seek celebrity users, who draw in a large mainstream audience. Some are active...