Startup News

Google has modified its popular image search to block many explicit pictures, a move that could be a huge win for competing search engines.

WordPress 3.5 offers a new, streamlined media-upload and gallery-creation tool for WordPress.org users.

Guest Post For the past 50 years, companies built and bought software to automate every aspect of their business ... but as enterprise software’s use expanded, it grew bloated.

Days after giving the finger to Twitter, Instagram has puckered up to give life-long places partner Foursquare a big, wet kiss.

One of the most highly anticipated shows in Netflix's original programing line up is Arrested Development, and now we're hearing word that the video rental service is increasing the number of episodes.

Today it’s exactly six months til the 10th ever Loving Day. Not that we ever let too many days go by without a little lovin’.

The FBI, with the help of Facebook's security team, arrested a number of people involved with the Yahos malware, which affected over 11 million people.

The former CEO and President of Vibram FiveFingers starts his own minimalist footwear brand, backed by $5 million in venture capital.

Guest Post It may surprise you that baby boomers -- aged 46 to 64 -- represent possibly the largest generation driving rapid growth in data demand.

These are 20 women, all aged under 45, who wield enormous influence in African business, technology, policy and media. They are change makers, trendsetters, visionaries and thinkers, builders, and Global Young Leaders. T...

There has never been a more exciting time in Africa’s tech start-up community. The sector has reached an unprecedented level of maturity and growth. Africa’s techies and developers are no longer building mo...

In the second part of a survey among search consultants fielded by my own firm, agency search advisers Avidan Strategies we asked consultants for their opinions on what it takes to win new business pitches.

SnapChat, a popular social photo sharing service for iOS and Android, could be raising a fresh round of funding from the same group of investors that helped Instagram get started, reports Gigaom.

The Yahoo-owned Flickr, alongside the release of a brand new app for iPhone, threw in support for Twitter Cards this morning, bringing its newly filtered captures to tweets near you.

Tylr Mobile, a startup in stealth mode that is building a better way for business users to work on a smartphone or tablet device, has been selected by two accelerators, and has received investment from private individual...

Without trust, eCommerce would collapse. When we purchase goods from a website we look for signs to assure us that we are not going to be scammed and that our financial information is protected. Whether it’s the n...

Today Grokr is releasing a Google Now for iOS. Except ... not exactly. Actually, it's much better than Google Now, and it is likely to stay that way for a long time.

This year's LeWeb was heavy on tech jargon, but we're beginning to see the Internet of Things take shape.

Sponsored Post Have you tried Windows 8 yet? Have you tried finding Windows Explorer? How about Apple Keynote?

The cloud space is hot. Just look at this year’s IPOs like ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) and Workday (NYSE:WDAY).

This is the first of many segments where I would like to showcase a veteran entrepreneur doing great things. These are meant to be illustrations of how other veterans are braving the unknown and going for it. Each one...

Google chairman Eric Schmidt pushed forward the prospects of the Google Fiber high-speed internet project and said today that Google is trying to determine where Google Fiber will go next.