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Did Sir Isaac Newton invent social media or was it a group of medieval harness-polishers?

As India's consumer economy grows, investors are just as hyped on what Indians are buying as they are the Chinese. In the not so distant futures, consumer brand success in countries like India will be as important as it ...

In another high-profile settlement, a federal judge again scrutinized the Securities and Exchange Commission's willingness to settle charges with defendants without requiring the company to admit to any wrongdoing.

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Venture capital firms raised more dollars from their limited partners in the first quarter of 2013 than in the prior quarter, showing that it may have stabilized the larger trend of a shrinking industry. But U.S. venture...

After a bitter dispute, you're collecting a legal settlement. Is it taxable and must you report it? Usually yes, but the tax treatment varies enormously. Consider how you were damaged, how the case was resolved, and how ...

The Solar Foundation is making it easier to track solar jobs with the State Solar Jobs Map, an interactive online tool showing job numbers for all 50 states. Over 119,000 Americans have a job in the solar industry, and w...

When Yahoo talks about mobile, it's not just referring to tablets and smartphones. It's also talking about the smartwatches, visors, and God knows what else you'll be using next year and the year after that.

McIntosh Labs made its first appearance in music history when it powered the PA system at the storied 1969 Woodstock Music & Arts Festival. And when The Grateful Dead - one of the most prolific touring bands of all time ...

Silicon Valley has been prominent in the fight -- particularly around the Startup Act -- to admit immigrants who want to start businesses and create jobs.

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To keep pace with its mobile traffic growth and with new features, the LinkedIn mobile team has had to rethink a lot of its apps: How do you fit such a wealth of information on such a small screen?

"Fisker spent a stunning $900,000 for each vehicle it produced," PrivCo chief executive Sam Hamadeh told me. "Then they sold them to dealers for an invoice price of just $70,000."

The 5 winners of the coveted Demo God award are Kinsa, PanaCast, Volio, MakerSwarm, and Beer Hunt. The Demo God award is given to the startups that are not only building innovative products, but also made compelling pres...

It will implement verification on all the products and services that use a Microsoft Account, like Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox, Outlook, Skype, and SkyDrive.

Computer maker IBM missed its estimates in the first quarter of 2013 with hardware sales slowing down. But the company sees a substantial future in flash storage.

Kaazing has raised $15 million to enable the 'living web,' which it describes as the "dynamic, interactive online world populated by applications that are always on, always connected, and always real time."

Xbox division's revenue up big for Microsoft's third quarter.

Advanced Micro Devices reported financial results that slightly beat Wall Street's expectations for the first quarter ended March 31. Revenues came in at $1.09 billion, down 32 percent from a year ago and a hair above ex...

Verizon customer Mike Beauchamp made the case for "an affordable way for consumers to purchase their devices" on online petitions site, Change.org. Since launching on April 5, his petition has already received 90,000 sig...

Microsoft chief financial officer Peter Klein will leave the company at the end of Microsoft's current fiscal year, the company said today.

Today, Google put a bow on the first quarter of 2013 with $14.0 billion in revenue, a 31 percent year-over-year increase. But that revenue, largely from ads, seems totally unrelated to the company's most innovative produ...