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Consumer rights issues are overshadowing an otherwise impressive technological announcement.

Guest Post There are drawbacks to participating in more than one accelerator. But it made sense for my startup. Here's why...

"I am not an unfair person," Apple CEO Tim Cook told lawmakers yesterday. "Apple is not an unfair company."

HP hasn't been participating in the explosive growth of mobile devices.

In statements made to the Senate, Cook said the $100 million setup will use machinery made in Kentucky and Michigan and components from Illinois and Florida.

Behance (and Thumb Labs) represent Adobe's best attempt to be social and give designers and developers more and better tools for showcasing their work.

Bill Gates is once again the world's richest person, thanks in large part to a slide over the past few days in the price of Mexican stocks. Gates bumps Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim from his perch as world's richest,...

Mystery funding of the day? That'd be YesGraph, a stealthy startup in the recruiting space founded by Ivan Kirigin, a former product manager at Facebook and Dropbox.

Guest Post The media can continue to ridicule the "sexting app" that so many young people are using, but they are entirely missing the point. The same generation being blamed for the supposed "death of privacy" has becom...

Dylan Matthews has an opus of wonkery on government accounting, that delightfully touches on some of the geekier issues like the connection between loan payments and what it means-to-be, a question perhaps more broadly u...

It's more a powerful home theater PC than it is a game console, making it a great tool for bringing Microsoft's services into your living room.

Debtor Donald G. Huber (Donald) founded United Western Development, Inc. (UWD) in 1968 to invest in real estate. In 2001, Donald was joined by his son, Kevin D. Huber (Kevin), who thereafter was heavily involved in UWD's...

I had the great good fortune of having breakfast this morning with Danny Meyer, longtime friend and client, at Maialino, one of his USHG (Union Square Hospitality Group) restaurants. It was a wide-ranging conversation, b...

Ever wonder what makes an entrepreneur decide when to take a risk? Examples of entrepreneurial risk-taking range from the calculated to the fool-hardy.

with William L. Haar

(Kitco News) - Gold's volatile reaction to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments to Congress Wednesday shows how much the market leans on every word regarding the fate of the Fed's bond-buying program.

The day has arrived, your job interview with a top executive in a high profile company. Your training and credentials are exactly what they're looking for in a job candidate.

Zite was one of the first companies to answer cries from loyal Google Reader users when the service was shuttered back in March, building a "replacement" in about six hours. Yet in the news reader's latest iOS app update...

It is indeed an honor when a year-old startup with two or three million dollars in annualized revenue scores a $100 million investment. An unusual honor, as well. But there's method behind the madness.

Growth--economic and personal--is a moral requirement.

As recessionary times have left much of America in a place of reinvention and rebuilding, startup communities have cropped up across the nation. The idea that one can make one's own path has become appealing to thousands...

Overall, angel investment in 2012 showed signs of weakness: fewer investors and only a slight increase in dollars invested. But for women angels, it's a whole different story. While the percent of women angel investors i...