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If you've ever been annoyed by the speed of your user generated videos on YouTube, then fear not avid creator.

Kickstarter hit over 100,000 projects launched today, though less than half of those projects actually survive.

Over half of doctors in the U.S. have now ditched paper-based systems in favor of electronic health records (EHRs). Will this drive down health care costs?

DoYouRemember is a social media site and suite of mobile apps designed to bring together communities of people "passionate about nostalgia." This "nostalgia" platform has announced raising $1 million in initial funding t...

Design tech company Adobe has acquired San Francisco-based creative consulting firm Ideacodes, the company announced today.

Jeremy Hammond, a hacker who was arrested soon after security intelligence firm Stratfor was breached, announced that he has entered a guilty plea today.

Image recognition startup Cortica has raised another $1.5 million in funding -- this time from Russian technology powerhouse Mail.Ru Group.

Conversocial has raised $4.4 million (£2.95) for its social customer service solutions that keep businesses connected to their customers and their needs.

News reader app Circa is stacking the deck when it comes to editorial talent. Today the startup announced that it had lured away Reuters social Media editor Anthony De Rosa to become Circa's editor in chief.

There's another "free-trade" bloc with national representatives posing for silly photos. But this one, the Pacific Alliance, has special significance not so much for its reach across a big ocean--although it is designed ...

The Kung Fu master gathered us into a circle and frowned.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

In conjunction with Costa Rican authorities and Spanish police, U.S. law enforcement participated in a joint operation on Friday to arrest the founder of Liberty Reserve S. A., a private digital currency exchange service...

(Kitco News) - Large speculators' net-long position in U.S. gold futures and options fell to a new low, according U.S. government data that tracks their activity, as trading sentiment towards gold continues to sour.

With apps like Electric Slide, you may actually want to sit through presentation decks.

What 77% of philanthropists have in common is that they would rather not publicize their giving, according to a recent report by Forbes Insights, "BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Index: Measuring Commitment in Europe...

Digital currency business Liberty Reserve has been shut down, the U.S. Attorney's Office confirmed today in a wide-ranging indictment that charges the site's operators with various criminal activities. This past weekend,...

Tesla stock has had an amazing three months, blasting above $100 from the low $30s just in March.

Guest Post Etsy's lead designer explains where the Flickr team went wrong.

If you'd like to work for Twitter, live in L.A., and don't know a join from a conditional but have good connections in the U.S. music industry, you're in luck.

Hey there, you big ol' nerd. We know you're in the mood for growing your knowledge base this summer, and we've got a couple more resources to share with you. Learn-to-code company Treehouse has two new items on the menu:...

Going beyond tricks and trends, the email-based course delves into design theory, color science, and typographic etiquette. The curriculum is Kadavy's master work, Design for Hackers.