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Massages are one of Google's many luxurious employee perks. (image credit: JilliancYork on Flickr) Ask a venture-backed startup CEO what his or her most immediate challenges are and more than likely you'll find hiring ne...

The number one magazine provider in Apple's Newstand has now added 20 new magazine from American Media to its stable of 1,800 magazines for digital sale.

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There were very few product announcement at the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital Conference that wrapped up on Thursday, but there was plenty of talk -- and a couple of products -- focusing on the trends of weara...

Most of Asia's economies wrapped up May in full retreat on their currency values in what might be viewed as a spring defensive.

When Rob Rhinehart sought to raise some money to expand production of his self-made superfood drink, Soylent, he asked for a humble $100,000. A little over a week into the 30-day campaign he?d raised almost $400,000. The...

A week after Lyft closed a $60 million round of funding, the ride-sharing company made its first entrance into an East Coast market.

With the recent tech IPOs of Tableau, Marketo, and ChannelAdvisor, it's time to take a closer look at the NYSE or Nasdaq's competition for these companies.

July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now We're looking for the best and brightest next generation of thinkers who blend mobile and machine to demo their gadgets on the floor at MobileBeat 2013, our flagship ...

Code for America's founder Jennifer Pahlka will serve as deputy CTO under Todd Park, and will bring "lean startup" principles to government.

The Claim: An iOS app that makes it fun and easy to buy, sell, and barter?especially for things that aren't worth tossing on Craigslist or eBay.

Fiksu reveals the rising cost to find players for iOS apps.

This is a great opportunity to upgrade your phone if you've been waiting for a while, but bear in mind that discounts on iPhones are always a good sign that a new model is coming soon. In addition, there is some fine pri...

The Basis B1 fitness tracker monitors heart rate, perspiration, steps taken, and skin temperature. The web based analytic tools provide exhaustive data about your everyday patterns. The system encourages you to "adopt sm...

Guest Post If your customers service isn't robust and flexible enough to deal with the fast-growing mobile channel, your customers will write negative app reviews, vent on social media, or abandon your app (and your busi...

Accountability. It's a word that seems to keep popping up in my world this week, so I decided to write about it. I have always liked being accountable to somebody else. That's why I joined a running club when I wanted to...

Following its initial launch on iOS, broadcast television network ABC is bringing its livestreaming app "Watch ABC" to Amazon's Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD, the company announced today.

Leveraged finance activity in the U.S. slowed noticeably over the past week, with just $11 billion in leveraged loans and high yield bonds launched/priced. That's the second-lightest week of 2013, not counting the first ...

Recognizing the world needs less space for retail and more to store data, Sears (SHLD) plans to turn some of Sears and Kmart locations into data centers and disaster recovery spaces.

In advance of Computex next week, Acer has been dropping strong hints about the latest hybrid tablet touchscreens, including this All in One running Android.

Our current password system is a flawed patchwork of semi-fixes, and companies are already looking at ways to replace it.

While Abercrombie and Fitch's unapologetic snub of the full-figured set and exclusive courtship of "cool, good looking" shoppers, in the words of CEO Mike Jeffries, set off a firestorm of indignation among consumers and ...