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Carey Smith founded Big Ass Fans in 1999 and within a year had sold less than 150 cooling fans (yes, the company produces fans. What else?). Output grew each year and two weeks ago his Lexington, Kentucky-based company s...

This article is by Paul Klein, the founder and president of Impakt.

The Pebble smartwatch is in high-demand as Kickstarter backers wait to get their units, but it seems the public may be able to buy the device at Best Buy as soon as this weekend.

Yahoo is buying Qwiki for a reported $50 million and it will keep the Qwiki app alive, unlike the fate of many other apps Yahoo has purchased.

Motorola has unveiled its first ad for its upcoming Moto X smartphone -- but, unsurprisingly, it raises more questions than it answers.

With three days to spare before a July 5 deadline, a petition to the Obama administration to "allow Tesla Motors to sell directly to consumers in all 50 states" has garnered the necessary 100,000 signatures required for ...

AddToAny's founder Pat Diven announced that he is reacquiring his content sharing startup from Kleiner-backed Lockerz for an undisclosed amount.

With its new top-level domain, New York City wants to help business capitalize on one of the strongest brands in the world.

A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few weeks about "risky" ETFs. It's turning into a branding problem, since most people associate exchange-traded funds with lower, not higher, risk.

Guest Post I've been exploring Instagram's new video product for the last several days. I consider it the most significant move from Facebook since Facebook bought Instagram more than a year ago.

We've narrowed down the pool of 200 applicants to ten mobile startups, who will present their innovative apps/products live at MobileBeat 2013. Here they are.

The importance of clear and secure property rights is fundamental for the function of a participatory democracy and a vibrant entrepreneurial economy.

SanDisk has agreed to acquire enterprise solid-state-drive maker Smart Storage Systems for $307 million in attempt to get more business from enterprises.

Epoch launched its mobile video application today that applies artificial intelligence and human curation to bring you 'effortless entertainment.'

ecoATM makes automated self-serve kiosk systems for recycling mobile devices. This acquisition will put Outerwall in the hot recycled electronics market, as well as cut down on the millions of tons of e-waste generated p...

Sponsored Post In this video, chief executive Milind Gadekar talks about CloudOn's technology and mission, and hints at the collaboration features coming to the platform this summer.

Contracting out work to foreign companies can make sense -- but offshoring isn't always a smart idea. Here are four ways to help you make the right choice.

According to a consumer survey of 44,168 people, iPhone is the best smartphone. While that's likely controversial with Android users, it might not be surprising to iPhone fans. Except that the survey was in Korea, bitter...

Think back on how rapidly our computing habits have changed over the past decade and try not to get whiplash.

Ubisoft is investigating the security breach.

This article is by Prashant Malaviya, Associate Professor of Marketing at Georgetown University?s McDonough School of Business.

Louisville athletics was a pariah. An organization so mis-aligned, so bloated in inefficiency that the very conference it helped form had sued to expunge the university from its ranks. A desperate attempt to prevent the ...