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A year ago UpTo was going to be the social network that lives in your calendar. Today, with 250,000 downloads, a million events, and a $2M series A round under his belt, CEO Greg Schwartz realizes that a modernized calen...

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The mobile payments space is a crowded battlefield of competing companies and rivalry is slowing the sector's growth.

Silicon Valley-based Comprehend provides the requisite tools for customers in the life sciences sector to collect data, and most importantly, mine it for relevant insights.

Microsoft put in place its largest company reorganization ever today. So what does the senior leadership have to say about it? Something about football, I guess.

Mexico City's mayor was so impressed, I heard, that he said something unprintable.

BackOps provides cloud-based accounting, HR, and finance services for small businesses with a combination of software and crowdsourced team of 'riveters.'

Electrolux is making its first foray into content marketing--the first such move in its category--with the launch of online lifestyle magazine, LiveLoveLux, next week. The move comes with new ads for the high-end applian...

Along with the debut of the high-end Nokia 1020 Windows Phone (with a freaking 41-megapixel camera) today, it was announced that some big apps will soon hit Windows Phone 8 including Vine and Path.

Breakthrough allows you to get "therapy from your own couch" by connecting you with licensed mental health professionals who conduct sessions via live video.

Yes, the Lumia 1020 has a great camera -- but does it have anything else?

Rocket Internet continues on its quest for world domination of e-commerce. The Iconic is the leading online fashion retailer in Australia, and wants to stay that way.

"The world is bigger than Google now," co-founder Brandon Chatreau told me this morning. "And it's more open."

For some execs, Microsoft's reorganization today has been particularly kind.

In a 160-page ruling issued yesterday, District Court Judge Denise Cote ruled against Apple for conspiring with five publishers to raise the prices of electronic books. The publishers involved in the conspiracy had alrea...

The four new additions to the team will focus on hiring, generating revenue, and securing strategic partnerships in the U.S. and abroad.

"The main question we wanted to address is, 'What apps do my friends have,'" said PowerSlyde CEO Brett Bauer. "It's completely consumer-focused; it's all about the user."

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New incubator will train 24 startups a year.

By John O?Rourke, Oracle

Has California wine had its day? New York steps into the limelight with racy, exciting east coast wines