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What is the public relations strategy when brands try to distance themselves from their CEOs' controversial actions or statements? Can it really be done? Here are a few examples of such predicaments:

Mattrick set his desk up among the developers of Zynga's FarmVille franchise in an effort to get the best out of them.

Cowboys Stadium = AT&T Stadium.

MoolaHoop helps women entrepreneurs overcome obstacles to raising venture capital by providing an alternative channels for financing.

Zynga said in an analyst conference call today that it decided not to invest in U.S. real-money online gambling because it needs to stay focused on social gaming and its core casual audience.

Zynga is sticking to casual social games to make its money in the U.S.

Amazon just released some disappointing numbers for its 2013 second-quarter earnings. But there is one bright side -- sales are good.

But the company sees a big drop in users in the second quarter.

Congressman Weiner is only the latest in a long list of politicians caught in sex scandals.

We're delighted to announce that Paul Maritz, the chief executive of the billion-dollar startup Pivotal, will be speaking about the vision for his new product at CloudBeat 2013.

JOOR is an online marketplace for wholesale fashion buying. It works with some of the biggest names in fashion to simplify how they do business.

Plug takes Dropbox concept and extends it to your whole computer. Oh, and it's completely private.

Fans of long-form interviews should be excited about Amazon's launch of the new Kindle Singles Interview series today, which could provide a brand new source of revenue to digital magazines.

Throughout history, philosophers, writers and musicians have used the head versus heart metaphor to signify practicality versus emotion. On any issue - whether it's government spending, Medicaid expansion or a career mov...

One poker player gambled and lost on a life of cybercrime.

Guest Post On occasion I encounter the argument that Google App Engine is a proprietary platform, which implies lock-in, which many developers consider a Bad Thing. I'd like to address that complaint.

The "travel photo junkie" startup sparks wanderlust by creating a hub to share and discover travel photos.

Social Finance (SoFi) is a startup with a simple solution to the student debt crisis. The company taps college alumni as a funding source for students loans.

One of the world's most popular sites just turned on mobile editing. Good timing, because Wikipedia just recently hit three billion monthly pages views on smartphones and tablets -- 15 percent of all traffic to the globa...

Tax writers promise 50 years of secrecy for senators' suggestions is a headline that I saw referenced on the Tax Prof blog. After I thought about it for a second I was a little embarassed. I mean I'm not one of those peo...

We compared the 2012 and 2013 models of the Nexus 7 to see what's changed. Our first impression: The screen is much, much nicer.

Sponsored Post The processors that Intel has introduced for smartphones and tablets are proving to be high-performance, low-power competitors in a rapidly growing global market. And Intel says it's just getting started.