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Editor’s Note: This interview is one in a series produced by the Skoll World Forum with the participation of today’s leading thinkers and innovators in education.  All of the contributors represent projects that...

A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape:  Justin Moore, Founder and CEO, Axcient...

Steve Perlman intends to redefine the capabilities of wireless technology. On Wednesday, the serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur behind technologies like OnLive and WebTV introduced his new wireless innovation, pCell. Per...

HP beats both profit and revenue numbers. Will 3D printing supply the innovation?     

AppSlingr gives graphics rendering company Otoy the ability to make more applications stream down from clouds to software users' ordinary devices.     

After cracking down on Rap Genius and Expedia, Google has a fresh target: Vivint, a multibillion dollar security firm. Acquired by Blackstone for $2 billion in late 2012, Vivint is famously controversial. Key to Vivint�...

The company has pocketed an additional $50 million in funding today to accelerate its global expansion.     

Companies finding themselves recipients of Google Capital cash can expect access to all channels of the company's operations, including leadership and IT services, among others.     

It's the summer of acceleration! Find out which top accelerators are now accepting applications for summer of 2014.

Nobody expected this Spanish banking acquisition. Simple, the online bank devoted to offering a more humane alternative to traditional banking, announced today that it’s being acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentari...

I received an email the other day from the Tax Foundation lamenting that the US had among the highest capital gains tax rates in the world.  Far be it for me to stand in the way of tax reduction efforts, but...

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PapayaMobile is applying its social learnings from games to calendars.     

If Upworthy and Pinterest merged, you’d get Ideapod. Launching today in invite-only beta, Ideapod says it hopes to serve as a platform ”for sharing, discovering and taking action upon world-changing ideas.” It’s ...

Apple’s iPad smart cover might be just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to integrating magnets within accessories. A new patent granted to Apple Thursday details a “smart magnet” technology that the company mig...

Even ten Instagrams from Google wasn’t enough for WhatsApp. At least, according to a report from Fortune, which cites two sources who claim Google offered the mobile messaging company $10 billion for an acquisition, on...

If you want your crowdfunding campaign to accept Bitcoin, Crowdtilt has you covered. The crowdfunding company today launched CrowdtiltOpen, an open source crowdfunding solution that enables anyone to crowdfund anything o...

Is an iTesla in the works? Earlier this week there were rumors that pioneering computer company Apple was thinking about buying pioneering electric car maker Tesla ... and now the Tesla CEO has confirmed that the two hav...

Partnership disputes often arise out of misaligned management philosophies, especially those regarding growth strategy, culture and branding. Sometimes, this misalignment occurs between co-founders whose prior friendship...

simMachines uses artificial intelligence to accurately predict the outcome of Costa Rica's most recent elections, hopefully putting an end to all polls ever.

Everyone's talking about the $19 billion Facebook paid to acquire WhatsApp. But that's the number to focus on.

Young, socially minded founders are looking to pioneers (like Yvon Chouinard) for inspiration as they navigate the complexities of doing well by doing good.