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The fast growth of Russia's venture market has stopped; signs of maturation (or perhaps stagnation) are multiplying among most investment types and market segments.     

The move is all about control for Google -- over the past few years, Samsung has stuffed its Galaxy S smartphones with so many custom features and software that it's hard to tell they're actually running Android.    ...

Bandpage's platform allows bands (or even solo artists) easily create websites that keep their fans informed with things like tour dates, news about the band, and connect with other social services.     

 When we think of leadership, we often gravitate toward lessons learned from our bosses (past and present), with a sense of their expertise. Generally this practice makes a tremendous amount of sense – longstanding su...

Ford Motor Co. paid total compensation of $23.2 million to CEO Alan Mulally last year, up from nearly $21 million in 2012.

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According to a report in Fortune, startups enrolled in the program may soon receive funding from an entirely new source: Traditional limited partners.     

Back in February of this year I wrote a post entitled License To Brand: When It Comes To Licensed Products Brands Need To Always Be On Their Game in which I spoke about the need for marketers and advertisers to protect...

This isn't the first time we've heard rumors that Amazon would be launching a streaming video service focused on TV content.     

Aerohive Networks is the latest technology company to go public this year.     

Minnesota's move leaves one state in the union that imposes a gift tax: Connecticut.

The company says it defends "our users' data from unwarranted government access" and adds that it is working to encrypt its products and services.     

Abrash will take the role of chief scientist at Oculus, and he plans to spend the rest of his career working on virtual reality.     

Misuse of brand trademarks for Minecraft, Mojang, Play N Trade, and more at Meeting of the Mines event provides lessons for protecting valuable brand assets, trademarks, and intellectual property.

Let's have a bet. I'll toss a coin. Heads, I will give you $150. Tails you will give me $100. Would you take the bet? Most people won't. The last time I tried this on an audience was in Rome two weeks ago, where I had ab...

"The goal isn't to create something that's perfect," says one gifted college entrepreneur." It's to create something valuable." The emphasis is on getting to market quickly and then adapting.

Amazon cloud customers in Germany are hungry for a data center in their own country, a company executive said in an interview today. That could be a sign of a coming expansion of Amazon's cloud.     

Developer ZeptoLab reworked Cut the Rope 2 to make it free-to-play on Android. It costs $1 on iOS.     

The VCs backing Facebook, Spotify and Warby Parker share what makes a great entrepreneur tick.

Given that a whopping 75% of businesses are so micro they have zero employees and small businesses generated over 65% of the net new jobs since 1999, it’s clear that soon almost everyone will be an entrepreneur. Tradit...

Phones and shopping. No better combination out there, eh? In honor of the fact that we've successfully moved this sometimes-addiction from the desktop to the smartphone, we've rounded up a few of our favorite mobile shop...

This will improve the quality of broadcasts in France and the surrounding nations.