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It may seem as though only those living in big cities are driving the foodie trend, but talk to anyone at a large packaged food brand and they'll tell you the desire for niche, artisanal, natural, and organic products is...

Syphilis is back with a vengeance; CDC warns 2013 rate is double that of 8 years ago.

While it can feel like there is no wiggle room in your budget to save more, here are my tips on scrimping those pennies and hitting the road.

Let's just wait and see if this Helion thing pays off or if the tech giant will just trot out a new cloud strategy in a few months.

Khosla, who (through a trust) owns a stretch of land along the San Francisco peninsula adjacent to the disputed beach, will appear in a San Mateo court next week.

My co-founder Jack Zenger made a strong case in his Forbes column on Extraordinary Performers that it’s not only the members of the company in the C-suite who need to develop leadership skills. In virtually every busi...

The states with the highest percentage of Facebook moms are Wyoming, West Virginia, Iowa, South Dakota, and Idaho. Those with the fewest: New York, California, Virginia, Hawaii, and New Jersey.

Sponsored Post: When pitching your business, communicating the core elements of your idea can be tough. Luckily, the Founder Institute has created a simple one-sentence pitch format that makes it easy.

IBM's personable Watson computer is about to get cozy with students at some of the country's best computer science schools.

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler's proposal to allow paid internet 'fast lanes' is quickly losing support as more than 100 technology companies sign on to save the current net neutrality law.

Nintendo is giving players a ton of choices to express themselves in Tomodachi Life for the 3DS, but homosexuality isn't one of them.

This post is part of the “Generation Entrepreneur” series featuring 20 and 30-something women who are participating in the Forbes Women's Summit: The Entrepreneurship of Everything. They're challenging the status quo...

This post is part of the “Generation Entrepreneur” series featuring 20 and 30-something women who are participating in the Forbes Women's Summit: The Entrepreneurship of Everything. They're challenging the status quo...

Lunch at the food truck just got a whole lot more interesting. With its newfound legality in Colorado, cannabis-infused cuisine has made the jump to mobile eateries thanks to one enterprising businessman.

New funding could reinvigorate Udemy in its quest to teach people new subjects around the globe.

Streaming music service 8tracks today launched a new version of its iOS app that features a crisp new design and improved music discovery functionality. 8tracks allows people to create or listen to themed music playlists...

In his new and unlikely bestseller, French economist Thomas Piketty describes the rise of "arbitrary and unsustainable inequalities" that pose a threat to democratic institutions around the globe. He also lays out a plan...

Guest Post: What's next in mobile? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $400! Today, our smartphones have more than 200 featu...

Last month, while researching sustainable coffee for Green Bride Guide, I had the pleasure of connecting with Rohan Marley, founder of Marley Coffee. It turns out that, like his late father, Rohan is a entrepreneur with ...

On Halloween more than four years after his death, Michael Jackson leads FORBES' list of the top-earning dead musicians once again--pulling in $160 million, more than any entertainer on either side of the grave.

This week, five hundred miniaturized video cameras are adorning the uniforms of London’s Metropolitan Police. The one-year pilot program is comparable to more than a thousand American police departments for whom point-...

While user testing – such as with focus groups – is extremely valuable for creating a new mobile app, it can be expensive, costing thousands of dollars. And yes, it is even more prohibitive if you set up your own use...