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By Natalie Burg

Eytan Stibbe, Founding Partner of Vital Capital, is one of the leading impact investors on the global scene, managing a $350 million private equity fund targeting impact in Sub-Saharan Africa. He'll join me for a live di...

With today's data, we could cure cancer, save the rain forests, predict epidemics, reverse climate change, improve infant mortality rates, eradicate crime... But mostly, we're using it to sell stuff.

Microsoft had to make its own fan because no other existing option would fit inside the case.

Sponsored Post: EDP Biotech Corporation, an in-vitro cancer diagnostics development company, today announced that its abstract "CA 11-19: A Tumor Marker for the Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer" has been accepted for prese...

Don't bet your bitcoin on it

Does the name August Sander ring a bell? Unless you’re an art connoisseur, ignorance is forgivable. But in the world of fine art photography, Sander is a legend – comparable in influence to Edward Weston, Ansel Adams...

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! This might be the point where Google Glass went from being ...

SugarDVD is already working with a motion-capture studio to make original adult content for the Oculus Rift VR helmet.

Lawsuit follows sparring over departure of id Software's John Carmack to Oculus VR

And a new cover story in Wired sheds light on the inside view of Oculus' fast growth and acquisition by Facebook.

The tech titan today reiterated that it doesn't plan to serve ads on devices from Nest Labs, which it acquired earlier this year for $3.2 billion.

SOURCE, that is "Solutions from Our Country's Entrepreneurs" is a partnership among The Hitachi Foundation, Investors' Circle and Village Capital that links social entrepreneurs and impact investors with a shared interes...

The growth of mobile gaming is diverting attention away from PC online titles.

When you think about what young men read, you might think of a variety of things. But when taken in totality -- all of the content that 18 to 34 year-olds consume -- put in one place, makes for a large conglomerate that ...

Austin-based OwnLocal thinks it can save local newspapers from extinction. The company promises to help newspapers make money from the web without dumping a ton of resources into an online publication. It offers newspape...

Airbnb today agreed to turn over details of potentially illegal renting arrangements made through its service to the state of New York. Under the letter of agreement released today, the “data set shall be anonymized”...

In my last blog post I explained why many Diversity and Inclusion initiatives fail: because they focus on diversity at a corporate level in terms of demographics, and don’t address inclusion at an individual level, whi...

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! Whistle is going a step beyond its doggie fitness band for ...

“Science class is basically vocabulary class today." That’s Keith Schacht, cofounder of MysteryScience, a startup coming out of stealth today. He says kids figure out by the sixth grade whether they like science or n...

The Candy Crush Saga company is bringing out its first new game since going public.

make sure you are paying attention to whatever leading indicators of employee attitude changes you can get hold of