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Chief marketing officers and chief information officers aren’t playing nicely. And that fracture is causing the emergence of a whole new C-suite player, the chief digital officer. “The main reason for the emergence o...

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! Apple has debuted two new TV commercials for its iPad Air o...

When a TV host interviews his boss,  there's always a risk at softball question and nice platitudes.  But Fareed Zakaria isn't that kind of guy - so when he sat down with Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes,  he pretty much a...

Guest Post: No, this is not another pessimistic rant about the lack of women in the tech industry, especially in leadership roles.

Will eye-tracking be as cool as virtual reality for next-generation gaming?

The copyright crusade continues: U.K. police today suspended the domain name of Torrentz.eu, a massive search engine for torrent files. The successful suspension, TorrentFreak reports, resulted from a few warning letters...

Annotation service startup Rap Genius announced today that it has ended its relationship with cofounder Mahbod Moghadam. Over the weekend, Moghadam participated in annotating a 141-page manifesto from Elliot Roger, a 22-...

Five global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business -- and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady environment.

If you want proof that ecommerce is heating up in India, look no further than Flipkart. Today the company announced a fresh $210 million round of funding just seven months after closing a $360 million round. Flipkart, kn...

Apple’s OS X has increasingly been a target for hackers, but a new Mac version of a popular security utility may provide a strong ally. The online scanning service VirusTotal, which Google acquired in 2002, said Monday...

The deal could help Kakao battle against Line, Telegram, and now even Facebook-owned WhatsApp.

For the most part, large TV programmers have maintained their fierce loyalty to cable, satellite, and telco TV distribution partners. But because of the lure of lucrative online distribution, the cracks are beginning to ...

Get into any discussion about Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, and you're bound to talk about a couple of things: deck makeups and your favorite (or most controversial) cards. The same applies to the game's creators.

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! Smart home technology is gaining popularity among consumers...

A lot of the work I do with the startups I’m an investor in revolves around ensuring the most efficient marketing and sales processes are used. The proverbial filling and conversion of the funnel. It’s always interes...

Guest Post: Brazil is the epicenter for e-commerce in Latin America, and we'll see activity heat up as we get closer to the World Cup.

On Sunday Colombian voters cast their ballots and Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, a harsh critic of the country's current efforts to engage in peace talks with rebel fighters won a plurality of the votes. Zuluaga will face incumbent...

Sponsored Post: Pinterest's alternative social networking approach, based on visual discovery, gives businesses a unique opportunity to showcase their brands in a way that's easy and fun to consume.

With this year's E3 looming, we decided to look back at some of the biggest surprises the event has given us.

Check out any crowdfunding site and you'll see fizzling campaigns. Yes, there are celebrated success stories like Oculus VR, the Kickstarter-funded virtual reality startup recently acquired by Facebook, but in all-too-ma...

If there’s one thing Iran’s government doesn’t appreciate, it’s a good selfie. The country put a ban on photo sharing social network Instagram over the weekend, according to a report from ABC News. The move comes...

Dassault's engineers build 3D D-Day relics that you can view with Oculus Rift.