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Software engineer Sam Soffes gives us his hands-on first impression of Swift and why it's better than Objective-C.

Video game's biggest trade show starts on June 9.

Amazon today announced that it will unveil a “new device” on June 18th. Alongside the announcement, Amazon shared a teaser video which seemingly back up past rumors that Amazon is developing 3D hardware. “It moved ...

Pixar, the animated movie company behind movies such as Toy Story, Cars, The Incredibles, and many more, is releasing a magical gift of software to the masses. This August, the company will release a free version of its ...

Sales software startup Savo Group raised a fresh $35 million round of funding, the company announced today. Savo provides enterprise-level clients with a SaaS platform that focuses on improving the productivity of a busi...

The Oscars of Silicon Valley go to people with the vision to change the world.

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The new Mad Catz Mojo can run AAA PC games on a TV via microconsole and cloud tech.

Google had originally planned their adorable self-driving bug with a human backup, but user's attention to the road was overtaken by complete trust in their new robotic chauffeur.

The Indian cancer genetic research company MedGenome says it has taken $4 million in new funding to further develop and market its genetic sequencing research on cancer victims. MedGenome licenses a bioinformatics databa...

Judith Rodin, president of Rockefeller Foundation, is taking risks with philanthropic capital, risks she says have the potential for bigger impact long term.

What can mobile startups learn from the recent sale of Nokia to Microsoft?

Treehouse thinks teaching folks how to code online is no longer sufficient. That’s why the company today introduced a new initiative called “code-to-work,” which teaches folks the job skills necessary to navigate t...

From inception to launch, here’s an inside look at Swift – courtesy of its creator, Apple developer tools director Chris Lattner. According to Lattner, who’s worked at Apple since 2005, the development of Swift beg...

Human resources people have long loved the idea of employee wellness programs and have lamented the fact that nobody uses them. ZocDoc hopes to provide the magic that gets employees to sign up. This morning the company l...

How to crack the code for having a decent (if not absolutely glamorous) passport photo.

Shockingly, if you choose the wrong marketing automation system, you won't be happy with it long-term. So how do you choose the right one?

Sure, Kickstarter is filled with all sorts or trinkets and projects that will never see the light of day even if they reach their goals. But there are also useful projects for your digital needs that are so good they .....

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Muse is wearable technology, but it doesn’t create mind-blowing experiences. Just the opposite. Muse is a brain sensing headband that measures how overwhelmed your brain is from everything life throws at it -- and it h...

The mobile-game company is acting more like a toy company as it lays a foundation for its biggest franchise.

Israeli security startup CyberX was launched by former members of the Israeli Defense Forces elite cyber unit.