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Commodity prices are much more volatile than overall inflation, as I noted in an earlier post, “Commodity Prices: Basics For Businesses That Buy, Sell or Use Basic Materials.” In this article I explain why that is. T...

Google might not be a trusted vendor of enterprise software and services. But give it time.

Germany said Thursday it will not renew a contract with Verizon because the company could be used to help U.S. intelligence agencies — like the National Security Agency (NSA) — spy on German governmental communicatio...

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I recently spoke to Michael Simpson, who is the co-author, with Seth Goldstein, of The Secret of Raising Money and co-founder of DJZ. Michael worked in investment banking for two years after graduating from Yale. Simpson...

Our phones are deeply personal extensions of ourselves. As such, they deserve the same level of privacy protection as our own homes. Now if only the companies that make those phones would see things the same way.

GoPro rides the wave of sports camera popularity to a smooth IPO.

Editor's Pick: Monkey Parking app developer Paolo Dobrowolny has vowed to vigorously defend himself against San Francisco city Attorney Dennis Herrera, who slammed the app as illegal and threatened to sue.

How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? 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 $200! While yest...

This article is by Richard Kosinski, president of Unruly.

Consumer traffic on mobile devices is accelerating at a rapid pace, rising 81 percent in the last year alone. As a result, mobile is becoming the No. 1 medium for companies to reach their target markets — any time, any...

Android Wear-powered devices rely on the phone they're paired with to send and receive information.

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How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? 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 $200! Dumb drone...

Google today released its Android L developer preview, posting the download link on the official Android site. Android L is the next major version of the Android operating system, as Google announced yesterday at its I/O...

Today, the search giant revealed an elegant easter egg in Docs.

This article is by Yuriy Boykiv, co-founder and CEO of Gravity Media, an advertising agency that helps brands connect with multicultural and international consumers. Connect with Yuriy on Twitter.

Couchbase, provider of a NoSQL database for storing and delivering several kinds of data at scale, announced today a substantial $60 million funding round, one that could help the startup’s technology become more widel...

Corporate venture capital has been quietly reborn over the last ten years. Many entrepreneurs do not consider how much the value proposition of corporate venture investors has improved. Across a range of situations, I'm ...

King.com has partnered with AppAttach to get its games, including the superpopular and Candy Crush Saga, preinstalled on smartphones direct from the manufacturer. It’s a new — and old — form of mobile user acquisit...

Today Google announced that it is in “early engagement with LG to make a consumer-scale” Project Tango device next year. The announcement came at the tech firm’s annual I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Go...

Two weeks ago, Facebook announced that it would start using your web-browsing data to create targeted ads. But privacy nerds need not despair: Adblock Plus says it has your back.