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Sequoia Capital's Tim Lee said using "mobile tectonics" as a roadmap for investing is the right way to go

Airbnb is in regulatory trouble yet again. This time: It’s accused of listing properties illegally in Barcelona. Apparently, Airbnb, the service that enables regular folks to rent out their homes to visitors, allowed t...

Guest Post: Considering trademarking the word "Candy," as King.com recently did? You may want to think again.

The military's Darpa now holds a massive database of social media data collected from U.S. citizens.

Little Crumbs Bake Shop failure gives all business leaders big lessons about following needs, rather than passion, and being attuned to trends.

The New York Attorney General's office played a major role in pushing Uber to adopt its new policy, which is finally consistent with New York's price gouging law.

The Community Housing Partnership (CHP) Training Center in San Francisco, Calif., has announced that it will be opening its doors on Wednesday, July 23, thanks to the help of lead contributors Zendesk and One Kings Lane....

There’s an old saying:  Advertising is what you pay for, Publicity is what you pray for.

A nonprofit is throwing data scientists and industry experts at societal problems.

Sponsored Post: Social Solutions, the leading provider of SaaS performance management software for human and social services, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners ...

The retail giant says the distinction between online and brick-and-mortar inventory may one day disappear completely.

Mustachioed transportation startup Lyft is set to launch in New York this Friday, posing a direct threat to the firm’s chief competitor, Uber. Early on, Lyft plans to only serve two of New York’s outer boroughs: Broo...

Less content in total, better content related to clear storyline. That’s Roel De Vries’ view of how marketers must approach that hot topic these days.

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. There are only a few tickets left! SAN...

In an extensive new analysis of House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp’s tax reform plan, my Tax Policy Center colleagues confirm his proposal would raise about the same amount of money over 10 years as current�...

Verizon today released its second company transparency report, revealing nearly 150,000 government demands for consumer data during the first half of 2014. In 2013′s entirety, Verizon saw 321,545 requests. These figure...

EA Mobile is finding that targeted user acquisition campaigns really work on Twitter.

Everyone is familiar with leveraging equity and a future exit to entice investors into capitalizing expansion. Not too long ago I spoke with Steve King, President and CEO of Alaris Royalty, a Canadian investment firm tha...

We might be shifting to mobile, but making arsenals of apps work seamlessly is still a challenge.

Neil England, the chairman of Silverstone, has stepped down just two days after the Northamptonshire track hosted its biggest race of the year, Formula One’s British Grand Prix.

Apparently multitasking on phones sucks even more than multitasking on a desktop. So Cirrus Insight built a Salesforce + Gmail integration, which means that Salesforce addicts won’t have to tap and highlight text in on...

There?s no shortage of data showing that work-related stress is keeping people up at night?and then causing them to drag through the day. In their popular New York Times piece, ?Why You Hate Work,? Tony Schwartz and Chri...