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Leads can easily be sold for $35 or more for potentially high-value customers, such as post-secondary students. But that's a fraction of their true worth ... if they can be better authenticated.

Photographs that VentureBeat obtained show numerous design variations, all of which forgo Airbnb's famous Web 2.0 bubble logo for a significantly more modern, modular design with emphasis on the Airbnb "A."

Richard Saul Wurman co-founded the TED conferenes years ago. Now, using big data, he wants people to understand what it means to live in a city

The new app Glamsquad allows users to order hair and makeup services to their doors on short notice. Think Seamless, but instead of ordering food, you're ordering beauty.

The startup has built a white-labeled platform through which personal investment advisors can offer some automated investment services of their own.

Can a news reader app curated by “thought leaders” catch on? A new project on Kickstarter, called Newsworthy.io, hopes so. “I’m suggesting a new relationship with content,” Newsworthy.io creator Mehran Granfar ...

A new study proves that people who are good at reading are also quite naturally talented at math.

Last week, Salesforce bought sales data intelligence startup RelateIQ for $350 million. But that’s just the latest deal in the marketing tech sector, which has seen several billion-dollar acquisitions in the past coupl...

As Microsoft calls in partners to push its new big-data service in the cloud, the company could gain an edge against the big cloud providers and little startups.

This article is by Stephanie E. Bor, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Space tourism isn’t a reality yet, but the U.K. is certainly taking steps to make sure it eventually happens. British government officials are preparing to announce plans to build the country’s first commercial space...

Has Google reached the point where it needs to be regulated like a utility? At least one German governmental agency is considering that possibility. The Federal Cartel Office in that country has drawn up a 30-page docume...

The Yo app might be stupid, but the founders are not. In some ways, Yo is a microcosm of the tech industry right now.

Apparently, creating apps for anonymous gossip is a lucrative affair: Secret has just raised a new round of funding from a crop of esteemed investors, and is releasing two new features for an enhanced gossiping experienc...

A plethora of health-related apps and devices should be hitting the market in the next year or two. And the data that these apps and devices collect could help your doctor provide a more holistic picture of your health. ...

Former Digg chief executive Matt Williams’ new home improvement company, Pro.com, is announcing a new partnership with home products retailer Build.com to give Build.com customers a way to find and connect with profess...

The Model B+ also has two more USB slots.

Otter Media, the recently rebranded video-focused joint venture between AT&T and Chernin Group, has acquired Demand Media’s Creative Bug, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. O...

Sponsored Post: Sr. Pago (Señor Pago), one of the two largest mobile point of sale (mPOS) services in Mexico, today announced the closing of a seed round of $1 million in funding that includes Silicon Valley tech vetera...

Comcast has acquired PowerCloud Systems, according to Tyson Marian, who works in Strategic Development at Comcast. The company is not disclosing any financial information related to the deal. PowerCloud Systems builds we...

Home Depot is bringing a high-tech twist to its do-it-yourself wares. The world’s largest home-improvement chain now sells 3D printers from MakerBot in a dozen of its stores across California, New York, and Illinois, M...

Just like big account switches, client conflicts crop up on Madison Avenue every now and then. Sometimes the problem is clear-cut. At other times, supposed conflicts are fraught with emotion, leaving agency executives sc...