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This article is by Megan Meagher, director of Red Peak Youth, a branding and design agency that connects brands with the Millennial mindset.

The Altimeter Group has just released The 2014 State of Digital Transformation, its second report on the topic this year. Principal analyst Brian Solis spent time researching and interviewing leading businesses from diff...

Analytics evangelists say big data is the key to hiring great talent and reducing attrition. It can also help you pay real market salaries, and increase your diversity. So what should you know before you turn recruitment...

Considering that ComiXology is the leading seller of digital comics in the U.S., this is pretty big news.

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Latest earnings from Internet players are focal point for investors.

Whether you realize it or not, diode lasers are a part of your everyday life. From laser pointers to DVD players and barcode scanners, diode lasers are efficient, low cost, and compact. In the last presentation you gave ...

Premium brands are getting the gist of moving quickly into the mobile ad ecosystem.

Google wants some of that video livestreaming magic.

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It could be a classic "oops" moment ... or a brilliant viral social campaign for an upcoming release of a Snapchat competitor.

With 1,400 marketing-tech vendors touting solutions that can drive ROI, increase visitors, and raise revenue, even the most experienced, up-to-date marketer gets overwhelmed. And companies offer no assurance of interoper...

In-store mobile payments are still a challenge, and even companies like PayPal are taking their time carefully figuring out how to combine software, hardware, and customers’ smartphones. However, it looks like Visa is ...

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Feds bust prolific "tech support" scammer ring based mainly in India and fine them millions.

Companies offering to help hospitals and other providers move from fee-for-service to shared-risk population health models have begun to attract more venture capital the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Obama-style he...

PumpUp, a fitness social network for primarily women, just raised $2.4 million in seed funding with General Catalyst Partners leading the round.

The regulators are concerned in particular about how Google is going about removing links to stories, as it implements "the right to be forgotten."

Don’t panic, Windows Phone users: Foursquare didn’t forget about you. Today Foursquare announced that Swarm, its new check-ins app, will launch on Windows Phone in the next few weeks. The announcement follows Foursqu...

Growing commercial interest and technological improvements in drones are leading to new privacy questions. Should drone operators be allowed to spy on private property? And if not, how will those laws be enforced? Presid...

The improved hardware will enable developers to experiment with new features that the consumer version will have.