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Last weekend, the Kickstarter project to make Potato Salad became famous when it raised  $55,492 from 6,911 backers, and creator Zach Brown's Youtube parody video went viral. It states, "Together, we’re building a m...

Whether it's music, movies, transportation, cleaning services, or food delivery, industries are being transformed by a so-called "Uber for X" model. The latest market to be flooded by delivery apps: the liquor store. I s...

That's the model behind app-in-a-box startup Chupamobile, which today announced a $1.3 million raise to expand its catalog of app templates.

A Dutch carrier is the first to adopt Silent Circle's solution. Zimmerman credits Snowden's revelations.

Today social networking giant Facebook revealed a new load balancing system for its several data centers that results in some serious energy savings. The system for balancing web requests on web server clusters, called A...

Having a pilot's license loses its fun-factor if you can't afford to fly by yourself. Booking a fun plane trip is impossible if you can't find a pilot.

The disappearing-message app Snapchat has been quietly structuring its business for a major new investment. Reports this week say that Snapchat is preparing to sell part of itself to soon-to-be public e-commerce giant Al...

Sponsored Post: Vator, one of the largest business networks for high-tech entrepreneurs and investors, is holding its popular Splash event in Casa del Mar in Santa Monica on October 2. If you're a startup and want a chan...

The FTC is looking to present a new face to the legions of hackers who look at them like the do the IRS at Defcon this year

Bootcamp school-finder Course Report commissioned a survey of 432 bootcamp graduates and found that the average salary of those who enrolled in such bootcamps increased 44 percent ($55,000 to $85,000) and full-time emplo...

Many people in the U.S. have high-deductible health plans, so the cost of having a medical procedure is hugely important. One way people are dealing with this is by going online and getting bids from doctors who might pe...

Tools like this could come in handy for companies that hire more than one data scientist to dream up smarter services or provide recommendations.

Mobile messaging platform Tango may be involved in a financial transaction with an existing investor that would result in a $1.5 billion dollar valuation, according to Reuters.

For all you design geeks out there, here’s a look at the process behind Foursquare’s rebrand, shared by startup design consultancy Red Antler. According to Red Antler, they designed Foursquare’s new identity to “...

Guest Post: Revolutionary virtual reality capabilities are paving the way toward a major paradigm shift - one that will dramatically impact how we go about our everyday lives.

In this episode, VentureBeat writer Richard Byrne Reilly talks about how Yahoo saved Flurry from some potentially tough times. We also discuss deep learning, Twitter's progress, and Blackberry's thoughts on the Internet ...

Global digital security firm Gemalto says it will close on an $890 million deal to buy SafeNet later this year.

An article recently posted in Forbes declared in its title “Employees Who Stay in Companies More than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less.”  This statement created an overnight social media frenzy, not only generating more ...

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Plenty of vendors fall victim to relatively simple hacking attacks.

As Aspect Venture's Theresia Gouw explains, the lack of women investors perpetuates the inequity seen in funding for venture-backed, female-founded startups.

CEO of JP Morgan Asset Management, Mary Callahan Erdoes, shares why implementing a hiring quota is not a longterm solution to address the lack of women in any field. Original interview from the 2014 Women's Summit.