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The Amazon Web Services cloud begs for investment as it keeps growing around the world. And Amazon needs to spend on other stuff -- like set-top boxes. So the money should come in handy.

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Gear VR headset will cost $199, a Samsung spokesperson at New York Fashion Week told VentureBeat this evening. Two days ago Samsung unveiled the Gear VR, a virtual reality headset made in part...

Yahoo buys ad photo network Luminate

Fusion network has a nice tool for estimating the costs of college.

Google may have recently lost artificial-intelligence luminary Andrew Ng to Chinese search company Baidu, but that hasn’t stopped the Mountain View, Calif.-based company from ratcheting up the wisdom of its computers. ...

Guest Post: Following the recent discovery that the very personal photos of numerous female celebrities had been stolen and posted online, Apple is rushing to strengthen security for its popular iCloud service. But, the ...

Each week, our friends at Backerjack bring us updates on some of the most successful gadget crowdfunding campaigns. iGuardian iGuardian is a device only slightly larger than a pack of gum that connects to your network be...

A Bluetooth-connected scale? A vibrating fork? The Internet of Things might be going too far when it comes to the kitchen.

If Apple is to follow its pattern of category reinvention, there are a few issues with current smartwatchs that the iWatch will need to overcome.

GamesBeat 2014 is the must-attend event of the summer for serious games developers, and we want to give you free tickets. Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson will be speaking, as will Amazon’s VP of Games, Mike Frazzini....