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Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has announced new plans to invest an undisclosed sum in the development of a major coal mine in Tanzania, even as he continues to expand his business interests across the continent.

After connecting more than a billion people, Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is teaming up with first Internet.org to help the world’s poor get connected. Mr. Zuckerberg will be the keynote speaker in the ...

Guest Post: Last year global private fintech companies raised nearly $3 billion, that's more than triple the $930M invested into fintech companies in 2008.

Guest Post: The great hope is that small businesses will want to cluster a number of highly specialized apps around their core accounting system. But I don't think that's what will happen.

Last month, security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski posted that he found payments-related code in Messenger, and Andrew Aude said that discovery prompted him to look further.

It's kind of like the rumor-tracking site Snopes, on steroids. It not only shows the rumor and whether it's true, but it also gathers what other people are saying about the rumor.

One will focus on the firm's personal computer and printer business, and the other on its business hardware and services. The announcement could come as early as tomorrow.

Each week, our friends at Backerjack bring us updates on some of the most successful gadget crowdfunding campaigns. FOBO FOBO Tire wants to bring tire pressure management systems, or TPMS's, into the modern age. This is ...

At the end of Rocket Internet's disappointing first day of trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange last week,  co-founder and CEO Oliver Samwer looked weary but, as usual, kept on-message, telling CNBC that  "Most a...

Startup social enterprise Raina to the Rescue has a toy for girls that infuses play with lessons in decision-making, STEM, and leadership.

As a startup founder with many friends between 20-30 years old, I’m often asked for advice on how to break into the early-stage startup scene. If you’re an engineer or have a proven track record, you just put your re...

It's always interesting to see how men dress as it gets colder, notably with concerns to overcoats and jackets. For example: do you know people that won’t wear anything other than a light jacket during the winter? Or d...

Once the domain of science fiction, quantum computers are on the verge of reality.

Guest Post: At full capacity, the aperture arrays of the largest radio telescope ever built are expected to produce 100 times more data than the entire Internet. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that such a ...

When it comes to which U.S. industries are generating the strongest profits, you don’t have to look much further than the construction sector, according to new private-company data from Sageworks, a financial informati...

Guest Post: While we argue over 2014-era design issues for wearables, a more profound development is happening in labs around the world. Implantable, microscopic sensor technology -- "invisibles" -- will soon change our ...

Guest Post: The U.S. led the world in the PC revolution. Europe was where cell phones took off. So where will the wellspring of innovation and customer adoption take place for the Internet of Things?

Guest Post: Another day. Another hack. One day it's black hats making headlines with a massive hack on Home Depot. The next, it's the theft of 4.5 million U.S. hospital records or 1.2 billion web credentials. The connect...

While the hottest gadget across much of the world is undoubtedly the iPhone 6, in North Korea the only smartphone you can get legally is the government-approved “Pyongyang Touch.” The North Korean government first re...