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Sustainability is a bittersweet term in that it embodies one of the most transformative forces in business today and yet at the same time its very familiarity has led to some world-weariness with the topic. Some say that...

Google last week launched Inbox, a new email client that organizes emails to highlight “important info at a glance.” Unfortunately, you need to be invited to use the service. But there’s a “hack” lets you circu...

There comes a time in every business when it becomes apparent that your product, service or business model is no longer relevant. How do you know that moment is at hand?

EA says gamers are playing titles for a longer amount of time.

Tinder, the dating app on which users swipe their fingers on profiles to show interest — or lack thereof — in other users, has raised a new round of investment, according to a report today. Benchmark Capital led the ...

This might be fine if the messages were transmitted on a Wi-Fi VoIP network within the hospital's firewall. But this usually isn't the case.

Apple today updated its iOS adoption numbers, showing that iOS 8 has finally passed the 50 percent mark. We say “finally” because the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system has had a notably slower...

Facebook brought in $2.96 billion in advertising revenue in the third quarter of this year, up from $1.8 billion in the third quarter of 2013. The social network continues to highlight its mobile advertising revenues, wh...

In its Q3 2014 earnings announcement today, Facebook revealed that it now has more than 1.35 billion monthly active users (up 14 percent year-over-year). Of those, 1.12 billion were mobile users, an increase of 29 percen...

EA says usage of sports games like Madden NFL 15 is up compared to a year ago.

Sponsored Post: Join key executives focused on building profitable cloud ecosystems at the fourth annual Cloud Channel Summit in San Diego on Wednesday, December 3.

SAN FRANCISCO — Some health startup founders don’t believe in tackling problems across huge populations. Instead, they prefer to give individuals tools to help them take better care of themselves. “Value creation �...

When I launched Likeable Media in 2007, I was a pretty reluctant entrepreneur. I like to say that I was dragged into the process "kicking and screaming." Terrified of risk, I only made the leap because the thought of m...

Sivak says a truly integrated system of electronic health records systems might act as an effective early warning system for the next (more serious) public health threat.

In my recent Forbes post, “Drone Technology Investment: Place Your Bets,” I discussed three sectors for drone technology investment: 1) package delivery services, 2) aerial imaging services and 3) drones and related ...

What’s worse than no privacy? Fake, malfunctioning “privacy” apps. A slew of anonymous apps and ephemeral messaging services have popped up in the last few years — some in direct response to news of data collecti...

You’ve heard by now about Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s comments at a recent conference, in essence, that women should have faith that their bosses will give them the raises they deserve. It’s good karma, he contin...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced it is suing AT&T. The commission is charging the carrier for allegedly misleading millions of its smartphone customers by changing the terms while customers were stil...

In the near future, machines might help you improve your health. Enlitic, a young startup that has committed to using a kind of artificial intelligence to assist doctors in the diagnosis and prognosis of diseases, is ann...

Microsoft today announced updates to OneNote for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with a slew of new features. You can download the first two directly from Apple’s App Store (iPhone, iPad) and the third from the Mac App Store. Fi...

Two FTSE 100 oil and gas majors – BP and BG Group – have come out with quarterly results narrating a tale of woes above all else. Starting with BP, alongside continuing fallout from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, it n...

In today’s fast moving world of business startups, learning trumps knowing every time. What established businesses know through experience keeps them from looking for the new and innovative ways to do what they do bett...