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Emaze is aiming to provide "a different experience [that is] very, very easy to use," CEO and co-founder Motti Nisani told VentureBeat, "and has a lot of design options."

The startup StackStorm is taking the first step toward popularizing the software it’s built to help people more efficiently run and update applications in whatever data centers they choose. Today, in conjunction with t...

VentureBeat asked Tidal CEO Andy Chen five questions about his service, and while there's a business opportunity for lossless music streaming.

You’ve rehearsed your departure speech in your head 100 times, and dreamed of an amazing new boss—you . But there are some practicalities you could consider before you cut off that magical stream of paychecks and fr...

The business world is tough sometimes, and many entrepreneurs have resorted to dirty tactics or a combative stance to keep a solid reputation or get ahead of the competition. In some contexts, being tough can work—it c...

Today Virgin America revealed it plans to raise as much as $368 million in an initial public offering on the NASDAQ. Listing under the symbol “VA,” Virgin America aims to sell 13,106,377 shares at the price of $21 to...

Entrepreneurs often ask whether they should incorporate, trademark or patent their inventions when they start their businesses. The default answer is always – no. Entrepreneurs should only incorporate, trademark or pa...

Google today updated its Platform Versions page for Android, and the news is quite good. Android 4.4 KitKat was the only release to gain adoption share, as all previous versions slipped. Android 4.4 KitKat is now on near...

Amazon has rolled out a few helpful updates for its recently released business-focused Dropbox competitor, Zocalo, including a way to share files on its Web service simply by sharing a link. Google has gone in this direc...

Lebanese-Nigerian businessman Issam Darwish has raised $2 billion in equity and $600 million in debt for his telecoms towers company in one of the largest equity fundraising exercises by an African company in recent time...

Most smart home gear requires a 'fork lift upgrade' of existing gear. Newer gear is coming to market to change that.

The hotel chain now says it's rolling out its SPG Keyless system at 150 hotels worldwide by early 2015.

Nadia Jones is a 37-year-old recovering lawyer who found that most elusive of unicorns—work that fits with the rest of her life.

The agreement will let both carriers' VoLTE subscribers enjoy better call quality and sound, as well as enhanced control features and videoconferencing.

Parse today announced Push Experiments, a new feature to help developers A/B test push messaging ideas. The Facebook-owned company explains that by letting app makers use its real-time Parse Analytics data to see which i...

Just in time for tomorrow’s election, Internet titans such as Facebook, Reddit, Bing, Meetup, and others have teamed up with The Pew Charitable Trusts Voting Information Project to upgrade Google’s helpful polling-lo...

Benjamin Lawsky, supt. of Financial Services in New York, is working with virtual currency companies to develop intelligent regulation

Tomorrow's election is a fight against incumbency in American democracy. No regular business would tolerate such poor performance.

Today’s announcement that the Paris-based Publicis Group is buying the Boston-based interactive services agency Sapient is a sign that the giants are suiting up for the next era of interactive advertising and marketing...

Google today announced all new versions of Gmail and Google Calendar for the upcoming Lollipop edition of Android. More than ever before, Google has grasped the importance of integrating emails with calendar events. “E...

Few parts of the Android ecosystem have improved more and gotten less credit for it than tablets. The gap between 2010’s crude Samsung Galaxy Tab and polished products like last year’s Nexus 7 is immense. But because...

When Google announced last month that it would bring a $99 streaming-media Nexus Player to the market, it invited a one-word response: Why? Google’s past ventures into TV-connected appliances have not fared well. It la...