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Google today released security testing tool Firing Range, a Java application that contains a wide range of XSS and a few other web vulnerabilities. A deployed version is available on Google App Engine and since the tool ...

Twitter is building a searchable public index of tweets published from 2006 on. Though Twitter's mass of public tweets are already searchable via hashtags and keywords, Twitter has wanted to make its historic catalogue o...

If you haven’t considered using a remote team, you may be handicapping your business—it’s likely that your competitors are already taking advantage of its benefits. Fuel prices and long commutes are just two of the...

Press Release: ventureLab Growth Partners today announces its launch as a 'startup studio' designed to develop marketable technologies and help entrepreneurs more efficiently build and commercialize early-stage startups....

I used Apple Pay to pay for some stuff at my favorite druggist yesterday, and the check-out process seemed just as clunky as always.

One of the things I love about working with twenty- and thirtysomething women is hearing their stories about how they got to where they are at such a young age. I especially love stories that include a challenge.

The best way to cultivate the best leadership is to avoid the temptation to confuse good leaders with good human beings.

Congratulations, Windows developers. Now you, too, can run the hip Docker client and manage applications in the form of “containers” right from your Windows desktop computer. That’s because Microsoft engineers have...

Apple’s long-awaited developer kit for its smartwatch is finally here. Today’s release includes a WatchKit extension for the iPhone, and user interface resources and tools for the Apple Watch itself. The WatchKit is ...

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The holidays bring in a lot of foot traffic for both on and offline retailers. Between Black Friday, Cyber Monday and then the days leading up to Christmas, traffic near malls skyrockets, shipping times dramatically diff...

Facebook today launched Groups for Android and iOS, offering new functionality for a feature that is very closely tied to the social network. You can download the new dedicated app now directly from Google Play and Apple...

Disclosure: The organizers of Slush paid my way to Helsinki. Our coverage remains objective. Nokia unveiled its N1 Android tablet today. The new device marks the Finnish company’s return to the consumer market in the w...

Feature:CD Projekt Red is taking a big risk turning its beloved role-playing series, The Witcher, into a free-to-play mobile MOBA, but the Polish developer reckons it's a risk worth taking.

Google today released Chrome 39 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can update to the latest release now using the browser’s built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome. The biggest addition in...

Data from Newzoo and Ad2Games shows the massively multiplayer online game market is thriving.

PayPal’s mobile payments app is now available for the Pebble smartwatch, the company announced in a blog post today. Pebble users can now check in to stores via the PayPal app and pay with an auto-generated payment cod...

The Austin, Texas-based self-service provider is today releasing a new cloud-based product -- a diagnostic tool that grabs all kinds of data and attempts to figure out the reasons behind your customers' complaints or ha...

Today 500 Startups is announcing a $10 million fund built for mobile startups, seven years after Apple kicked off the mobile app revolution with the iPhone. This fund -- entitled "500 Mobile Collective” -- isn’t the ...

People jump into a "box" once they are made aware of pending change. Effective leaders get into the box with them and help them get out. It's called "Leading in the Box."

Well-known VC names are giving big dollars to a t-shirt company. Seriously. Teespring, a company that, from the outside, looks like a Kickstarter for custom t-shirt designs, is announcing today that it has raised a whopp...

One of the hardest fights to be fought in the online messaging arena is getting mainstream players, like Facebook Messenger or Snapchat, to use end-to-end encryption. Today Open Whisper Systems announced a new victory: m...