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You may want to think twice before hacking your Fire TV set-top box to get around its limitations. In the latest firmware update for Fire TV, Amazon has added a mechanism that determines whether you’ve rooted (aka hack...

Here's a good starting point for engineers looking for high-growth opportunities.

Today the FCC approved a final ruling requiring Google to reimburse consumers for unauthorized purchases made by their kids in the Google Play store. The approved order comes after the FTC opened up the decision to publi...

Cuyahoga County in Ohio is launching, with a variety of partners, a $5 million Pay for Success project aimed at homelessness and child welfare.

The container market is real, and the biggest technology infrastructure companies know it.

Plaintiffs' attorneys today withdrew the name of one of the two people who claimed harm, leaving just one New Jersey woman as the sole member of the class action.

Guest:Going with your gut feeling may work occasionally, but if you're making decisions based on cold, hard data, you're going to be more successful.

Microsoft today brought its Cortana virtual assistant to France, Germany, Spain, and Italy, albeit in alpha form. Yet the really exciting news comes from unreleased Windows 10 builds: Cortana running on the desktop. Both...

Uber is the start-up that can be accused of recommending a million dollar smear campaign against a female journalist one week, and seal a billion dollar funding round the next. The company bears all the hallmarks of a di...

Doctor Larry Kawa, a Florida orthodontist,  was gearing up for the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.  In an interview he indicated that his company ha...

The Autumn Statement was presented as a boost for small businesses, but the Chancellor got it wrong far too often

Microsoft today announced new cross-app integration between Skype and Lync: video calling. The new feature works between Lync 2013 and the latest Skype for Windows desktop client, which you can download now directly from...

By Ken Favaro

In order to stay globally competitive in this new economy, regions must have an economic base that constantly innovates and optimizes the use of technology. But what regional strategies work to accelerate the pace of inn...

In a passage from Upanishads, the ancient and sacred texts of Hinduism, the writer proposes this thought about desire: “A man whose mind wanders and longs for objects of desire, goes again to life and death according t...

Businesses generally think they care well for their customers, according to a new report. Customers, unsurprisingly, disagree. Violently. While 73 percent of busineseses think they’re doing a good job of communicating ...

A lawsuit over Pirate's Booty snacks collapses as defense lawyers probe into the tactics of plaintiff firms.

You're sitting in the sales meeting trying to determine if a deal is going to close and your salesperson is all over the place. We've all been there. Salespeople can be the most verbose, circuitous, rambling people when ...

A "modern communications network,” “simple, beautiful conversations,” “it’s time to create the best possible communication tools, as beautiful as they are useful.” All these quotes emanated from the good folk...

It's not inconceivable that a mobile game will make the most profits for an entertainment property.

Sponsored:The biggest challenge content marketers face is breaking through the cacophony of content flooding the web. As marketers are being told to "think like publishers" , interactive content is significantly expandin...

Review:Sony's latest Walkman puts 350 high-resolution songs in your pocket. Assuming, that is, you can hear the difference.