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Erik Rannala, co-founder of Mucker Capital reveals what VCs are looking for in 2015

Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likeable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few—the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. It’s easy ...

I wouldn't normally bother with a post on something so seemingly minor, but when I read this I was incredulous. Apparently, former Texas Governor Rick Perry said the following regarding the recent unemployment data: "It�...

A news report Monday evening says the photo sharing app Snapchat will be launching its rumored content channel — complete with brand-sponsored video — as soon as Tuesday morning. After Snapchat finally began to monet...

YouTube today announced it has finally switched from serving videos with Adobe Flash to using its HTML5 video player. The HTML5 video tag is the default option now in Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s IE11, Apple’s Safa...

When Peter Thiel's Founders Fund dropped a fat bag of cash into cannabis private equity firm Privateer Holdings, the whole industry exhaled a puff of excitement and hope. Finally, venture capital was beginning to take th...

EA had a strong holiday quarter, and its mobile and digital efforts were a big part of that.

Mac shipments are still up 15 percent this year, compared to the first quarter of 2014.

The iPhone continues to carry Apple. As part of the company’s latest quarterly earnings announcement, Apple revealed today that it sold 74.5 million iPhones and 21.4 million iPads during its fiscal first quarter of 201...

EA has a record-breaking quarter.

For months investors have been asking Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer about her plans to deal with Yahoo’s remaining shares of Chinese company Alibaba. Today, she revealed her plan as part of the company’s fourth quarter ear...

Guest:Something has to change in order for the MA industry, currently valued at less than $10 billion, to start seeing the valuations of a company like Salesforce, originally founded on sales force automation and now val...

Forbes calculates the fastest-growing startups by valuation.

  Disclosure: I own shares of QCOM Qualcomm is a great American technology company. But it has two weaknesses. First, its growth depends too much on two business segments -- CDMA technologies and technology licensing. S...

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A U.K. game-industry accelerator opens its doors to tiny new game studios.

Facebook said the new tools will give its advertising partners the best information on how their campaigns boost sales.

Microsoft Research staff members have built an impressive new query-processing engine for performing big data analytics. Called Trill — a reference to "a trillion events per day” — the engine enables programmers to...

On the top line, the update fixes an issue reported by some users that Yosemite causes Wi-Fi service to disconnect without warning.

Social media marketing and SEO are two tightly interwoven strategies. Both are organic, inbound strategies that focus on building an appealing identity that naturally attracts visitors. Since social media relies on high-...

Further, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and San Jose will hear whether they made the cut "later this year."

USA Technologies said today it will be adding Apple Pay support to wireless payment terminals on 200,000 coffee brewers, vending machines, kiosks, laundry equipment, parking pay stations and other self-serve appliances.