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Guest:Publishers, brands, and platforms are more aligned today than ever before. All are striving to provide unprecedented reader value from content and be the destination where people create and consume media.

Critics of hedge funds who believed that the obituary had already been written for these controversial investment vehicles received some disappointing news this week. The San Francisco Public Employees Retirement System ...

Google chose to let the service die just as people were starting to get used to the idea of visiting their care providers online.

Angel investing can generate returns that are highly uncorrelated and superior to the rest of an investor’s portfolio which is typically dominated by publicly traded equities, bonds or real estate.  However, angel inv...

In Silicon Valley, nobody has to think about whether they really want to pursue something because they know they'll have a second chance, and a third, and a fourth.

Boris Johnson paid his outrageous IRS bill and now is renouncing. It's the only way to do it properly and to get free of the yoke of FATCA, FBARs, and U.S. wordwide taxation.

Guest:The next wave of wearables promises everything from smart rings and watches to connected headbands and headphones, but it's actually the business implications for wearable devices that have many of us so excited.

Obsessed with mobile growth? Join us February 23-24 when we reveal the best technologies and strategies to help your company grow on mobile. It all takes place at our 5th annual Mobile Summit at the scenic Cavallo Point ...

Feature:White House efforts to push companies to share sensitive security information intensified this week. But many in the industry disagree with the Obama Administration's approach to security.

American Justin Kapla and Filipinos Hilarion Cajucom Jr. and Cristobal David have been detained in Mongolia for 818 days now. Americans who wish to draw this case to President Obama’s attention can sign this linked pe...

VB Event:Iconic brands with billions in revenue are clearly doing many things right, but their size often keeps them from being able to compete effectively in mobile.

BBC Radio 1 host Zane Lowe is reportedly leaving the broadcaster for Apple. The 41-year-old DJ joined the station in 2003. His eponymous nightly radio show grew to enjoy a massive following in the UK and abroad, particul...

Guest:Embracing competition, finding a good mentor, developing mental strength -- these are all critical to creating a successful startup ... and to lifting over 410 pounds.

When you have questions on your hotel stay the process of getting them answered can be painstaking. Starting with the phone in the hotel room, there’s often 10 or so direct connect buttons with none of them having the ...

The founder of China's Hainan Airlines, Chen Guoqing, paid a sky-high $47.4 million for an apartment on an upper floor of Manhattan's One57 earlier this month, and notched the biggest home deal of the week in the process...

Each week, our friends at Backerjack bring us updates on some of the most successful gadget crowdfunding campaigns. Prynt As their cameras get ever better, smartphones have become the go-to device that many people use to...

Guest:Faced with competition not only from other hotels, but also from disruptive players like Airbnb, some hotels have taken meaningful steps to differentiate their guest experiences by adopting innovations in technolo...