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Launched as a test service, Magic has blown up. All you have to do is text in your request and you're good to go, the CEO told VentureBeat in an exclusive interview.

VB Webinar:With the pace of technological change, traditional banks simply haven't been able to keep up with the growing demand for digital solutions from small businesses hungry to stay competitive and improve efficienc...

As the release of the Apple Watch draws near, speculation about its pricing has grown louder. We already know the watches will start at $349. But Apple will offer a myriad of bands, sizes, and features, and the price tag...

Trade show veterans know that the louder you scream at an industry event, the less your voice is heard. Instead, you have to push the envelope of propriety to cut through the noise and become part of the conversation.

As Ruchi Sanghvi told attendees of Y Combinator's Female Founders Conference over the weekend, recognizing what is unique about your company will inform the way you solve problems.

Double negatives are two negative words used in the same sentence. Using two negatives turns the thought or sentence into a positive one. Double negatives are not encouraged in English because they are poor grammar and t...

Mass surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden sat down with journalists Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald for a Reddit AMA (ask me anything).

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Google offers a myriad of widely used and well-liked digital services. But what about those that never make the headlines?

“Welcome to the pride of every farmer in this province,” said Angelique Karekezi during my first trip to Rwanda in 2005. She was 25 at the time, and I recall my visit as if it were yesterday. We had traveled on back ...

As we told you in our last post about 500 Startups, the group is no stranger to international investing. From China, to India, to Thailand, to Egypt, to Saudi Arabia, to Qatar, to Brazil, to Mexico, it makes no differenc...

The Twittosphere has been buzzing with news of Twitter’s latest updates: the ability to participate in group direct messages, and to capture, edit and share video right from within Twitter.

In the 114th Congress, female lawmakers hold a record 104 seats. The numbers show that this unprecedented female representation may lead to more legislative activity as female members of Congress not only work more frequ...

Guest:Canada is one of the fastest-growing hotbeds for game development, and on a per capita basis, it is the largest gaming industry in the world, with more than 329 gaming companies employing more than 16,500 people. T...

China's Renren is continuing to invest outside its core business and has backed yet another disruptive US startup, putting $5 million in mortgage marketplace Sindeo.

Hollywood showed some love for Laura Poitras, who directed the documentary and helped Edward Snowden break the massive National Security Agency spying scandal.

Elemental Path raises $165,000 in just seven days on Kickstarter, blowing past its $50,000 goal.

In this post I will discuss Congressional testimony from over fifteen years ago from Michael Saltzman and Nina Olson. The testimony sheds light on some of the still-current issues that courts are confronting in collectio...

Google will now be able to run its Wallet app and tap-to-pay technology on its own devices, putting it on a level with Apple Pay.

Buzzfeed is building out a team of Silicon Valley reporters in an attempt to change the way we talk about tech. After scooping up Wired’s Mat Honan to head up its new San Francisco bureau, Buzzfeed is announcing today ...

Sheppard told us that mobile game companies need to scale up their efforts to compete on a global level.

Microsoft's entry in the health wearables space is only a few months old and is already trying to better itself.