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Yikes -- a mondo $11 billion valuation.

New Yorkers without Apple TV now have another avenue for getting HBO’s new streaming service thanks to a deal with Cablevision. Cablevision and HBO signed an agreement that will allow Optimum Online customers, an Inter...

The term "pretzel logic" has multiple connotations and definitions. One is the urban definition of "twisted or circular reasoning that when dissected is wrong, does not make sense or does not explain the situation ration...

Every year at SXSW Interactive, an uncoordinated multi-stakeholder network emerges, analyzes and kicks off the growth of a potential new marketing technology rockstar.

Jenny Blake is an author, public speaker, and business strategist who started her career outside all of these areas. She worked for a startup involved in political polling, has been a product trainer at Google, and ultim...

LinkedIn, with more than 300 million members, could become significantly more useful to companies and job seekers as a result of its acquisition of Careerify, which was announced today. Careerify’s software taps the so...

For college sports fans that are entering private NCAA Tournament pools, finding a payment processor that is willing to accept your pool's entry fees may prove to be a challenge. Most of the large U.S. payment process...

The new HTC M9 phone was one of the big phones announced at Mobile World Congress earlier this month. Now tests are showing that the phone is hot in other ways, too. The Dutch phone site Tweakers put a series of flagship...

As your website grows and starts receiving more and more traffic, it's time to start thinking about using a content delivery network (CDN) service.

Guest:Even though retention is a key metric for both user acquisition and monetization, we haven't officially standardized what it really means. It's annoying.

The new site will give musicians access to analytics and teach them how to optimize their videos for wider consumption.

Dell's research chief Jai Menon tells us about a bunch of the cool research projects underway.

You, dear VentureBeat reader, probably like The Daily Show and are a food and music lover. Or at least that's what Cubeyou+ says about you.

The CNN-funded documentary pulls no punches when describing Jobs' management style and personal history.

Mobile video app Horizon has switched to a freemium pricing model in its quest to help banish vertical video syndrome (VVS) from the Internet.

CMO tenure has been climbing since 2007. 2014 was no exception: According to executive-search firm Spencer Stuart, the average length of time chief marketers remained in their positions last year was 48 months. That’s ...

The former team from Kalydo is launching an instantly playable game service for $10 a month.

Forbes forays into mobile apps with its latest acquisition.

Glispa will continue to expand its digital marketing campaigns around the world.

Can you imagine having three successful exits in a week? It happened to Dušan Stojanovic and this is a story worth dissecting.  He is founder and director of True Global Ventures and was named EBAN's European Angel ...

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The decision to loan money to friends and family is difficult, because it has both financial and emotional consequences. Rejecting a request can be seen not as a financial decision, but as not supporting a family member ...