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While the number of smartphones purchased globally in the first quarter of 2015 grew 7 percent, that’s a sharp drop from the 34 percent growth posted in the first quarter of 2014. According to a new report from German ...

A two-year-old San Francisco-based company is looking to make its mark in the secondary ticket market by appealing to mobile customers under 35.

EXCLUSIVE: If you pay any attention to the business software industry, you probably can't hear enough about Slack's status as belle of the proverbial tech ball. But the company has admittedly done a less-than-clear (okay...

CommunityCube What is CommunityCube ? CommunityCube is a plug-and-play open source, small server designed to build a cooperative, fair internet where users' privacy and rights are protected. It was originally conceived o...

A new option enables your viewers to see a more immediate stream of what you're playing.

OPINION: There's a generational shift in technology happening right now: From the open Web to native apps, from desktops to mobile phones, from platforms built on standards to platforms owned by corporations. The user ex...

There have been a few attempts a citizen journalism platforms over the years. Most, however, have ended in failure. The main problem with most of the previous attempts was the scope and scale with which they were attempt...

REVIEW: The Apple Watch is already showing signs of brilliance, but the list of things that need to be added, subtracted, or fixed is just too long.

VB EVENT: While Staples' planned acquisition of Office Depot represents the battle on the ground, it's stepping up to achieve a significant off/online balance as customers' behavior and spending shifts increasingly onlin...

Monday through Friday, 9 to 5. It’s the schedule the vast majority of us in salaried positions follow, and have followed for the past several decades. Legally, 40 hours of work each week is considered “full-time,” ...

Renren's pivot from its core Facebook type business to fintech deals could pay off as lending platform SoFi readies a high-flying IPO.

The narrowly tailored definition of tax abatement seems to go against an overall goal of more transparency. Still, state and local governments should be providing information about the abatements they hand out.

Hiring the right employees can make or break your business. Employee recruitment is about managing stress, as you will constantly be judged on your selection, and you obviously cannot please everybody in your organizatio...

Check out our entire week's worth of coverage on VentureBeat's channel for video games, GamesBeat.

Oculus is giving consumers a lot of time to upgrade their PCs in time for the Rift's Q1 2016 launch.

Will a new generation of triple-A mobile games knock out Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga?

Is joining a business accelerator right for everyone? Not all businesses and entrepreneurs are a good fit for accelerators and not all accelerators are of equal caliber. With this in mind, here are three reasons to apply...

Lyft today revealed that it's received an additional $150 million in a raise that none other than activist-investor Carl Icahn led.

"We make very nice products but there are a lot of nice products out in the market. Winning this competition has given us an opportunity to rise above the background noise." So says Andre Dang, founder and managing direc...

A critical role of business coaches is to enable entrepreneurs to make well-reasoned decisions. Central to this is the ability to “run the numbers.” 

Companies who successfully infuse emotion into their product or service make irresistible connections with their customers. Mattel and SOL Republic are great examples of using emotion to promote their products successful...

Sony has launched a $200 smart sensor for budding tennis players, after first teasing the device at CES 2014.