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It would be tempting to think of Paris as a city of Luddites after watching several days of taxi-drivers burning tires and barricading airports and train stations to protest the incursion of Uber drivers into the city.

GUEST: I'm done making new bets on traditional mobile game studios. Here's why.

It’s often been said that “founders can’t scale,” and more often than not it proves to be true. It’s a familiar story: as a company grows the founder finds him or herself replaced by someone from a traditional...

SPONSORED: With nearly 70 Unreal Engine games appearing at E3, here are a few observations we took away from the industry's annual pilgrimage to Los Angeles.

Microsoft today announced the launch of a new Skype for Business app for Windows Phone. Previously Skype for Business could be accessed through the Lync 2013 app, but now Skype for Business is getting its own dedicated W...

When you have a viable business plan for your start-up and you know how much funding assistance you need, and what it will be used for, it is time to start looking for investors. This is a scary step to take, but being p...

A large number of Nigeria?s wealthiest business leaders who pledged more than $400 million last year to support victims of terrorist attacks in Nigeria are yet to redeem their pledges.

VB WEBINAR: There's a new power struggle within the corner offices of corporate America that is only just getting started.

Microsoft just announced a big change for its entertainment apps and services. In short, Xbox Music is being rebranded as Groove and Xbox Video is being rebranded as Movies & TV. Both apps will be available in a new Wind...

Today social networking company Twitter said that users can now add their birthdays to their profiles. Comedian Kevin Hart is doing it, as Twitter product manager Ricardo Castro pointed out in a blog post on the news tod...

The explosion of mobile and wearable technologies has had a tremendous impact on search trends, but one trend in particular is catching the interest of search marketers everywhere. If you want to get the edge on your com...

When you think of wealth in nearly every country in the world, you probably think of an individual - a Bill Gates or a Carlos Slim. But the largest owner of wealth is all of us collectively - you and me, fellow taxpayers...

The esports phenomenon is getting so big that it's getting its own documentary.

Microsoft today announced a request for proposals for academic research on possible applications of “holographic computing” — the sort of augmented reality that Microsoft’s HoloLens headset can offer. Microsoft h...

Microsoft has launched Tossup, a new app designed to help you create impromptu polls around events.

Networking. The word alone is enough to induce a groan for many people. It conjures up visions of drinking cheap wine in plastic cups at a “networking event,” where most of the attendees just hand out business cards ...

Creation Wines is in an unlikely location. It relies on an unlikely pool of employees. Yet it has achieved an unlikely success. Here's how.

SPONSORED: The moment customers feel they're being taken for granted by your business, they'll move on to a better alternative.

Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. China's Ourpalm invests $2.3M in Garfield game maker Animoca Brands Chinese web and mobile game develope...

Today's news and insights for business owners, including: Is there a link between entrepreneurship and mental illness?

VB WEBINAR: Use your quiet hours to study up on some of that exciting new technology that has the potential to help you stand out on the team when annual review time comes around again.

My start-ups first legal troubles came early on in our business forcing me to change the name of my company. In Zone Wars I write how changing my name and not being tied to another brand was the best thing to happen for ...