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(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 4 in lawsuits that challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s “net neutrality” rules, which prevent broadband providers from blocking or sl...

PayPal appears to be borrowing some design elements from Nike in a mockup on its own website. Over the weekend, I noticed somebody retweet an image of two “your cart” designs side by side — one PayPal, one Nike.The...

The Y Combinator team is growing and expanding its focus beyond just software startups. The popular accelerator program has brought on board Luke Iseman as a full-time staffer to help hardware startups grow quickly at a ...

VB EVENT: The number of channels, platforms, tools, and data available to marketers today is higher than it’s ever been. Marketers are getting more and more ambitious with regards to digital media campaigns and cross-c...

The first year of consumer virtual reality is probably going to see a heck of a lot of cockpit-style games flood the market. And the proof of that is developer CCP Games, which just announced its second VR project in tha...

EXCLUSIVE: Koding, a startup that has constructed a cloud-based integrated development environment in which developers can quickly start writing and debugging code, is announcing today a $10 million round of funding. And...

As a marketer, you’re already familiar with the inbound marketing model: attract online visitors, transform them to leads, and then convince them to become customers. However, it is vital to choose the right reports a...

EXCLUSIVE: Disclosure: The organizers of ChinaJoy paid my way to Shanghai. Our coverage remains objective. SHANGHAI — Tim Sweeney, chief executive of Epic Games, is one of the rare seers who understands both technology...

Twitter just can’t catch a break. Today the company’s stock price hit all-time lows — down to $28.91 per share according to Yahoo Finance, more than 4 percent below its May 2014 slump. The sudden dip arrives just s...

Researchers have discovered a new and improved exploit kit that hackers are using to serve up infectious ads. Hackers are buying up ads on real-time bidding platforms and embedding them with RIG 3.0, a service that deter...

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. Security firm Zscaler raises $100M, led by TPG Zscaler has landed $100 million in an oversubscribed seco...

Every company has a story of how they got started.  That’s one of my main reasons for using Wikipedia.  But to me, it’s all about the why you get started, because that will always be your reason to keep going, sell...

Previously only the wealthiest investors in the United States and large private equity and venture capital firms were able to invest in private companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) limited the type and...

SPONSORED: As channels continue to fragment and connected devices multiply, customer identity is becoming increasingly central to creating meaningful experiences that transcend touchpoints and grow relationships.

As technology exponentially speeds up progress across most business sectors, charitable organizations have been lagging behind from an innovation standpoint. However, in a recent article I highlighted seven companies t...

In my recent post, I shared a conversation I had with Matty and Penelope Gilliland, two of the employee-owners at New Belgium Brewing, about their history with the company and the kind of ownership culture is has been bu...

I take a look at how my recommended WordPress themes from two years ago are holding up to today's design standards as well as a few examples of how each theme is being used.

By his own admission, Dani the Red robbed more than 150 banks back in the 80s and 90s before hanging up his gangster suit for good, and if you'd like to know more about his life, he'll take you the Scribe restaurant in B...

Photojournalist Ruben Espinosa, whose worked for the photo agency Cuartoscuro and the leftist news magazine Proceso and shared his photos of marches and anti-government demonstrations on Instagram, was brutally killed in...

Festivals have grown to become the most anticipated and widely attended live music experiences in America.

EXCLUSIVE: In a time when the plaudits and big funding rounds are often delivered to those with no product, no stock, and few actual employees (think AirBnB, Uber, et. al.), it is easy to forget about those who make the ...

When is it not a good idea to have an executive coach? Here are some ways to find out...