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In order to maintain relevance in the content world, brands will have to anticipate changes in user expectations. While it's impossible to predict any technological or cultural shifts with complete accuracy, I do believe...

ANALYSIS: Google is a search and information company. It was never set up to be a conglomerate. So yesterday’s announcement that a new umbrella company, Alphabet, will contain all the companies in the Google family —...

GUEST: Growth hacking is failing most of us — because most of us don't understand that what works for companies with a growing customer base doesn't work for earlier-stage companies still looking for product-market fit...

SAN FRANCISCO — Michael Eisner, the founder of investment firm Tornante, the owner of Topps playing card company, and former chief executive of Disney, told an audience of game industry people today that content rules....

FRANKFURT (Reuters, Edward Taylor and Eric Auchard) – BMW on Tuesday said it was looking into whether Google infringed any trademark rights after the Silicon Valley-based group set up a new company called Alphabet, whi...

Restaurant payment app Cover received a refresh redesign today that looks like a cross between Foursquare and Yelp’s mobile apps. The new app has expanded restaurant information, a more visible “directions” button,...

Google today explained how its researchers have improved the speech recognition systems underlying the transcription for voicemails in Google Voice. Last month Google disclosed that the recognition error rate in Google V...

When you've got a team of stars, they'll be best served by working under a quiet, introverted leader who respects their ideas and who is willing to let them shine.

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. Microsoft and Yahoo back up $12M round for Unify Square Unify Square closed a $12 million "series B exte...

Microsoft today announced a preview of new iOS and Android apps for Skype for Business, a piece of software that’s meant as a modern replacement for Microsoft Lync. Microsoft made Skype for Business generally available...

When the domain you want for your company's site is taken, you now have more not-com options.

Salesforce Tuesday announced five new Apple Watch apps that were developed by its partner companies as part of its Salesforce Wear development program. The apps, as you might imagine, are geared toward making enterprise ...

Rethaka's solar-charging backpack, made from recycled plastic bags, gives kids without electricity up to nine hours of light.

EXCLUSIVE: Creating and getting approval for an engaging mobile ad just got easier. Adtech shop Yieldmo is today releasing its online Ad Builder, which you can try out yourself. The New York City-based company, backed by...

Why should anyone be surprised? The smart folks at Google have done it again. No, I’m not referring to its prescient buy-out of the latest and greatest app created by a sophomore at Stanford University. Nor am I referr...

In my financial planning practice, I work with many clients who own closely held, private, companies. As many are nearing their retirement years, a big focus of our work is planning the exit strategy for their family bu...

Otoy had plenty to show at this year’s SIGGRAPH, a convention for computer graphics. The cloud graphics company showed off next-generation production pipelines designed to improve virtual reality, CG rendering, and aug...

Twitter has launched a new experiment around its Digits offering. Available in limited release, Digits allows developers to add voice verification and lets users update phone numbers within their accounts. This is an exp...

Mozilla today launched Firefox 40 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Notable additions to the browser include official Windows 10 support, added protection against unwanted software downloads, and new navigational ges...

It's estimated that there are 1.6 million apps in the Google Play store and 1.5 million in Apple's app store. And while they all vary by service, many of them share common libraries and code. But what if one of these com...

Young livestreaming app Periscope received nearly 1,400 copyright (DMCA) takedown requests during its first three months of existence, and Periscope owner Twitter has so far complied with 71% — or about 994 — of them...

When Hewlett-Packard released its Sprout by HP creativity computer last October, it wasn’t fully fleshed out. But now that the company has integrated both 3D printing and 3D capture into Sprout, the desktop computer is...