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Developer Rovio has stormed back onto the mobile app stores with a new Angry Birds (our review) and a new business model, but that doesn’t guarantee it millions in revenue even as it racks up millions of downloads. Ang...

The health and wellness market continues to be a dynamic growth area. The puzzle for many lies in understanding how the wellness market intersects with their business, brand and category. In few places does the market so...

Jeff Bezos ranks as the world's 15th wealthiest person and his real estate holdings prove just how deep his pockets are.

Entrepreneurs heading to China with dreams of starting a business on their own might want to rethink their plans.

Google search has started showing software download cards when you search for an app name preceded or succeeded by the word “download.” The card points you to the official download link, emphasizing the URL so you se...

Sony’s on a roll. The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console in July in the United States, according to data from market research firm The NPD Group that Sony shared with GamesBeat. "We are truly humbled by the succ...

OPINION: Disclosure: I am a monthly contributor to my local public TV and radio station. I hope Cookie Monster never sings “C is for Capitalism, and that’s good enough for me.” This morning, we learned that the bel...

Apple has endured years of trouble trying to launch a subscription TV service to rival cable, and now it looks like more of the same as it will reportedly delay launching a new live TV service until 2016. That’s accord...

Jessica Mah has been starting companies since she was 13. As a teenager, she built websites for small businesses, and then created a company that managed online services for companies. It was pulling in $100,000 in reven...

Candy Crush Saga publisher King has beat its own guidance for its fiscal second quarter, but investors are not happy with what they see from the game maker. King’s stock price is down more than 8 percent in after-hours...

Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich can run a marathon inside two hours and four minutes, Ezekiel Kemboi is a three-time steeplechase world title-holder and Tegla Loroupe, the first African woman to win the New York City Marathon, ...

Animated geckos? Flying pigs? Those are the other guys.  USAA Insurance, sans gimmicks and animation and an endless loop of radio and TV commercials, has built one of the most successful insurance and financial services...

Note-taking app Evernote today announced that its redesigned web client is coming out of beta and rolling out to everyone over the next few weeks. The new look, featuring a chat function and a distraction-free writing mo...

After the "credit crunch," alternative lenders jumped into the marketplace and made quick funding decisions. They were willing to provide capital at a time when traditional lenders would not.

VB EVENT: Over the past decade, Priceline.com has grown from struggling upstart to the flagship of the world’s largest travel company. That company, known as the Priceline Group, is valued at $68 billion, more than mai...

I believe that genuinely high-quality guides can positively influence the minds of both young and older people. As we progress through the phases in our lives, it is wise to garner support from caring and wise mentors, c...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook made a big policy reversal August 4 on mobile ad user data sharing after it ran into major opposition from its publishing partners. And yesterday at the Casual Connect game conference in San Fr...

We?re already more than halfway through 2015, but I?d wager we?ll see at least some of the following platforms rise up in some way by the end of 2016.

PRESS RELEASE: Inc. Magazine today ranked digital marketing leader 3Q Digital NO. 1,393 on its 34th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. 3Q Digital made the list by ac...

Facebook today announced that it will open-source all of its software development kits (SDKs) for Parse, the mobile backend service that it acquired in 2013. Parse’s iOS, Android, and Mac OS X SDKs are already availabl...

Google today announced several new capabilities for its Chromebooks for Work program, which is meant for big businesses deploying Chromebooks for hundreds or thousands of employees. Google also unveiled the new Dell Chro...

Their YouTube channel has amassed nearly 200,000 YouTube subscribers, and over 50 million video views and continues to grow on a daily basis as they publish movie reviews, box office updates and podcasts that feature act...