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Microsoft has reportedly been in talks about acquiring a fast-growing cloud computing startup called Mesosphere, and according to The Information's Amir Efrati's sources, the infrastructure startup has valued itself at...

GUEST: Last December, my cofounder Todd and I sold our startup, Wallaby Financial, to Bankrate. We immediately went from being a team of nine, on the verge of going big or going broke, to being part of a 600-person compa...

Before it was obvious this is a multi-channel or even omni-channel world, "convergence" used to describe how those separate modes of digital communication would come together. Now, as articulated by two speakers this aft...

Dropbox today added a nifty new feature: drag and drop support for URLs. This means you can now save links in Dropbox on the web, desktop, and mobile, and then view those webpages on any device where you use Dropbox. In ...

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It took 23 years of treatment and an extended search for a cure to treat Eric Dishman’s cancer. The Intel health executive eventually gained the help of cancer experts and genomics analysts who, over the course of thre...

As an online merchant, you have a lot of options. I've seen many businesses become successful based purely on their presence in Amazon, but I've also seen new e-commerce platforms defy expectations. In this article, I'll...

GitHub today shared a closer look at how the popularity of programming languages used on its code collaboration website has changed over the years. In short, the graph above shows the change in rank for programming langu...

Wunderlist, that to-do app Microsoft picked up earlier this year through its acquisition of 6wunderkinder, today announced the availability of a beta version of its app for Windows 10. “That’s right, we’re so excit...

When you're getting started in business, it can be tempting to rush through and get to the good stuff. Entity selection is more important than you think. Your choice of entity can affect the number and identity of shareh...

Increasing regulations, new laws and complicated tax rules can make it difficult to figure out how to get started and how to keep your business going. Our Small Business Startup And Survival Guide will help you know what...

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Thumbtack's annual Small Business Friendliness Survey uncovers America's worst cities for small-business friendliness.

To feed the world, farmers need to double their production by 2050. That’s not easy, and it means they have to take advantage of everything that computing has to offer in order to do it. FarmLogs is trying to help by e...

Data startup Confluent has Silicon Valley buzzing about its Apache Kafka software. Here's 3 reasons why its cofounders were able to successfully incubate their idea while at LinkedIn.

Classy is among the largest crowdfunding sites focused on philanthropy. Scot Chisolm, CEO and co-founder, believes the company can fundamentally enhance a nonprofits ability to raise money and perform effectively. See th...

One of the core challenges of marketing is what key information to present and how to do so effectively. Consumers literally have the entire world at their fingertips and as a result, there's a considerable amount of mar...

Gaming publisher Electronic Arts is teaming up IMS Internet Media Services to open new advertising opportunities for the Latin American market, with a focus on mobile games. “IMS, the leading digital marketing and comm...

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. GrabTaxi grabs $350 million to grow its e-hail vehicle service across Southeast Asia GrabTaxi, an Uber-s...

On the U.S. presidential campaign trail these days, “trust” is a common theme in assessing both the attractiveness and electability of candidates. While most of us will never have our own trustworthiness measured by ...

WhatsApp’s web client is finally arriving for iOS users, eight months after it first arrived for Android. Twitter users first reported seeing the new feature in the Settings area of the WhatsApp iPhone app earlier toda...

It is kind of ironic for the Ninth Circuit, which played such a big role in advancing marriage equality, to be issuing a decision that discourages registered  domestic partners from marrying.  That is an effect of the ...