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The last time you waited for a drink at Starbucks, what did you do to pass those under-caffeinated two minutes before your name was called?

Appearance and body language in presentations really matter. So much so, in fact, that the public?s perception of a CEO?s attractiveness, competence and trustworthiness while they present can directly influence the price...

Tesla Motors is trying out a new way of making its car-charging stations more ubiquitous: It’s outfitting certain Airbnb homes with Tesla electric car charging stations free of charge. The two companies hope to do this...

During a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel corporate strategy officer and resident anthropologist Genevieve Bell explored what it takes to be a “Maker” in the modern do-it-yourself technolo...

Business owners, as a group, seem to be more courageous than the rest of the U.S. population. And emotional courage tends to increase with age.

Twitter stock today closed at $26, which is exactly the offer price for its stock shares back in November 2013. The stock is now fluctuating a bit in after-hours trading. But earlier today the stock was trading under $26...

Google has turned off its website for showing search activity for the flu and dengue fever, as a way to suggest the presence of such diseases in certain places around the world. Google said today that it will be offering...

Microsoft today detailed an update to its Office for iOS apps that tightens the integration that Outlook has with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new versions have been on Apple’s App Store since last week, but we’r...

Payment processing service Stripe today announced that the tool its consumers can use to check out and make purchases online can now work in a few languages other than English. Developers can program Stripe’s checkout ...

EXCLUSIVE: A startup called Meep is launching today with a new mobile app that reads news articles aloud so you can listen while you drive or do other activities. You can follow certain topics and thereby customize the s...

Flipboard is rolling out an update to its iOS and Android apps today, giving users more control over the types of content they see. With this feature, the company is further integrating technology from Zite, the competit...

Adobe announced today that it will be rolling out some app updates to help marketers create eye-catching social photos and videos. The company said an update to its Adobe Social mobile application will tie it more closel...

Google today updated Android Wear with support for interactive watch faces and Google Translate. The new version is rolling out to all Android Wear watches over-the-air “in the coming weeks.” Interactive watch faces ...

In order to succeed in this increasingly data-driven and data-dependent world, entrepreneurs will need to adapt and embrace all the benefits it has to offer.

Stripe, the fast-growing “fintech” startup that has emerged as the go-to payments platform for major companies such as Kickstarter, Lyft, and Shopify, has announced it now supports Alipay — China’s top e-payment ...

Jeremy Fiance is an investor for young startup companies and entrepreneurs who are still in school. He is always looking for the next big idea so he can help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into a practical solution with ...

Hatched out of GIF search engine startup Giphy, the Giphy Cam is an iPhone app for recording GIFs and sharing them with friends. We tried out the app last night — and the results were predictably bizarre: The Cam isn�...

"We're seeing the most sales activity we have in decades, and a high percentage are baby boomers," the NYT reports.

PRESS RELEASE: Kony, Inc., a leading enterprise mobility company and member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), today announced it has achieved the APN Mobile Competency. Part of the APN Competency Pr...

  First the bad news. According to Britain's Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), a majority of graduates are working in jobs that don't require a degree. In a report entitled Over-qualification and ...

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. Carbon3D raises $100M from Google Ventures and others to help manufacturing embrace 3D printing 3D print...