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?When you walked into the office of the Auditor-Controller in Santa Barbara County, California, one of the first things you encountered was a 1000-pound barrier. It represented the attitude and beliefs of the place: ?You...

Microsoft has bought Double Labs, a startup that developed Echo Notification Lockscreen, a free lockscreen app for Android. Microsoft confirmed the deal to VentureBeat today following a report on the news from Business I...

GUEST: What do first dates, cocktail parties, and programmers have in common? They all require self control. Studies have shown that having self-control - rather than giving in to internal instincts - is a powerful indic...

GUEST: I recently celebrated a friend's birthday in San Francisco. After several hours of carousing over dinner, the 15 guests and I raised a final glass and walked out of the restaurant at ease -- seamlessly handling th...

OPINION: Here’s a sentence you’ll probably never

FEATURE: Apple TV plays games? Great! So ... what do I play them with?

GUEST: Few approaches, processes, or methods can be taken off the rack and immediately put to work without some adjustment. Every team, company culture, and project has its own unique qualities that must be taken into co...

Earlier this week, the IRS announced the end of its Appeals Arbitration Program. The program, which was authorized by Section 7123(b), was designed to allow the taxpayer and the Service to jointly request binding arbitra...

Could the long-awaited tech "singularity" finally be upon us?  That is, business leaders understand technology requirements, and technology executives are helping to lead the business?

Asia may be the world’s biggest- and fastest-growing consumer market, but a handful of overseas retailers have continued to struggle in the market.

(Author's disclosure:  The author consults for a fantasy sports provider that is in current litigation against DraftKings, a company mentioned in this article).

If you can’t wait for the September 25 on-sale date, you can now pre-order your new iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus. You can buy the new phones either directly from the Apple website or via the Apple Store iOS app. Apple�...

The music hasn’t ended just yet. Bungie and chief executive Harold Ryan haven’t quite let go of the Marty O’Donnell affair. A week after an arbitrator issued a ruling that Bungie had to restore lost pay, lost profi...

The NFL season is here, and for many fans, this means it’s time to indulge in one of their favorite pastimes: talking smack. And Facebook wants to play an integral part in that game-day experience. Part of Facebook's e...

A silly Jony Ive puppet and soundboard went viral in the last two days, and it didn’t escape the attention of Ive himself, and the Apple legal team. The soundboard allowed you to hear Ive eloquently spout words like al...