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(Reuters) – Discount broker Scottrade said on Friday that it was the victim of a cyber attack from late 2013 to early 2014 that compromised client names and addresses in a database with information on some 4.6 million ...

As a Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara, students ask me dozens of times each quarter, “What do you think of my idea?” My response is typically, “What I think of your idea is irrelevant. ...

GUEST: Jet is a newcomer in online retail, and it’s gotten some pretty impressive funding ($225 million to be exact) that it’s blowing through with a massive old school advertising campaign. If you live in a major ci...

GUEST: One thing that has always intrigued me about Silicon Valley is how easy it is here to dismiss products, investments, and sweat with the "fail fast, fast often" mindset. Sure, it enables our experimentalist culture...

According to Forrester, 97% of CMOs think marketing needs to do things they have never done before to continue to be successful, but a full two-thirds of CMOs find it very difficult to keep up with the changes that affec...

I’m very proud to introduce a cast of characters that you won’t find together at any other event. Besides myself, the moderators of GamesBeat 2015 include the following people. As you can tell from the picture of the...

UNESCO estimates 124 Million children are currently not in school. That’s a positive improvement—the number was 200 Million just 15 years ago. Still, as Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia, explained, �...

GUEST: You don't have to convince the average investor that the healthcare technology market is the hottest place to be these days. As the desire for consumer-facing tools like Fitbit grows and the need for cost-efficien...

GUEST: Robotics in the workplace is no longer a "next generation" idea - it's already here. Starting with business process service providers - experts at getting back office work done efficiently for companies - we're se...

GUEST: Over the past couple of decades, Israel has developed a strong fintech ecosystem thanks to continued overseas interest, a local commitment to innovation, and a community that's dedicated to addressing the emerging...

When it comes to learning how to code, it’s fairly common for a person to start off with the development of a game. But of course, this can be extremely tough. Even a game like “Astroids” requires lots of technical...

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One of the major components in developing an application, platform, or technological service is how it’s built and this places engineers on a pedestal. However, it’s not just how it functions that matters, but also h...

REVIEW: Prison Architect is a top-down voyage into the horrors of penitentiaries, and you're always at the center of the chaos. Hell, sometimes you're even the cause of it. Developed by Introversion Software, with the fi...

Collin West is a Principal at Correlation Ventures and has built a reputation for digging up and gaining access to some of the most highly sought after early stage startups in tech. Collin has played a key role in sourci...