Startup News

By Russ Banham

When The Ritz-Carlton Hotel company proclaims that “We are Ladies and Gentlemen Serving Ladies and Gentlemen,” they’re saying something revolutionary and rebellious. They’re expressing a reaction against the idea...

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. Code42 raises $85M to prevent company data from being held hostage Code42, a security startup that recen...

The interminable IRS scandal is now on Day 880 by TaxProf count. The TaxProf is Paul Caron, a law professor at Pepperdine University School of Law and Editor of the TaxProf Blog.  I consider Paul Caron the dean of the t...

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this webinar on demand. Watch here for free. Your startup probably doesn't have much expertise on tax compliance. Your startup should probably do something about that. Like, now. Let's say you're ...

GUEST: In the five years since Apple introduced iPhone owners to the mobile personal assistant called Siri, we humans have grown much more comfortable using our own words to take command of devices. In this age of big da...

Microsoft today unveiled the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, the company’s flagship Windows 10 computers. As their names imply, the former is an iterative release and the latter is a completely new product. At first gl...

Facebook has launched a new feature for its photo-editing suite of tools that gives you the ability to scribble right on a photo before publishing it to the social network. In a way, it’s reminiscent of what people cou...

When should founders look to raise money, and what should they keep in mind when they do? Top entrepreneurs and investors shared their best tips at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia.

The Internet of Things, which makes everyday objects smarter and connected, could bring electronic brains to more than 1.9 billion devices by the year 2020, according to a forecast by the tech analyst firm Linley Group. ...

Someone who routinely stops to pick up old tech he finds on the side of the road is a natural for covering gadgets. Throw in a love for refurbishing old pinball machines and arcade cabinets and you have a great fit for s...

Being on a reality TV show, getting interviewed by a well-trafficked blog or landing some other type of major publicity alone doesn't guarantee a successful career or a thriving business.

Reddit, the social news site that lets users submit, discuss, and “upvote” articles and anecdotes, has spun out a brand new standalone service specifically for original content, and it’s live now. Upvoted comes as ...

When Apple talks about its business in public, it often recites lofty but vague concepts. Focus on the customer. Making the best, not the most. Lots of people say these things now because they are trendy. But they are th...

Fuse today announced that it has opened up its user experience tool to the world after more than a year in beta. Available for free, it’s touted as a way to help designers and developers work better together and reduce...

Google Domains, a web service for purchasing and setting up website domain names, is getting some nifty additions. Now, Google announced today, the service will let people buy domain names ending in things like .energy o...

Microsoft today announced Windows 10 is now installed on over 110 million devices. It took the latest and greatest operating system from Microsoft just 10 weeks to enter the 9-digit range. The milestone was revealed at t...

There’s been a mad rush into brands in the past year, thanks in no small part to the success of celebrity-branded Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the mobile game from Glu. Niccolo De Masi, the chief executive of Glu, will t...

In addition to the Surface Pro 4, Microsoft today unveiled the Surface Book. It’s a little bigger than Microsoft’s tablet-laptop hybrid, with a slightly larger screen: 13.5-inches and 267 pixels per inch. The Surface...

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) announced today that it will explore the “art of engagement” as its theme for gaming at its annual elite event for game developers. It will also hold its annual 2016 ...

Microsoft today announced the Lumia 550, its cheaper Lumia smartphone designed to run Windows 10. The $139 device is set to launch this December. As with Microsoft’s new flagship phones, news of the 550 leaked before t...

Seemingly in answer to Apple’s new Pencil, Microsoft has developed a new pen stylus for its Surface tablets, the Surface Pen. The device is designed to work well with Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 4 and the productivit...