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Lu Feng, the chairman of privately held Wind Information of Shanghai, has formally become the newest billionaire to arise from China’s financial information industry, based on figures in a recent filing at the Shanghai...

Last time I visited Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia (disclosure: I did work for them in 2013), John Silvanus Wilson was deep in thought. It was Christmas 2014 -- a great time for reflection -- and he was just endin...

Reports have surfaced that suggest Twitter will be making company-wide layoffs possibly next week. Multiple sources tell Re/code that newly-installed chief executive Jack Dorsey is looking to trim the staff of about 4,20...

According to USA Today Volkswagen HQ was raided by German police yesterday "in a bid to secure documents and databases that could shed light on which employees were responsible for cheating pollution tests".  The story ...

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Wednesday, October 28 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register now for free! When marketers talk about frankenstacks, they’re referring to the labryinthian maze of solut...

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users visiting popular torrent site Kickass Torrents (KAT) are seeing a malware warning today. Whether you’re going to ://kat.cr or s://kat.cr, you’ll get a message cautioning you to...

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. Segment raises a $27M round to expand its ‘partner ecosystem’ Segment, a service that lets users col...

REVIEW: When you pick up Motorola’s new Moto X Pure Edition, you think to yourself, “This isn’t a bad phone.” It’s got some weight to it. It certainly feels like a dependable companion. The bright screen seems ...

Discover the various methods to stay in-the-know of a conference or summit without physically being there.

Expect More Online Fraud as New Credit Cards Arrive

Quora is one of the strongest ways to build and reach out to your base, and with Quora's question and answer format, you can use the social platform to easily grow your base and find more people interested in what you re...

Update: Google Docs has come back since we published this post. See below for detail. Google Docs is throwing error messages for us here at VentureBeat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We first noticed problems at 11:47 a.m. Pacific. In t...

CNBC's Kate Rogers on reports that a Lyft executive may have been involved in an Uber data breach revealed earlier in the year.

International pet celebrity Grumpy Cat teamed up with Foursquare and Allie Cat Rescue (ACR) last week to help save homeless kittens. Today, the diva took time off her busy agenda — between Comic Con and a book release ...

Bigger, heavier vehicles offer better protection in crashes than smaller, lighter cars, but research shows that teens typically don?t drive the safest ones. The goods news is that parents looking for a safe, affordable v...

“Eminent domain is wonderful.” This is a recent quote from presidential candidate and billionaire developer, Donald Trump. It’s a position he’ll have to defend within and without his party.

Last week, I visited Cuba with about 40 fast-growth entrepreneurs from the Oxford Center. Here?s the scoop on Cuba: Cuba is a ?country start-up? very similar to what here in the US we call a company startup. Both carry a...

If you aren?t careful, your content marketing efforts can actually backfire, leaving you with lower organic search rankings, a damaged reputation, and a ton of wasted time and money. Whatever you do, avoid these five mis...

Ever wish you could test out new products before they were widely available? SproutUp is a marketplace that bridges the gap between inventors, influencers, and consumers. Find out what the co-founder, Nitin Jain, predict...

Microsoft has already done some magical work to get Xbox 360 games running on its Xbox One system, but now the company wants to bring those classics to another one of its primary platforms. Xbox boss Phil Spencer said th...

Forbes CMO Network gathers chief marketers and top executives from EY, Gatorade, Target, Leanplum, GoPro, and Zynga at KPCB's Menlo Park, California, headquarters to discuss how marketing drives the innovation agenda.

American publishing and financial information firm Dow Jones has revealed it was subject to a cyberattack over a three-year timespan that resulted in “unauthorized access” of payment card and contact information for ...