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SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by Winmo. Spending on marketing technology is expected to hit $32 billion by 2018. Between mergers, acquisitions, and general spending on martech platforms, demand for tech solu...

Let’s take it back to 1956 and 1957 to observe the original formation of Buffett Partnership Limited (BPL) by Warren Buffett, which was a vehicle he used to accumulate much of his wealth. Initially, it allowed him to t...

Every new interactive medium has a “time to porn,” and virtual reality likely hit that mark within the first hour of conception back in the ’90s. But what’s the “time to horror porn” timeline look like for Vi...

Twitter has published a blog post responding to developer feedback following the company’s Flight mobile developer conference. It says that in the first three days after the event, more than 5,700 tweets were sent with...

Are you planning to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday? Do you already have your plane ticket?

Starting today, any Twitter user will be able to poll their followers. As is characteristic, CEO Jack Dorsey announced the update in a tweet. s://twitter.com/jack/status/660189035403460608/photo/1 Polls will be available...

Last month, Snapchat launched its new Lens feature to the delight of children around the world (they can now make their selfie vomit rainbows), but now it’s time to start paying the tab. How? Advertising, of course. To...

When a report from Oxford Economics predicted that London's technology sector was set to boost the UK economy by a cool £18bn in 2015, the Mayor's Office wasted no time in declaring that the UK capital had cemented its ...

Why has there been no great disruptor in the capital market sphere? It's not an easy answer.

Facebook wants to make it easier for users to verify that they are using their “real” names. The social networking company will begin testing these improvements starting in December. In a published letter obtained by...

Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors supplies the country's best restaurants with beef, pork, lamb, veal and sausage. Now in its 3rd generation, the company counts Mario Batali and Shake Shack among its most illustrious clientele...

Ease the pain of another long winter with a holiday at a comedy festival. From beach bums to snow-lovers, everyone will find a place to get the joke at these spots.

EXCLUSIVE: Western civilization has just taken a giant leap forward. Two crazy young men I know, Remmelt van Tol and Shin Liang, have come up with an iOS app for sending selfies back and forth with friends. Tim Draper, a...

When the organizers of SXSW canceled two panels dealing with harassment and gaming for their March event, they took a ton of criticism. Now they’re reversing themselves by creating a full summit dedicated to the proble...

FEATURE: “Everything is trending, everything is hot,” said Bill Reichert, managing director at California venture capital (VC) fund Garage Technology Ventures, at an event put on by the Slovakian government to connec...

Samsung is a giant global technology company. But when it comes to running its own app store, the company is operating in the shadow of Google and Apple. Those companies have more than 3 million combined apps and are pay...

OPINION: The big news of the week: Google is reportedly looking to merge Chrome OS into Android. Android and Chrome OS SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer has responded to the reports by saying that Google is “very committed to Chr...

How big is small business? There are an estimated $4 trillion worth of companies owned by Baby Boomers, who are retiring or selling in near future). Further, economists predict that 40% of U.S. population will be in busi...

Anyone who has seriously looked at Canada’s municipal infrastructure deficit knows that there is an urgent need to address it. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities estimates the national municipal infrastructure d...

More than 15 studies have confirmed business travel exacerbates those stress-related conditions that impact health and, for road warriors, the impact is not minimal, including reclassifying frequent travelers as radiatio...

Soho Farmhouse, the luxe country camp/hostel set on a hundred acres of the most posh countryside that the England's Home Counties have to offer, was soft-opened at the tag-end of the summer by the ever-inventive lodging-...

Paris isn’t like any other city when it comes to hotels. For instance, a privileged handful (eight so far) have received the very sought-after ‘palace’ distinction. While all the hotels have very high standards, we...