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Over 230 tech entrepreneurs have written to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to continue welcoming skilled immigrants to the UK. The government's Migration Advisory Committee is currently reviewing the Tier 2 visa...

Long before Uber was a household name, Shark Tank star Daymond John drove a 15-passenger, red-and-white, 1979 Ford van ferrying passengers around Hollis, Queens. His guerrilla chauffeuring service was an instant success ...

This week on The Future of Work Podcast, my guest is Tara Sinclair. Tara is an Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs at The George Washington University and Chief Economist at Indeed.com. Together, w...

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. China’s largest on-demand startup reportedly raising up to $3B at $20B valuation China’s largest...

I attended a beautiful wedding ceremony at Big Sur over the weekend. I shot a bunch of photos with my iPhone 6s of the wedding party, the ocean, the sunset, etc. The photos are pretty. Now that I’m home I realize that ...

GUEST: In what can be considered a historic day for startups, small businesses and entrepreneurs all across the United States, the Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC) voted 3 to 1 to approve the final rules for debt ...

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One of the big innovations with the new Apple TV is that it has full app support, but some early supporters this device are feeling burned. Developer Brian Greenstone, founder of studio Pangea Software, has taken to the ...

Unless you've been living under a rock lately, you've most likely heard about the ongoing saga of Theranos. For those who aren't familiar, Theranos is a medical startup that claims to have developed a highly disruptive a...

Google today released a blog post clarifying the question last week, prompted by a major media report, about whether the company would merge its Android and Chrome OS operating system. “While we’ve been working on wa...

Atlanta-based cloud sales platform N3 has raised a new $45 million round from New York City-based RedBird Capital Partners. N3 creates and carries out large‐scale, outsourced sales and marketing campaigns for clients. ...

Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for October 2015, and revealed that more than one in every four gamers on Steam is already using Windows 10. Despite an overall growth slowdown, 27 percent of Steam user...

Lawrence Lessig, a cofounder of the nonprofit Creative Commons, which offers licenses for creative works that allow people to reproduce or edit without worrying about copyright implications, is dropping out of the presid...

The industry is making plenty of money these days. Games market research group Newzoo today released its list of the top 25 public game companies with the highest revenue, based on the first half of 2015. Combined, they ...

Despite Project Tango’s cloudy future, Google continues to push the 3D depth-sensing tech to developers. The latest pitch is a 50 percent discount off its pricey $512 tablet development kit. The deal, effective “in t...

Practical recommendations for entering and maintaining an education innovation ecosystem, based on a Philadelphia ecosystem builder's reflections.

Shaking off the weight of student loan debt proves challenging for young entrepreneurs.

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Thursday, November 5th at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free. Since Apple’s app store first opened seven years ago, app publishers have been keenly focu...

GUEST: I'm increasingly asked these days for the nitty-gritty details on this whale den we call Saudi Arabia. As I approach a talk in Dubai this month on the subject, I decided to run a survey that eschews all freeloader...

China’s largest online provider of on-demand services, Meituan-Dianping, is reportedly raising up to $3 billion in fresh funds, with Tencent expected to throw in $1 billion of it, according to a report by The Wall Stre...

Endurance International said on Monday it would buy online marketer Constant Contact in deal valued at about $1.1 billion to expand beyond its traditional Web-hosting business.

Audio-streaming and hosting service SoundCloud has launched a brand new standalone app aimed specifically at creators. With SoundCloud Pulse for Android, DJs, podcasters, and other online broadcasters can access a dedica...