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Weakening encryption to help the government monitor electronic communications in the name of national security "simply does not make sense," the Information Technology Industry Council said...

Women are finding paths to launching more businesses in industrialized and developing nations, according to a new report.

Google today announced that it has acquired Bebop, a very stealthy startup founded by VMware cofounder Diane Greene. Greene is now the head of all of Google’s cloud businesses, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai wrot...

A new research report tells of a nasty bot net called Xindi that’s stealing millions from its targets — advertising exchange networks. The research group Pixalate says the botnet uses social engineering techniques (c...

Microsoft today announced the availability of the fourth technical preview of Windows Server 2016, a version of Windows for servers. Windows Server comes with Hyper-V virtualization capability, which lets admins run mult...

In spring next year media giant Walt Disney will open one of its most ambitious international expansions – a Disneyland theme park in Shanghai. It will be home to attractions based on Disney’s biggest franchises, suc...

If you look around, you’ll notice there are significantly fewer women in sales leadership roles than men. Betsy Myers, Founding Director of the Bentley University Center for Women and Business Workplace That Work belie...

To block, or not to block — that was the question. In Facebook’s latest attempt at empathy, the social network decided to release a feature that lets you delete your former significant other from your feed, no unfrie...

This article is by Stephen Bradley, founder and CEO, AuthorBee.

SANTA CLARA, California — Intel, the world’s biggest chip maker, forecasts a drop in overall revenues for the PC industry in 2016. That’s no surprise, given the shift to mobile, and it is slightly more pessimistic ...

Part four of a continuing series, which outlines how you too can be an appalling manager. See Part one here, part two here, and part three here.

Cloud file syncing and sharing company Dropbox today announced a new annotation feature that will let users place comments in specific places within files. The new capability is available in an early access program for D...

Cities like Austin, Denver, and Raleigh routinely show up near the top of lists of great places to live, but there isn't the same awareness about how great they are for starting and growing a company. Yet, they have dist...

GUEST: Heard of Cafe Bazaar? I doubt it rings a bell unless you're in the Middle East or keeping tabs on trends in emerging mobile markets. It's the third-party app store that runs the show in the Islamic Republic of Ira...

Today YouTube is releasing a new set of tools to help its creators make videos more understandable to viewers in other countries. Creators can now let their community of viewers contribute subtitles. In addition, YouTube...

SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced in association with The TAS Group. Traditionally, the sales process was envisioned as a funnel. Put raw leads in the top, qualify as you go, and eventually money comes out the b...

AirBnB has turned on Americans to staying in apartments when they are away from home. Travelers realize they like to be in a place with space, with a kitchen, sometimes with a washer and dryer. Being in a real apartment...

This article is by Mike Coates, president and chief executive of Hill & Knowlton Strategies Americas.

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. Alibaba names Gobi Partners its investment manager for $130M Hong Kong startup fund China’s ecomme...

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan have donated $20 million toward helping get American classrooms better Internet and connecting students to the rest of the world. The couple provid...

Facebook is now working on a new super-fast Ethernet switch to move data around its server farms, an executive announced today. The new Wedge 100 will offer 32 ports capable of delivering 100 gigabits per second, said Ja...