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Illinois on Wednesday became the latest state to ban its residents from playing daily fantasy sports contests offered by FanDuel and DraftKings, after the attorney general said the sites constitute “gambling” under I...

By Linda Kerstin

Billions of dollars are spent on video games over the holidays every year.

If the future ever brings us virtual reality sommeliers, they may treat the Rift headset as one of their finest products. Palmer Luckey, who founded Oculus VR and who is instrumental in the development of the Rift, used...

Customer engagement is the direct route to business success: Customer service consultant Micah Solomon shares examples from Google Cardboard VR, Volvo, New York Times, and Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Resorts

"Uncertainty" is the watch word for the new year. From rising interest rates to fluctuating oil prices, Michael Evans shares his predictions for the business year ahead.

Many firms invest in an annual professional audit of their financials. For startups, an audit that could cost $15,000 to $30,000 is out of the question. But, if you want to demonstrate you have the discipline for growth,...

Many firms invest in an annual professional audit of their financials. For startups, an audit that could cost $15,000 to $30,000 is out of the question. But, if you want to demonstrate you have the discipline for growth,...

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. A few companies are leading the way, including Apple with their iPad and iPhone, offering irresistible stores with friendly ex...

You may have trouble accessing some of your EA games on Christmas Eve. Electronic Arts has confirmed that its servers are experiencing an outage. Consumers on social media have complained all morning about the issues. Th...

GUEST: Even within the rapidly growing world of technology, mobile gaming is impressively popular, posting awe-inspiring numbers in terms of growth and revenues. Mobile games have further demonstrated their value by achi...

No one is more of a Hometown Holdout than Joel Dondis.

It’s easy to rush headlong into a business plan with big dreams, grand visions, and fat profits.

Many entrepreneurs intuitively know that some customers are worth far more to the business than others. The best customers are loyal promoters who sing the company’s praises to friends and colleagues. They tend to spen...

Cannabis researchers get their restrictions eased a bit by the DEA.

Competition never takes a holiday. And so, on Christmas Eve, we find Google and Microsoft renewing their annual Santa Tracker rivalry. Google has its own Santa Tracker, which went live today as the jolly fat man began hi...

REVIEW: The Beatles have been available for streaming for just a few hours now. I’m a hardcore Spotify fan, and have already been listening to the Fab Four non-stop for a couple of hours. But the band’s catalog is ac...

A venture capitalist may have pumped enough money into your company’s bank account to push it into the unicorn category, but that doesn’t guarantee success. Which is good news for people like me who are tasked with p...

The number of attacks by cyber-criminals against businesses doubled in 2015, research by Kaspersky Lab has revealed. The research found that, in 2015, some 58% of corporate PCs were hit with at least one attempted malwar...

LG is shutting down much of its LG Cloud service for syncing photos, videos, music, and documents across devices on December 30. The app for PCs, iOS, Android, and LG Smart TVs will be going away on that date, and the se...

Disclosure: I own shares of NKE Another quarter, another pleasant surprise for Nike stockholders. After the market closed on Tuesday, the company reported strong results across all its major product segments. Wall Street...

(Disclosure: The author consults for a fantasy sports provider that is in current litigation against DraftKings)