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(Reuters) — EBay Inc forecast lower-than-expected revenue and profit for the current quarter and full year, as the e-commerce company struggles against a strong dollar and stiff competition from Amazon.com Inc. The com...

51.7 percent of Facebook users now access the social network exclusively from a mobile device. More specifically, in its fourth quarter 2015 earnings announcement today, Facebook revealed it now has 1.59 billion monthly ...

PayPal now has 179 million “active” users, the company shared in its fourth quarter 2015 earnings release today. The release marks PayPal’s second quarterly earnings since it officially split with eBay last year. N...

Elio Motors is conducting a "mini-IPO" under Regulation A despite market volatility and a soft IPO market.

PRESS RELEASE: Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A. ("Newron") [Ticker: SIX: NWRN], a research and development company focused on novel central nervous system (CNS) and pain therapies, today announced that Stefan Weber, CEO, wi...

"Technology loves women. It wants women, especially those who are really good at what they do," explains Alicia Navarro, CEO and Co-founder of Skimlinks, an online service that sold $625 million in e-commerce through its...

Over the past several years as impact investing has captured the attention of the world's wealthy, people started by asking "what is impact investing?" Today, the question more people are asking is "how do I do impact in...

Medium has announced that it has begun rolling out several new features aimed at publishers. Over the course of this week, the company will introduce a way to schedule posts for publication, an integration with Twitter d...

The Internet, or at least the subsection that closely follows Microsoft activity, is abuzz today with news that the company has registered a domain that could point to the development of the mythical “Surface Phone.”...

Google today updated Google Docs with improved commenting support, making it easier to insert a comment and add a teammate to the conversation. At the same time, mobile commenting has been added to both Sheets and Slides...

Sometimes how you present information is as important as the message, itself. By anchoring your message with relatability, gratitude, humility, and clarity, he communicated a message that extended far beyond mere words.

Electronic Arts has completely revamped its plans for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big video game trade show that draws tens of thousands of people — and it won’t be on the show floor. The move could b...

They say breaking up is hard to do. Of course, “they” are usually referring to romantic relationships. But it’s also tough to break off professional relationships. In some cases, you’ve been friends for years. In...

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the third build of 2016. The release doesn’t include any new features, though it does have a few important fixes. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our d...

Microsoft today announced new capabilities of Office Online that show the company being more open to editing files stored in other cloud file storage systems. Now Office Online offers real-time coauthoring — allowing m...

Transparency International has released its annual survey ranking countries by their degree of perceived corruption. Who are the worst offenders? And who are top in class?

Living Cities is a nonprofit that supports cities with novel financing, including Pay For Success financing, for effective social programs to meet the growing problems of inequality and injustice that especially impact y...

Google has achieved something major in artificial intelligence (AI) research. A computer system it has built to play the ancient Chinese board game Go has managed to win a match against a professional Go player: the Euro...

Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has proposed a framework aimed at innovating the traditional set-top box. In his proposal, he states that consumers should be able to choose how they wa...

Are black hat SEO tactics all deceitful, penalty-earning, shameful acts, or are some of them capable of earning real results? Let's take a closer look at each of them.

On-demand staffing startup Wonolo announced today through a public filing that it has raised at least $5.7 million in its latest funding round. Backed by Coca-Cola Founders, Wonolo received a $2.2 million investment last...

Google today released numbers showing the growth of its Cardboard virtual reality platform, and they’re impressive. “5 million Cardboard fans have joined the fold,” Google’s vice president of virtual reality, Cla...