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When it comes to one industry, addition by subtraction is the name of the game and, in fact, the long-term health of a given brand in this industry is nearly completely dependent on addition by subtraction.

[Updated with Kickstarter response 11:48 am Feb. 1 2016] Ant Simulator, a game that raised money through crowdfunding, has allegedly been canceled because the company’s leaders spent the money on liquor, restaurants, a...

Google’s parent company, Alphabet (GOOG), is now the most valuable company in the universe, with a market cap of about $570 billion in after-hours trading after reporting a stronger than expected Q4 FY2015 earnings rep...

For the first time, Google owner Alphabet (GOOG) has shared the numbers behind its various moonshots and side businesses. As part of the company’s latest quarterly earnings announcement, Alphabet revealed today that it...

VideoLAN today announced that VLC, the world’s most used media player, has turned 15 years old. The history is a bit complex here, but the anniversary is being celebrated in relation to when all VideoLAN software was r...

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Google’s public cloud, which other companies can use to run applications, is now offering virtual machines (VMs) — slices of physical servers — with a lot more storage space than before. As of today, you can assign...

In the world of technology startups, it seems many people look to a few select sites to figure out what products are new and exciting. Product Hunt is one of those sites. At the time of this writing, Product Hunt has 4,0...

Ubisoft isn’t done testing its upcoming online shooter, according to a leak from one of Microsoft’s social-media accounts. Xbox One will get an open beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division starting February 16, accordin...

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Facebook has once again tweaked its News Feed algorithm with the goal of improving the articles, posts, and stories that are most relevant to you. Starting today, the social networking company said it’s looking at two ...

Legal U.S. cannabis sales soared to $5.4 billion for 2015, up 17.4 percent from $4.6 billion in 2014, according to the ArcView Group.

Touchscreen tech maker Synaptics and automotive supplier Valeo are unveiling a technology aimed at making it easier to control an automotive touchscreen. Beyond enabling a touchscreen in a car, the Synaptics ClearForce t...

As the United States kicks off the 2016 election cycle to find out who the next president will be, Google wants you to be kept informed about not only the candidates, but also the whole political process. The company is ...

A BlackBerry senior director has gone on record to The Economic Times with some of the most definitive language yet in acknowledging the end of the road for the BlackBerry 10 platform. The employee also revealed that the...

In our professional lives, we often find ourselves launching something new. It could be a new product, service, ad campaign, recipe, geographic expansion, process overhaul, sales contest or even an internal cultural shi...

Sony’s online infrastructure is going through another hiccup this morning. PlayStation Network isn’t working for everyone right now. An outage is preventing gamers from logging into the service to play games or use a...

Bees and other pollinator insects are critical for the production of 15-30% of the crops on which we depend. Honey bees also supply us with delicious honey. There is yet another service that we may soon be getting throug...

SPONSORED: Though the obvious need to create value from data is driving massive BI adoption, companies today can't afford to enter into the data world unprepared to embrace the new data challenges businesses will face in...

As a business leader, many of your most difficult decisions are driven by how quickly your company grows. Decisions like whether or not to move to a larger office space are delicate balancing acts between investing in ke...

EXCLUSIVE: Like other Chinese mobile game companies, Linekong Interactive wants to go global. That’s why the company is announcing today that it is investing $20 million in a new subsidiary in the U.S. In making this m...