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The Super Bowl has become not only a sports championship game, but also a highly anticipated event for the advertising industry. In fact, CBS even produced a TV show about the greatest ads ever to air during the game. On...

GUEST: We've all heard the dismal news that women are underrepresented in the technology sector. While women represent 59 percent of the workforce, they only represent 26 percent of employees in technology. Over time, th...

(Reuters) – The vast troves of consumer data held by big Internet companies should be scrutinized in merger probes because they have a big impact on competition, the president of the German antitrust watchdog told a ne...

GUEST: Opinion makers, founders, and funders often develop a consensus of opinions around specific entrepreneurial ideas and evaluate opportunities narrowly within that predefined framework. Traditional and social media ...

He may be a sociopath, or he may have a reputational death wish, but he still could be conducting his life in the limelight better. There's just no need for "the most hated man" in the world to be that hated... So here a...

"If you want to know what's next, be the one to create what's next." These are words of inspiration that we hear often in the entrepreneurship world at large, and seldom within industries whose potential for innovation...

GUEST: Last week's announcement from Parse that it's shutting down its mobile backend service has left the development community perplexed about the future of this type of service. If you've missed the Twittersphere comm...

Stock options are a great way to attract, motivate, and retain startup employees. Learn the answers to eight of the most frequently asked questions about employee stock options.

GUEST: Amazon is making waves as usual, but this time its silence could turn out to be literally golden. The company could be readying to open up hundreds of brick and mortar stories, if you believe what General Growth P...

IRS can cancel your passport if you owe $50,000 in taxes. For that and many other reasons, Americans are renouncing citizenship in record numbers.

GUEST: Social video apps are nothing new. However, these video tools have been slow to gain widespread enthusiasm from brands as a serious content distribution channel — until now. Meerkat and Periscope put instant vid...

It’s tough finding a landlord for a Marijuana company. Building owners worry that federal policies or rogue operators could cause their building to be seized. More attention has to be paid to specific regulations. Land...

Although perseverance is usually a plus, new research reveals how having too much grit could actually backfire.

It’s no secret that bringing a new employee on board is a gamble as well as an investment. You want to know that they’re going to complement your existing team with that rare combination of creativity and ambition, a...

Women who want to learn about angel investing or pitch their companies to angels can apply now for Pipeline Angels upcoming events.

The is little doubt about it -- building subscription revenues takes time. Here are five keys we have learned about building our subscription revenue base.

Google has released Android Studio 2.0 beta, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE). Until now, preview releases were available in the Canary channel, but Android Studio 2.0 has been promoted ...

(By Mark Hosenball, Reuters) – U.S. and UK spy agencies and police may soon be allowed to directly ask media companies in each others’ countries for email and online chat data for people being investigated, under a t...

In the annals of second careers, there may be few stranger ones than that of Harry Lange, former manager of Fidelity Magellan fund, and now a partner in Hedonism II.

EXCLUSIVE: Crowdfunding site Indiegogo last month made a round of layoffs affecting a small percentage of employees, VentureBeat has learned. The news comes shortly after Indiegogo announced that cofounder Slava Rubin wa...

Super Bowl ads are often (but not always) highly entertaining. They are, however, always expensive. Is it worth the expense? Can a great Super Bowl ad affect the stock price? Dr. Kenneth A. Kim has studied this phenomeno...

On Tuesday, a new simple solution for streaming torrents directly in your browser showed up on the Web. By Friday, infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay had already adopted it. Torrents Time provides an embedded torrent c...