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Technology mergers and acquisitions reached an all-time high in 2015 with $313 billion in deals announced, up 82 percent compared to the $171.6 billion announced in 2014. The volume of deals shows that the forces of cons...

Due diligence is always a good idea, especially in the early stages of a startup.

Above all else, focus is key in the earliest stages of your startup.

Horace Clemmons and Saul Berenthal, both 72-year-old retired software engineers, are slated to become the first Americans since 1959 to set up a manufacturing plant in Cuba. Their plan: produce small, easily maintained t...

VB EVENT: We’re pleased to introduce Jonathan Badeen as one of our speakers at the sixth annual VentureBeat Mobile Summit on April 4-5. The event focuses on strategies business leaders are using to drive significant mo...

The last few years, search engines such as Google, Bing, and even Apple, have been upgrading their algorithms and machine learning processes to account for the end-user’s experience. But, since their algorithms are bui...

FEATURE: Blizzard Entertainment just celebrated a historic milestone — its 25th anniversary. From humble beginnings as a company porting games to the Amiga to developing some of the world's most popular real-time strat...

Yahoo today announced big changes to its research operations and two prominent departures. Yahoo Labs head and former chief scientist Ron Brachman and Yahoo vice president of research Ricardo Baeza-Yates are both leaving...

Ask a founder of a growing startup what they need most, and you?ll often get an answer along the lines of, 'We need great people, and we need them fast.'

My ADHD has pushed me to develop new tricks for staying focused that everyone can use.

Animated GIF search engine Giphy has taken in $55 million in funding, setting its valuation at $300 million, the company announced today. Giphy’s latest round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, while General Catal...

Kanye West's fashion line Yeezy might be a success, but his personal finances seem to be in shambles. What can entrepreneurs learn from the hip-hop mogul?

Google today announced that it has open-sourced TensorFlow Serving, a piece of software that makes it easy to deploy machine learning models that can make inferences about new data. The software, which is available on Gi...

VB WEBINAR: Content marketing isn't just another arrow in your quiver — our panel of top marketing professionals argue that when it's used correctly, it's a nuclear-grade weapon in the war for customer engagement and r...

A record rise in flood insurance policies was reported, according to FEMA. But amid a dry spell, some are asking, "What El Nino?"

There's a new player in the e-cigarette market. Vape Shoreditch hopes to capitalise on the East-London area's mystique while selling e-liquid products through a subscription model. Is it a revolutionary new business plan...

This article was co-authored with Jeff McLean, Account Executive at Internet Marketing Inc.

President Obama recently released the budget for his final year in office; in his message to Congress, he outlined a few key priorities that could have a significant impact on the intelligent buildings market. There is n...

We’re in the final week before Samsung unveils the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge on February 21 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The details leaked last month, and images from every angle have been leaking ever si...

AMSTERDAM — In a few months, consumers will have multiple high-end virtual reality devices to choose from, but many developers may stick with mobile solutions instead. Smartphones and their VR peripherals — like Sams...

Lucasfilm is bringing some (industrial) magic to virtual reality. Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects arm of Star Wars studio Lucasfilm, announced today that it will give a talk at the Virtual Reality Develop...

If you’re like me and enjoy wine occasionally, but find it difficult to select a good bottle, then joining a wine club won’t necessarily be a great investment for you. After all, why would you risk getting an entire ...