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Hong Kong game publisher Fifth Journey has won backing from film studios Universal Pictures, Lionsgate, and MGM Studios to create movie-based mobile games for Asian markets such as China. The business makes sense because...

Oracle today disclosed that it has acquired Ravello Systems, a company with tools for running enterprise workloads in public cloud environments. Oracle didn’t disclose terms of the deal, but a source familiar with the ...

Article-saving app company Pocket is finally starting to pick up revenue through advertising. In a blog post today the company announced that it’s beginning to display sponsored posts in the app, which works on web bro...

The clock is ticking on a very valuable Social Security Benefit. Act quickly if you even think you might qualify. Once it's gone on April 29, it's gone forever.

A few weeks ago I wrote an article in which I stated my belief that CX was not the same as UX. Clearly this was a touchy subject and one that many felt passionate about one way or the other as many weighed in either in ...

It seems everywhere we turn nowadays, we’re reading about company culture.  It’s the cool thing to talk about and a good way to recruit talent.  But does it really pay?  Is there a positive connection between cult...

One of the biggest releases of 2015 is about to get even larger thanks to its community, and for once, this doesn’t only apply to the PC. Mod support is coming to the Windows version of Fallout 4 in April, according to...

This article is by JR Little, global head of innovation at media agency Carat.

Zynga has put its San Francisco headquarters up for sale, confirming a report today from the San Francisco blog SFist. The social mobile game company’s headcount is down around 2,300 or so, significantly down from its ...

Innovative materials can be a company's competitive advantage. Material ConneXion is a phenomenal source of new material application ideas for product development, interiors, electronics, packaging and fashion. They help...

There are many reasons brands advertise on the Super Bowl.  But only Intuit buys the spot and then turns it over to one of its customers. This year Death Wish Coffee from Round Lake, NY was the winner of a national comp...

Battery Ventures led an $18 million investment for ecommerce analytics startup Reflektion, while private investors Marc Benioff and Ray Lane followed. The San Mateo, California-based startup, which has clients like Disne...

Many newcomers to SEO tend to ask the same kinds of questions. Here are the 10 most common SEO questions and answers!

Investment app Robinhood has added a feature that it says will provide short-term credit to you while your bank transfer is being completed. Robinhood Instant, as it’s called, aims to remove the time delay that occurs ...

Twitter today is announcing the availability of a mobile app for its Fabric mobile development toolkit. The app is immediately available on both iOS and Android. No longer will app developers need to rely on their deskto...

Call of Duty and Candy Crush Saga are now married. Activision Blizzard today completed its $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital Network, the maker of Candy Crush Saga. The combined company will have more than 500 mil...

Interabang Entertainment is launching a crowdfunding campaign on the Fig game-financing platform for a video game based on the Jay and Silent Bob cartoon series. The Fig Publishing platform lets fans invest their own mon...

Snapchat wants to add a little flair in honor of your birthday. It has launched a new lens feature called Birthday Party that makes snaps look extra festive, and the only thing you have to do to enable this feature is ma...

Buddybuild, a startup with a cloud service for building, testing, deploying, and getting feedback on mobile apps, today announced that it has raised a $1.2 million round of funding. Also today, the startup is announcing ...

Last year, I wrote about Tom Cridland, a 24-year-old who had the crazy idea of building a garment that came with a 30-year-warranty.  Even TVs, computers, and expensive electronics don’t come with such a stellar warra...

VB WEBINAR: You can’t survive as a business today without social media — but succeeding in social media has its challenges (understatement). Join VB’s Director of Marketing Technology Stewart Rogers and Smule CEO J...

There is one question that comes up every time I talk about the accelerator program we run at Microsoft. Once people realize we don’t take equity from the startups participating in the accelerator program (which basica...