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With Twitter struggling for growth and focus, what better person to ask for advice than the head honcho of a rival social network that’s emerged as one of the most valuable companies in the world? While Jack Dorsey won...

Heroes of the Storm fans have plenty to watch Saturday and Sunday. This weekend — February 27 and 28 in Los Angles — the best Heroes of the Storm teams in North America will compete for a chance to enter the game’s...

(Reuters) — Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Friday Apple is committed to raising its dividend annually, a move designed to please investors but also a sign the world’s most famous technology company may no longer be...

SPONSORED: Settling down into a staid, predictable routine seems to be the death knell for any mobile marketing strategy

When ideas get the most attention at the corporate table, these four tactics can help younger, millennial employees learn, add value, and bring thoughtful ideas forward.

Apple's stance on privacy in the face of a U.S. government demand to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino attackers has raised awkward questions for the world's mobile network operators.

High Voltage Software is creating a collectible card game, Dragon Front, as an exclusive for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. The game plays like Blizzard’s Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, except with the inno...

FEATURE: Mike Gallagher came out swinging in defense of the game industry in a recent talk. He has to be feisty, as he’s the industry’s chief lobbyist as the CEO of the Entertainment Software Association. Gallagher i...

Google today announced some tweaks to its Inbox by Gmail email client. There are two new time options available if you’d like to snooze an email and see it pop up in the inbox at a better time: “Later this week” an...

FEATURE: We are now two decades removed from the start of the Pokémon fad, and I’m starting to think it is more than just a phase. Back in the late 1990s, it was difficult to understand why Pokémon caught on with so ...

VB WEBINAR: Learn which marketing automation systems come out on top in our recent VB report covering the top 43 vendors — and hear how marketing leaders in the trenches are getting outstanding results with them. Regis...

Call it Hogtown, Big Smoke, or The 6. Whichever nickname you use, Dave Freeman, Head of Brand Marketing for Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment, wants you to know that Toronto, Canada, is coming into its own. Freeman spearhe...

Last week, I heard a lot of smart people talking about the game industry at the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in Las Vegas. After I got home, people kept asking me what the most interesting thing I heard was...

2016 is the year of Pokémon. Nintendo revealed Pokémon Sun and Moon today, the next entries in its popular series that has so far sold over 200 million games. We don’t know much about Sun and Moon yet, other than tha...

Entrepreneur Brian Pallas has managed to achieve the stuff of founders’ dreams. His startup, Opportunity Network is valued at $150m, and the 28-year old hasn’t taken a penny of venture capital. Just last year, when I...

Human resources and insurance software startup Zenefits has announced that 250 employees are being made redundant, representing 17 percent of the company’s workforce. The news comes as Zenefits faces increasing scrutin...

The skills gained in the military are helping veterans succeed in cybersecurity.

The game and tech industry has heard a lot of chatter about diversity, recruiting women and minorities into development, and encouraging girls to become engineers. This kind of talk usually takes place on a high level, w...

Anyone who has seen the YouTube video of Bill Gates and senior Microsoft executives celebrating the launch of Windows 95 by dancing on-stage would be hard pressed to make a case for the tech industry being sexy.

It’s time to crack open your Pokéball and catch some fresh news about pocket monsters first thing in the morning. Nintendo is about to start its Pokémon Direct livestreaming show at 8 a.m., and you can watch it right...

In the movie, “Moneyball,” Brad Pitt sits with his baseball scouts during one particular scene discussing potential players for the next season. When a specific scout is asked which prospect he likes best, he replies...

Pitching to a room full of investors is hard enough at the best of times, but trying to present your company or nascent business idea in the hothouse environment of a TV studio - while the cameras are picking up every be...