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Eero is one hell of a fancy router. At almost $500 for a three-pack (and $200 a pop), Eero's router system is pricey. But the Eero ships with big promises: “No more buffering,” “No more dead zones," and "Wi-Fi that...

Happy Friday! Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items this week from Tech.eu: 1) Done deal, one of the larger exits in European tech history: Activision Blizzard closes $5.9 billion acquisition of K...

GUEST: The annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona just wrapped up, and it has arguably become more important than even the giant Consumer Electronics Show in terms of indicating where technology is headed. Despite hig...

The hottest health fad of late -- Cryotherapy -- reportedly detoxifies the body, reduces inflammation and stalls aging by encasing you in a nitrogen chamber, known as a Cryosauna, at below freezing temperatures in two- t...

GUEST: The FBI wants to compel Apple to write a new, modified operating system, load to it their central security key, and install it on a cell phone used by Syed Farook, one of the terrorists who carried out the San Ber...

Italy's entrepreneurs are out of the starting blocks

General Motors is the second-largest car maker in the world, and it’s been in business for 107 years. For much of that time, the company has been reliant on new technology, but it hasn’t always seemed like a technolo...

FEATURE: Twenty years of Pokémon has given us six generations of great games, but they aren’t all equal. Each of those six generations includes two versions that have slight changes (usually just offering different Po...

When Eliza Blank moved from rural Massachusetts to New York City to attend college, she was surprised to crave the greenery that had surrounded her at home. The granddaughter of an avid gardner, and the daughter of a hou...

Richard Ryan blows things up for a living, and he is having a blast. This all-American social media star has over 1.7 million followers on his “FullMag” YouTube channel; followers who subscribe to watch Ryan recreate...

FEATURE: Pikachu, Squirtle, Charizard, and all their of friends turn 20 years old today. On this day in 1996, Pokémon Red and Green came out in Japan for the Game Boy. It spawned a series that has sold over 200 million ...

Stock option plans are an extremely popular method of attracting, motivating, and retaining employees, especially when the company is unable to pay high salaries. We present an overview of how they work.

Larry Fenner loves to tinker, and his new invention demonstrates that you don’t have to have an engineering degree to turn an idea into a successful product. Starting with two Dixie cups, foam padding, a bulb, wires an...

Entrepreneurs’ Sales Phobia

What happens when a key assumption about your market proves not to be true? It turns out that it can be a blessing in disguise.

WhatsApp is to cease support for a number of operating systems by the end of 2016, the company announced yesterday. With Android and iOS dominating the smartphone realm, and Microsoft’s Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobil...

(Reuters) – The Internal Revenue Service said on Friday an investigation into a hacking attack revealed in May found that cyber criminals had made attempts to gain access to about 390,000 additional taxpayer accounts. ...

(Reuters) – As Apple resists the U.S. government in a high profile stand-off over privacy, rival device makers are, for now, keeping a low profile. Most are Asian companies – the region produces eight of every 10 sma...

Google and AT&T are in a fight over poles.

Esports is having some pretty glaring growing pains to end this week. Valve has fired James “2GD” Harding, who was hosting the English-language stream for the Shanghai Master event for the publisher’s multiplayer o...

EXCLUSIVE: Kahuna, a Silicon Valley company that provides businesses with ways to market to their users automatically and personally across mobile channels, made 18 layoffs today. The cuts add to the jolts the company ha...

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