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(By Supantha Mukherjee, Reuters) – Japanese telecoms conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp said it would separate its domestic business from overseas operations to better manage its mobile and broadband investments across t...

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Two of my very favorite things have just crossed paths: trademarks and America’s national parks. Yellowstone is known for its seismic activity, but Yosemite may be outdoing its rival park with groundbreaking developmen...

You may encounter errors signing into Xbox Live right now. Microsoft has confirmed that its online gaming service isn’t working for everyone on Xbox One and Xbox 360 today. The company updated its Xbox Live Status site...

Facebook is using artificial intelligence to give it a better sense of where humans live across the world. The technology is allowing the social networking company to create “much more accurate population maps” acros...

38 Studios, the failed game studio that baseball star Curt Schilling created, is the nightmare and cautionary game industry tale that just won’t die. The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two of the part...

Apple loses its appeal of an antitrust ruling holding it liable for breaking up Amazon's near-monopoly on e-books.

Valve is finally making a new game, but it might not be what you’re expecting. The company announced The Lab today, which it is calling a complication of virtual reality experiences. It is set in the same universe as i...

VB EVENT: We’re pleased to introduce Michael Roberts, head of messaging services at Kik, has joined us as one of our speakers at the sixth annual VentureBeat Mobile Summit on April 4-5. The event focuses on strategies ...

VB WEBINAR: Missed it? You can still access this essential webinar featuring Dun & Bradstreet CMO Rishi Dave along with Mozilla's Jascha Kaykas-Wolff and VB's Andrew Jones as they share how to construct a comprehensive, ...

This article is by Ernan Roman, president of Ernan Roman Direct Marketing and an expert on customer-experience innovation.

You may want to delay updating the drivers for your Nvidia graphics card today. The chip maker’s latest patch for its GeForce line of graphics processing units (GPUs) is causing errors for a number of people, according...

Google today announced that its Project Fi cell service is now available to anyone in the U.S. without an invitation. Google first introduced Project Fi in April 2015. The idea was to blend the best of Wi-Fi access with ...

I have never been a fan of alphanumeric (using letters and numbers) naming for vehicles. It has always been best to have a name for a car or truck, but it is tough to choose a name that resonates worldwide or is meaningf...

Microsoft-owned Skype today announced new integrations of its messaging and calling capabilities inside more Microsoft services: specifically Office Online (that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote Online) and ...

This post was co-authored by Laura Faulkner and Renata Hron Gomez of The Hitachi Foundation.

EXCLUSIVE: February has come and gone without the highly-anticipated Windows 10 Mobile upgrade for legacy Lumia handsets. In an email to partners, seen by VentureBeat, Microsoft is now targeting a release this month, to ...

In a split, you can buy out your spouse, sell the business or stay on as commercial partners. But each of these are tricky.

Blizzard’s next big game is coming this spring. Overwatch, a team-based shooter that we’ve enjoyed our time with, launches for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 24. This will bring colorful, fast-paced gunplay t...

Supercell chief executive Ilkka Paananen announced today on Twitter that the Finnish company has hit 100 million daily active players who play its four games. That is a huge accomplishment, considering the company has ju...

Dropbox today announced a new milestone: Half a billion users. The service hit 100 million users in November 2012, 200 million in November 2013, 300 million in May 2014, and 400 million in June 2015. In other words, Drop...

Data insight and management startup Zaloni announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million series A round led by Sierra Ventures. Based in Durham, North Carolina, the startup said it will use the funds to further devel...