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With the NCAA men's basketball tournament tipping off on Wednesday, a number of FORBES readers have posed questions about the legality of their NCAA Tournament pools.

At the end of 2009, Michelle Myers was at rock bottom. Displaced and “without anything,” she struggled to support herself and her two children by working at a wine shop.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and other tech entrepreneurs have donated to microfinance startup Zidisha, which hopes to bring down costs of peer-to-peer lending to young entrepreneurs in the developing world by gettin...

Ultra productive people know that time is of the essence. We can't just buy more time when we need it. Or can we?

When the Women's Movement gained momentum and we began to think about pursuing our own careers after college, instead of looking to our mothers as role models, we typically turned to our fathers--following in their foots...

Spring is the perfect time for brands to join their consumers outdoors. The New Heartland consumer segment is 32% more likely to find outdoor activities effective as an advertising element. What is the New Heartland, you...

John Maeda thinks that companies should reconfigure their understanding of design into three parts to give them a better grasp of what’s needed to craft a great customer experience — and be more competitive. The desi...

VB WEBINAR: How do leading CMOs really drive customer loyalty and boost revenue? Join top marketing minds in the C-suite as they discuss the right KPIs, budget allocation across the customer journey, structuring teams fo...

In December 2014, Microsoft added Bitcoin as a payment option, courtesy of Bitcoin processor BitPay, for a variety of its gaming and mobile content. On Saturday, a simple message titled “Microsoft Store doesn’t accep...

Nokia may be a dinosaur of the smartphone world, but the Finnish company has been pushing its technology smarts in other verticals recently — one of which is the Ozo virtual reality (VR) camera. First announced last su...

The head of Alphabet Inc's Google self-driving car program will urge the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to grant national auto safety regulators new authority to speed the introduction of self-driving cars on American roads.

Game developers on Android now have an easy way to turn their fans into livestreamers. Google revealed today that it is opening up Android’s built-in gameplay recording to developers. Studios can enable players to star...

Game developers are about to get a handful of tools that should make their jobs easier. Google announced a number of improvements to its suite of Google Play game services that should help developers make better apps and...

America loves hot dogs. Dee and Angie Cowger are part of the reason why. The mom-and-pop owners of Custard Stand Food Products in Webster Springs, W. Va. serve up outrageously addictive hot dogs slathered with chili. Tu...

SAN FRANCISCO — Remember when your teacher made you sit in the corner after you did something bad and you would spend all that time thinking up crazy ideas for video games? Well, Google is bringing that feature to its ...

The people who have the most impact on our company reside right here in the office. They believe in what we do, they buy into our mission, and they're personally (and passionately) invested in the company's (and therefor...

All of you cord-cutters have a new way to get some of your favorite channels back. Sony announced today that its PlayStation Vue Internet-based TV service is expanding nationwide today. It starts at $30 a month for 55-pl...

Xbox One and PlayStation 4 owners might get to play with or against each other in the future. Microsoft revealed today that it is enabling independent developers to open up cross-network game with its games. This not onl...

VB EVENT: Engineering and marketing roles are among the best jobs in America, according to trend data from Glassdoor, which scores careers based on the number of current job openings, average salary, and a career opportu...

Over the last five years, my Dad has watched me attend one conference after another. New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Costa Rica, Mexico, Chicago, and Philadelphia, just to name a few. I have spent thousands of doll...

EXCLUSIVE: Go on. Take a moment for yourself. Why not sit on the beach, sip a piña colada, and just enjoy the view? That was, after all, the promise of running an ecommerce business — doing little to nothing while you...

VW’s descent in consumer perception last year was fast and furious, but early brand recovery in the US has been relatively steady as well.