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Spring has sprung, and gardening enthusiasts around the country are rolling up their sleeves, ready to dig in! However, this year, digging in might be more like plugging in, if some of the new garden-tech companies have ...

Can’t get it all done in your small business—even though it’s been months since you had a chance to catch up on Game of Thrones? If you’ve already tried outsourcing to contractors and using time-saving technologi...

All successful businesses need some kind of USP - the  x-factor ingredient that enables them to win customers and orders that could all too easily go to competitors. Very often this is defined in terms of the customer-f...

Having your business right in the middle of your home can lead to some pretty unexpected adventures. Here are a couple of those stories from the vault.

No, it isn't a “head and shoulders chart” that would catch the eye of wary traders, or an impending high profile corporate failure. It is Wall Street’s complete detachment from reality: the tendency to quickly shak...

There is still life in the unicorn funding world. The swath of negative articles in the past six months about the coming demise of unicorns apparently didn’t keep investors from joining the bandwagon. Even funds like F...

You can’t time travel to a future when Oculus has already delivered your headset, but you have some other options available — if your bank account is healthy. The consumer version of the Rift that started arriving ye...

GitHub today announced the launch of Saved Replies, a feature that allows users to save messages that they commonly use to respond to pull requests and issues that other users file. “This can save you a ton of time typ...

With a bouncy style, Lyons explains how he arrived at HubSpot to do a marketing job, although he didn't really know anything about marketing. What Lyons doesn't point out is that he was laid off as a 52 year old from the...

Are there ways your company can take advantage of the online, freelance marketplace?

Facebook may be looking to get into the digital wallet game, according to source code uncovered by The Information. Some of the commands discovered in the latest version of Facebook’s Messanger app include “pay in pe...

As a nontechnical startup leader, you'll need to hire technical talent to get your company off the ground. But how do you recruit the developers you need when you don't speak their language?

VB EVENT: Mobile commerce is exploding, with researchers at Gartner and Forrester predicting the market to reach $1 trillion in the U.S. alone within the next decade, from around $100 billion today. Seeing that opportuni...

VB WEBINAR: Imagine every piece of data about a customer, or a potential customer, at your fingertips. Find out why top marketers say that investing in a marketing cloud solution can help you unlock the full promise of d...

Or, how I got a $1,265 air ticket for $535.

Whether you’re the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or a teenage entrepreneur just starting out, communication skills are vitally important. Great leaders motivate, encourage and inspire. They also train people, share new...

People everywhere are fatigued and looking for a quick fix. But while an energy drink might bring short-term alertness, it's no way to handle the chronic brain fatigue so many of us have come to view as normal.

John Slowik, a hitherto loyal employee of 20 years at Olympus Corporation of the Americas, revealed a culture of favors and inappropriate payments made to doctors across the US. The company was issued with a fine of $646...

Google today announced Fiber Phone, a home phone service powered by much of the same technology as Google Voice. Fiber Phone is an optional $10-per-month add-on for Basic, Gig, and Gig TV customers. Home phone service �...

If you master the art of storytelling, your audiences will be easily captivated.

Instagram has begun rolling out a update that lets you record longer videos on the media-sharing application. Starting today, you’ll be able to post videos as long as 60 seconds, an increase from the 15 seconds you had...

Pinterest has launched a new pin type that will display step-by-step instructions for creating the image that is displayed. Called a How-To Pin, it’s a tool that not only helps brands promote their products, but also g...