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ANALYSIS: More than a year after being banned in Spain, Uber returns to the country today with its official Madrid launch and a new tactic under its belt: compliance. Uber was forced out of Madrid back in late 2014 follo...

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For some clients, the big issue in e-discovery isn't reducing legal costs; it's speed.

In her new book, Danielle Tate, the founder of MissNowMrs, offers practical advice and encouragement for women who want to start their own businesses.

If you just spent $599 on an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, you probably don’t want start ripping into it with a screwdriver. Thankfully, we can all let other people handle that. The Oculus Rift is moderately eas...

As promised, Microsoft today started shipping its $3,000 HoloLens development kits. In addition to sharing that bots are coming to the new platform, the company also released a HoloLens emulator, which lets developers te...

Marketing and design guru, Yiying Lu, is a Silicon Valley darling. The Creative Director for 500 startups has touched everything related to Tech Startups, including SXSW, Twitter and The Shorty Awards, to name a few. But...

Square Enix is holding an event for the next entry in the Final Fantasy series this evening, but we may already know one of the biggest announcements. Final Fantasy XV will hit PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 30,...

Satya Nadella, chief executive of Microsoft, had a pretty tame keynote on the first day of Microsoft’s Build conference in San Francisco. He sometimes danced near controversy, emphasizing topics like privacy, but never...

Most developers are not hesitating to upgrade to Microsoft’s latest graphics programming interface. DirectX 12 is the latest entry in Microsoft’s bundle of APIs (application programming interfaces) for getting the mo...

Microsoft today announced updates to its portfolio of machine learning tools. Until now they have fallen under the Project Oxford name, but now they are being rebranded to Microsoft Cognitive Services. The Project Oxford...

Microsoft today announced at its Build developer conference in San Francisco that Skype chats will be getting chatbots to interact with users. It’s coming today to Skype desktop, iOS, and Android — and eventually Sky...

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Microsoft today is introducing the Bot Framework, a new tool in preview to help developers build their own chatbots for their applications. There is also a new bot directory full of sample bots — like the BuildBot — ...

Expa announced today that it has raised $100 million in funding that’ll be used to continue to ideate and build new companies. The investment round included investors such as TPG founder David Bonderman, Li Ka-Shing, S...

At its Build 2016 developer conference Microsoft naturally had a lot to update on its digital assistant Cortana. The company launched Cortana Collection in the Windows Store to highlight the “nearly 1,000 Cortana-enabl...

On stage at its biggest event of the year, Microsoft executives unveiled the future of Windows 10, Xbox, and HoloLens, as well as dozens of updates and teasers for developers. Here’s a list of everything the company an...

The Internet's anywhere, any time reach would permit women to work from home, but they need to have something to offer employers, and there is where Code To Inspire is making headway.

Microsoft said today it has begun shipping hardware development kits for its HoloLens augmented reality glasses today. Kudo Tsunoda and Alex Kidman, two of the leaders who spearheaded the project, came out on stage to an...

Eleanor Roosevelt said, "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."

Facebook will soon launch new universal apps for not only its core service, but also Instagram and Messenger. In addition, the social networking company is extending its Facebook Audience Network and App Install SDK to d...

Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, reinforced MIcrosoft’s mantra to developers today: Windows has been open, and it will stay open, when it comes to app developers and game creators. He made the announcement during Microsoft�...