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Building a successful business is as hard as finding the cure for cancer. Now imagine doing it while you actually have cancer. Tiffany Krumins, inventor of the wildly successful Ava the Elephant children’s medicine dis...

Facebook has announced a change to its branded content policy that will allow media companies, publishers, and marketers to now share branded content across the social network. Branded content is defined as any post — ...

(Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday rejected a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit against ride-hailing company Lyft, saying the $12.25 million deal “short-changed” drivers. U.S. District Judge Vince ...

NexDock, the hardware concept that your laptop should be powered by the mobile device of your choice, just got one step closer to reality. The $149 laptop shell that extends your smartphone, tablet, or PC stick has passe...

It’s not just savvy PC gamers who have worries about virtual reality privacy. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota sent a letter to Oculus chief executive officer Brendan Iribe on Thursday expressing his concern over the priva...

Developers and designers are still figuring out movement in this crazy virtual reality thing. Some early games have you walking around in a space no bigger than a small room, others have you teleporting, and some even tu...

(Reuters) — A U.S. magistrate judge in Boston in February ordered Apple to assist law enforcement officers in examining the iPhone of an alleged gang member, according to a court filing unsealed on Friday. “Reasonabl...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday with a cargo ship bound for the International Space Station and the launch vehicle's reusable main-stage booster set to attempt a quick return landing on an oce...

Twitter has acquired Peer, an employee and manager feedback tool launched by former Salesforce COO George Hu, the startup quietly announced yesterday. Peer sought to reinvent performance reviews and create an environment...

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is renewing its struggle against the parsonage exclusion.

Facebook Messenger May Soon Become a Mobile Payments Platform

The best stories from the past week are all about entrepreneurs with some serious chutzpah.

A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape:  Eric Breon, Co-Founder and CEO, Vacasa.

Wavefront, a startup developing cloud-based data analytics software, is announcing today that it has hired Pete Cittadini, formerly the president and chief executive of analytics and reporting software company Actuate, a...

Attorneys representing the U.S Department of Justice today submitted a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York showing that they want to move forward with their legal effort to have Apple h...

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we got to dive in deep with the HTC Vive virtual reality headset, we looked at an NES that was made of 24kt gold, and we reviewed Quantum Break. Happy reading, and ...

We’re happy to be adding veteran game designer Amy Jo Kim as a lightning talk speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that's set for May 3 and May 4 at the scenic Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausalito,...

Content marketing is all about your audience. Selling stuff is certainly a good thing, but in content marketing it’s almost a residual effect: The real driver of content marketing is to attract and engage the right aud...

With companies like Squarespace, Wix, and Weebly helping people create their own e-commerce stores, taking a business online has never been so easy. And yet, it’s still a challenge to run an online business successfull...

After a tough decade, the Boston tech start-up ecosystem is making a strong comeback. This is driven by a strong wave of Intelligent Systems innovation and continue growth in businesses based on Mobile and SaaS.

I’ve been watching game journalists lose their jobs. I’m sorry for my colleagues, and I hope they find a way to stay in this wonderful industry. I’ve had a chance to cover games for 25 years. I hope that I can stay...

Nancy Drew mystery books and games have always skewed toward older girls over the course of 85 years. But Her Interactive is going in a new direction with its latest mobile game, Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues. The new game i...