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The surge in mobile usage over the past few years has also presented digital marketers with a wealth of opportunities when they know how to capitalize on it.

Humans are evil. If you want proof, try playing through some of the gamer-created levels in Super Mario Maker. But humans also persevere over evil — again, we can find evidence of this in Nintendo’s awesome Wii U rel...

Benefit Chicago, a new source of funding for social enterprises and nonprofits, is an ambitious collaboration that includes the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Calvert Foundation and The Chicago Community ...

In today?s world, we face a tremendous amount of pressure to conform to body standards. Learn the secret to navigating this pressure through the story of one millennial.

Real-time payments will change the way people and businesses think about, and manage, their finances.

VB WEBINAR: Making it to the top of the app charts isn’t just luck; it’s a perfect blend of art and science. Join David Lane — named the Best Indie Game Developer at the 2015 Apps World conference — and others in...

If you are unwilling or too slow in pivoting accordingly when your market?s trends change, your days as a business are numbered.

Google today updated Gmail for Android with a very notable feature: support for Microsoft Exchange. You can download the latest version of the app now from Google Play (if you don’t see it, don’t worry: Google says t...

As livestreaming gamplay from mobile grows more crowded, one of the growing startups in this space is expanding to include way more than Clash of Clans. Kamcord, a video network that enables people to broadcast their gam...

While the Panama Papers have claimed all of the offshore tax haven headlines, the United States remains overlooked as the world's largest tax haven. Families can use provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to turn their ...

A Silicon Valley venture capitalist offers advice to early stage entrepreneurs.

VB EVENT: The debate on “crunch time,” or forced uncompensated overtime required to finish games, exploded in the past couple of weeks after gaming veteran Alex St. John argued that game developers were wrongly makin...

The marketing world is alight with talk of messengers, bots, and AI, and for good reason. Messaging is quickly becoming the default interface for social communication, with the largest messaging apps having a larger comb...

Microsoft has finally released its Word Flow keyboard — a native feature of the Windows Phone — on the App Store for iOS devices. I’ve been playing around with the keyboard on an iPhone 6s, and I’ve got to say, i...

One of the most effective forms of lead generation is cold email outreach. Learn how to improve the results of your sales emails by following these guidelines.

What London's next Mayor should do to fix the city's growing transport problems.

A Supreme Court judge has laid into the state of Italian politics this week. Piercamillo Davigo believes that corruption has in fact grown worse in recent years.

When defunct publisher THQ collapsed, it looked like one of the more interesting games it was working on would get lost forever. But its original creator has rescued it. Assassin’s Creed producer Patrice Désilets has ...

Let's take a look at how, if, and when VR will change the online marketing industry.

Bots are becoming a hot topic in marketing, but which platforms, terms and opportunities can help make sense of it all? Pypstream CTO Jeremy Sterns provides insight in this video from Forbes contributor Baldwin Cunningha...

Tired of hearing about slow fashion, sustainable fashion, ethical fashion?

Disney is boosting its virtual reality credentials today with the news that it has signed a multiyear deal with Nokia to provide the hardware and software to create complementary content around Disney’s theatrical rele...