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While no one can dispute Prince's artist and creative greatness, one thing that is often overlooked about the famed singer was his business smarts.  Prince closely maintained and guarded ownership and control over the r...

A federal court has ruled that Amazon is responsible for charges billed to parents by their kids through in-app purchases. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) first lodged the case against Amazon back in July 2014, after ...

Google has stopped selling the HTC-built Nexus 9 tablet on its online Google Store. The device disappeared from the online retail site sometime in the past 24 hours. Now when you click on the tablets section of the site,...

In disclosing its earnings for the first quarter of 2016 today, Facebook had a big announcement to make: The company is proposing a new non-voting Class C stock. The goal is twofold: keep cofounder and chief executive Ma...

In its first quarter 2016 earnings announcement today, Facebook revealed it now has 1.65 billion monthly active users (up 15 percent year over year) and 1.51 billion mobile users (up 21 percent year over year). The compa...

Facebook has reported its first quarter 2016 earnings with $5.38 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $0.52. Much of the revenue ($5.2 billion) came from advertising — a 57 percent annual increase — of which ...

In October 2015, a Wall Street Journal investigation exposed Silicon Valley startup Theranos for making fraudulent claims about its “breakthrough advancements” in blood-testing technologies. Theranos—a privately he...

Handling criticism appropriately can be difficult for young professionals and entrepreneurs, yet it is critical to professional maturity. These five tips will help millennials handle criticism with tact to take advantage...

Mobile spenders, assemble! D3 Go today announced an event for its mobile game Marvel Puzzle Quest based off of the upcoming film Captain America: Civil War. New content like this can keep players engaged and more likely ...

School doesn't necessarily mean success. Richard Branson dropped out at 16 to start his first business; Topshop?s Philip Green left high school at 15. As teenage rebels, we all found an education outside the classroom - ...

When George Vlagos founded Oak Street Bootmakers in 2010, he quickly learned he couldn?t do everything alone. He needed a team to help manage his growing business. Here, Vlagos shares his top tips for hiring great employ...

U.S. Growth isn't exactly robust but there is a long way to go before calling a recession, says ECRI?s Lakshman Achutan in this interview with Forbes contributor Simon Constable.

Reaching out for the support of game developers, Samsung said today that it is constantly developing new game technologies for its smartphones, and it expects mobile performance to surpass that of the PlayStation 4 game ...

There’s a term that has becoming common place in the business community and in some circles, even vilified. The term is “unicorn” and it’s used to describe startups that are still privately held and are valued at...

Apple today released the second update to its Safari Technology Preview browser intended for developers. The browser doesn’t look very different from the two earlier versions of this browser, nor does it function in a ...

The Internet of Things needs some glue. That’s why Samsung announced its new Artik Cloud platform that will connect Internet of Things devices. The idea is to connect any Internet of Things device — or everyday objec...

It’s time to move beyond the smartphone screen and into the world of Minecraft. Oculus VR, Facebook’s virtual reality company, has launched Minecraft: Gear VR Edition on the Oculus Store for $7. This is the VR versio...

Voice search preferences are rising, especially in younger generations, and tech companies are racing to create the ?best? assistant-based search function. So what, exactly, can we expect from this rising trend and techn...

VB EVENT: Here’s the agenda for the GamesBeat Summit 2016, to be held May 3-4 at the Cavallo Point resort in Sausalito, Calif. Our GamesBeat event is about the global business of gaming, which is growing in so many way...

Samsung said today it will debut its virtual reality, 360-degree camera on April 29. The company made the announcement at the Samsung Developer Conference, which has drawn 4,000 developers and press to the Moscone West c...

Samsung revealed that its wearable health devices now reach 150 million users across 130 countries. Ricky Choi, head of medical devices for Samsung Health, told the audience of 4,000 at the Samsung Developer Conference i...

Nearly two years after the smart TV platform Android TV was introduced, Google has finally taken an important step towards shoring up the ecosystem by giving iOS users the ability to control the devices with their phones...