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Chris Pinney is the High Meadows Institute’s founding President. The Boston-based Institute was established in 2013 by business leaders to explore the role of business in defining a 21st century social contract that en...

Racism and hate are a problem in any culture, but the Internet has become an especially nasty place. Even something as innocent as a digital card game competition isn’t safe. Last week, Terrence Miller (who plays under...

Almost every company in the known universe wants to improve its customer experience and its customer service delivery. Yet here are 15 things that can go wrong along the way.

Crowdfunding is here, with the major types focusing on pre-orders, rewards, goodwill, and now equity. If you are an entrepreneur, I recommend you find the right platform, a good handbook, and go for it.

I spoke with him recently about his fast-growing company Lawless Jerky - how far it has come in its short history, its differentiation, and perspectives for future growth.

The British are coming … to Google’s new Daydream virtual reality platform for mobile. U.K.-based developer/publisher nDreams said today that it’s working on two original, unannounced games for Daydream, which Goog...

After thirty years of building Emmelle, a ready to wear line known for its distinct style and understated elegance (and worn by the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Madeline Albright, and Hillary Clinton), N...

It might finally be time for use to dig out our virtual saddles and gun holsters. In its financial report for fiscal 2016, publisher Take-Two noted that developer Rockstar Games is working on “exciting future projects ...

Nevermind that the league can't explain how Dikembe Mutumbo knew, or how the Sixers just happened to win now that they've ditched embattled GM Sam Hinkie.

Part of content marketing is making connections with people in your industry, as well as in your audience. That's how you'll improve your reach and see far greater results with the content you create.

Grand Theft Auto V hasn’t run out of gas yet. Take-Two released its financial results for the fiscal year 2016 today, posting a GAAP (generally accepted accounting practices) net revenue of $1.414 billion, up 31 percen...

When you first open your new company, you are filled with hope. You are delighted with what you have created and you are ready to take on the world. The problem is at this early stage you are already bound to fail. After...

VB LIVE: Social channels are one of the most effective ways to drive app downloads, but they’re often a missed opportunity. Join our VB Live event to learn how social ads and social sharing mechanisms can boost UA effo...

Headline evidence of success of venture-backed companies is misleading. Behind the headlines lies a growing incidence of poor outcomes. The opportunity for innovation remains huge, but we need to be very thoughtful about...

NetEase is one of the first major game companies to commit support for Google’s new virtual reality initiative. The Chinese publisher and developer announced that it is making a game for Daydream, Google’s new mobile...

Entertainment veterans from DreamWorks Animation have started their own virtual reality startup with $3 million in funding. The Santa Monica, California-based Spaces is headed by chief executive Shiraz Akmal and chief te...

Google has begun to build its own custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip called tensor processing units (TPUs), Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said today at the Google I/O developer conference i...

At its Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California, today, Google is announcing a new tool for developers to use if they’d like their applications to integrate with Google Classroom, a cloud service fo...

At its Google I/O developer conference, Google today is launching new tools that will make it easier for developers to have their apps do things with spreadsheets inside Google Sheets and presentations in Google Slides. ...

Google is making its Android Pay mobile payment service more widely accessible. The company today not only extended its APIs, it also created new data feeds aimed at making it easier for developers to integrate payment p...

At its I/O 2016 developer conference today, Google rolled out new Google Play store features for developers. Ellie Powers, Google Play’s lead product manager, showed off improvements to how beta programs work, benchmar...

Google today unveiled Android Instant Apps, a new project the company is experimenting with that offers users a subset of an existing app. The pitch is simple: Instant apps just launch, no installation required. Tapping ...