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ANALYSIS: At its I/O 2016 developer conference, Google announced two new messaging apps: Allo and Duo. The company is effectively doubling its number of messaging apps, which also include Hangouts and Messenger. And at l...

While you're having fun in the summer heat, make sure your pet does also, says Joey Teixeira, senior manager, ASPCA Adoption Center, along with his outrageously cute dog, Mervin the Chihuahua. The two sit down with Forbe...

China is becoming the most important market on mobile, and Ubisoft wants to tap into this $7.1 billion moneybin. The French publisher announced today its Chinese partner, Ourpalm, will work on a pair of games for mobile ...

Gareb Shamus went from creator of Wizard World to becoming an up and coming painter.

Blizzard’s next big game is coming a little earlier than expected … depending on what continent you live on. The developer has revealed when the servers for its anticipated online shooter Overwatch will go live. If y...

Sitting in her empty apartment, Heather Saffer is drowning in emails from independent retailers and large food chains eager to sell her Dollop Gourmet frosting. Thanks to her Shark Tank May 6, 2016, she expects sales to ...

Virtual reality has the promise to take us to places never possible before. Today, you could go on a dinosaur-filled adventure … as long as you have the right equipment. Time Machine VR has launched today for Oculus Ri...

Lyft is a great example of a brand who is using this paradigm to make a dent in the once thought impenetrable Uber brand.

Facebook once again has news involving its use of videos, but this time it involves Instagram. The company revealed that carousel ads on its photo-sharing app will now support use of videos that it hopes will create “a...

We think this is the best way to set ourselves up for success, yet we're unknowingly undermining our happiness and our career potential.

The Halo series of first-person shooters left the PC back in 2004, but 343 Industries is bringing a key component to Windows 10: the Forge user-generated content toolset. 343 Industries said today in a blog post that For...

Keaton Row, the e-commerce company led by Harvard Business alum Cheryl Han , recently ramped up its styling services to create a more dynamic fit with the lifestyles of their busy clients. Investors are taking notice. Si...

I do firmly believe that it has never been easier to build an early-stage consumer business than it is today.

On Tuesday, GQ published an interview with LeBron James’ manager Maverick Carter in which he hinted that the value of James' lifetime deal with Nike was somewhere north of $1 billion.

Raising capital is often a stressful, time-consuming process for entrepreneurs. In this market, it seems as though you have to kiss a bunch of frogs before you find the right investment partner for your business. While g...

ThoughtSpot, a search-driven analytics service for enterprise, announced today that it snagged a $50 million investment led by General Catalyst Partners. Based in Palo Alto, California, the business intelligence startup ...

Google today announced that it’s collaborating with more companies to build more cameras that work with Google’s Jump computer vision system for assembling three-dimensional virtual-reality (VR) video. First, Google ...

At the Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California today, Google announced the release of tools for building applications and games for Google’s new Daydream mobile-focused virtual reality platform. A ...

One of gaming’s leading design toolsets is throwing its support behind Google’s new virtual reality project. Epic Games announced during the Google I/O event today that it is launching support for its Unreal Engine 4...

Platform as a service (PaaS) cloud software company Apprenda is announcing today that it has acquired Kismatic — a startup that provides commercial support for the open-source Kubernetes and Docker software for working...

Today Google revealed that it’s developing a powerful chatbot that will be able to answer people’s questions and carry out certain tasks. The Google Assistant will be able to respond to voice queries, not just text i...

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