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A small town in Ireland is continuing to give Apple a huge headache. The Californian tech giant wants to build an €850 million (£757 million) data centre just outside Athenry, in County Galway, on the west coast of Ir...

With the increased importance of data management, data protection, and analytical competency, CEOs are trying a number of different methods to help their firms navigate the challenges. A common approach is to add a new p...

How the David's of the business world are challenging the corporate Goliaths

Many companies have found the secret to short-term ROI. Opening with new platforms or growth-hacking strategies can result in a quick profit, but this type of ROI is fleeting. It shouldn't be your go-to for lasting succe...

GUEST: Everyone knows the pros and cons of using freelance, consulting or contract professionals to grow a business. You get agility, immediate value and dynamic supply, but you delay investing in a team for the long ter...

GUEST: Drones have arrived. We’ve seen a plethora of ideas springing up around drones and their potential uses for business - aerial surveying and reporting, real estate assessment, wedding photos, sports action photos...

Low self-confidence can manifest as social anxiety, performance anxiety, test anxiety, generalized anxiety, perfectionism, passivity and passive-aggressiveness, eating disorders and negative body image, depression, and a...

We've been looking forward to Robinson: The Journey for a long time. The game, which is all about close encounters with dinosaurs, is positioned to become the latest showpiece for Crytek's game engine and its ability to ...

Fifteen years ago today, on October 23, 2001, Apple cofounder and former chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled the iPod, nine months after Apple introduced the iTunes music software. Speaking at an event at Apple headquart...

GUEST: In the last twelve months, we've witnessed a huge surge in the development and adoption of chatbots, artificial intelligence (A.I.), and machine learning. Many startups, including my own (ReplyYes), are utilizing ...

The right business name can make or break your company. We present a dozen helpful suggestions on how to come up with a business name that's powerful, memorable, and connects with customers.

Once, Microsoft Corporation(NASDAQ:MSFT) was the shining star of the technology universe. Its Windows and Office products were installed in almost every PC around the world, boosting the company's top and bottom lines, a...

GUEST: Yahoo recently came under fire for surreptitiously scanning its customer emails for keywords and phrases of interest to U.S. intelligence officials. While many people were shocked by the revelation that Yahoo was ...

Electronic Arts has struck gold with Madden NFL Football on mobile games, where it has consistently been in the top-ten grossing games and making a ton of money for EA. But FIFA Mobile isn’t even in the top 100. If the...

A friend of mine has spent more than the value of his San Antonio home on Amazon Prime in the last five years. That is precisely why the next big battlefield for marketing and advertising lies with artificially intellige...

GUEST: The financial services sector is bracing itself for an unprecedented period of disruption. Innovations such as smartphones, big data analytics, and the blockchain technology that underpins Bitcoin, are forcing ban...

Are we on the verge of the next major social media disruption? If so, what will it be, and when can we expect it?

Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

The Hockey Stick Principles, Flatiron Books Think "hockey stick growth" is impossible because your company isn't a high-tech start-up? Think again, says the author of a new book on navigating high-growth success. Innovat...

(Reuters) — Thailand's government met with representatives from Internet giant Google, amid growing calls from Thai hardline royalists to bring those who insult the monarchy to justice, as many Thais look with uncertai...

(Reuters) — Airbnb, the online lodging service that investors now believe is worth $30 billion, faces a reckoning. In eight years of torrid growth, the company has often clashed with local public officials seeking to m...

As a woman who loves what she does for a living, your days are peppered with inspiration and gratitude. But there are times when your deeply fulfilling path is punctuated by pain. Here are five challenges of being a woma...