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IBM is building a plugin that gives bot creators access to Watson artificial intelligence, the company announced today. More specifically, the plugin will be released on GitHub and give Slack developers access to the Wat...

Crowdfunding has helped a lot of businesses recently. Want to join the queue? Here's how to raise funds for your projects.

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Studio today, the company’s first desktop computer. We shot a quick and dirty hands-on video with the all-in-one PC and its flagship accessory, the Surface Dial — you can view it below ...

GUEST: Your employees aren't robots, and until they are, it is vital to incorporate who they are as humans in your workplace culture. The most successful workplace cultures around the world are no longer focused in just ...

Yahoo Sports released a bot named Blitz today that gives fantasy football coaches advice about how to win each game. Blitz tells you which players to start, helps you find top free agent talent by position, and draws dat...

Microsoft hosted its Windows 10 event today in New York and, to my surprise, it was quite awesome. Today’s ride started off pretty smooth with some “hmm’s” and “cool’s” regarding the Windows 10 update: augm...

The Kara Network is a digital resource foradvice and discussion for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. Accepting investment is never something you should rush into. A check signed in your company's name may feel like a win...

Snap, the company formerly known as Snapchat, is reportedly looking to raise up to $4 billion when it files paperwork for its initial public offering (IPO). In doing so, the company could have a valuation of between $25 ...

The movie theater is becoming a more interactive place. Super League Gaming announced that it has raised $5 million in Series C funding for its business that hosts esports events in movie theaters across the country. Ven...

Dr. Gunhild A. Stordalen is the founder and president of the EAT Foundation, which now sponsors the annual EAT Stockholm Food Forum. With a PhD in pathology/orthopedic surgery, and a passion to save the world, Dr. Storda...

Lan Yu is a well-known designer in China who has dressed nearly every celebrity in the country--from Fan Bingbing to Angelababy and Ni Ni--but outside of China she's virtually unknown. She's working to change that and ch...

Some say it'll be good for us; science says it won't touch us.

Not to be outdone by apps like Prisma and Artisto, Google today unveiled new research that enables an application to apply an artistic style over a video and then switch to different artistic styles on demand. The work, ...

GUEST: A dramatic shift in how consumers interact with brands is underway. While this felt like a minor development at first, we'll all look back and recognize a key turning point. Over the next five years, rich, interac...

GUEST: Recently, I needed to book a lunch meeting. To help coordinate, I asked Amy to assist and cc’d her on the email. “Amy,” I wrote, “please help us find a time to meet. Let’s plan for sushi at Tokyo Express...

In April, Facebook changed its branded content policy to allow media companies, publishers, and marketers to share their self-created content on the social network. It was originally limited to accounts with verified Pag...

Facebook’s Oculus VR division and Kaleidoscope announced DevLab, a new initiative to support independent VR creators as they create new virtual reality experiences. The collaboration will bring together 28 VR artists f...

If you are doing media relations yourself, there are a few common mistakes that, once you are aware of them, are easily avoided. Here are five things to stop getting wrong with your media pitching.

YouTube is giving creators a new mobile-friendly ‘End Screens’ tool to encourage viewers to keep coming back. With End Screens, creators can include small overlays during the last 20 seconds of a video that prompt vi...

Blizzard has announced major changes for its 2017 Hearthstone Championship Tour. This series of competitions is the esports component for the digital card game leader. Notably, the prize pool will double next year from $...

VB LIVE: Cross channel analytics is more than measuring online campaigns at subatomic levels. If you're ignoring offline marketing ROI — or just ignoring offline altogether — you're facing disastrous results. Join th...

Pocket, the company behind the app for saving articles and other content, today launched Explore, a way to browse through and search for things that people have saved inside the app. The information is anonymized, so you...