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Career website Glassdoor today released its ninth annual Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the 50 best companies to work for in the coming year. Facebook was crowned as the number one tech company to work for in 2017...

(Reuters) – The head of Japan’s SoftBank Group, which in October set up a $100 billion fund for technology investments, said on Tuesday he would invest $50 billion in U.S. businesses, a move President-elect Donald Tr...

Waggle, a blog that claims to be “written by animals,” launched today, after the New York-based startup fetched a $2.3 million investment earlier this year. The seed round was led by VC house Raine Ventures. Incubate...

Market researcher SuperData scaled back its virtual reality forecast for 2016, particularly after a disappointing launch of the PlayStation VR headsets. But it still believes that consumer VR software could grow from $40...

Grab your motion controllers, kids. It’s time to join our digital hands and sing “We are the World” … or maybe “We are the VRorld.” Facebook’s Oculus, Google, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Samsung, a...

At age 15, Adam Khafif founded his streetwear fashion line, Lisn Up Clothing, to take a stand for his Muslim values, going against the trend of glamorizing sex, drugs, and profanity. He's built his business by collaborat...

GUEST: If you’re a fan of the X-Men comics series, you’re familiar with Cerebro, a fictional device that taps into the brain waves of humans and has the ability to identify mutants by an individual’s thoughts and e...

After holding its premier Build developer conference in San Francisco for the past four years, Microsoft is bringing it back to its home court of western Washington in 2017. The event — which is traditionally packed wi...

Here are the top seven social media trends that changed how we use and appreciate social media in 2016.

Pokémon Go is getting new creatures and a marketing deal that will turn more than 10,00 Sprint retailers into PokéStops and Gyms, but developer Niantic is also rolling out a smaller update that introduces at least one ...

Author Thomas Friedman travels the world for the New York Times and comes up with big picture insights such as in the book The World Is Flat, where he said the Internet had leveled the playing field for many people in th...

The betas just keep coming. Today Apple released the seventh public beta of iOS 10.2, an update to its latest and greatest iOS 10 mobile operating system. Apple released this beta update to developers today. It arrives j...

Six smart things you can do to stay healthy as an entrepreneur and still keep a busy travel schedule.

VideoCourtesy of Noémie Are you thinking about buying yourself or loved one a piece of fine jewelry this holiday season? Or anytime for that matter? Before you bust out your Amex card and pay full fare, know that you no...

Microsoft today is announcing the release of R Server 9.0, an update for the commercially supported big data software aimed at large organizations. Microsoft is also releasing R Client 3.3.2, the latest version of the fr...

Lyft drivers now have a new feature at their disposal, as the company is rolling out its "destination mode" to all rides. This capability matches drivers with riders according to the route drivers are heading, based on t...

VentureBeat is getting into the real estate business. Not really, but we do have more space than we can use in our very centrally located space in downtown SF. So we’re looking for a great team of up to 15 people that ...

Slack’s integration with Google Drive is getting an update, with the unveiling of new features set to roll out in 2017. Today, the productivity app company announced that users will soon be able to leverage a Google Dr...

Sprint hopes that you’ll take a break from all that monster-collecting to check out some new phones. Pokémon Go today announced a new partnership with Sprint. The phone company has over 10,000 locations, and starting ...

During a recent Invoca Board meeting, an interesting idea was raised by Brett Queener, a former Salesforce senior executive. He noted that early in Salesforce's tenure, the company changed its fiscal year to end on Janua...

Technology is like the law: You don't need to know it all yourself before you start a company. Get an expert on your team.

VB LIVE: LendingTree landed a spot at the top of Fortune's annual list of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies by helping their clients go beyond cost per lead and target the opportunities that drive bottom line results. Find o...