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LinkedIn is announcing today that it has open-sourced a piece of software it uses to run multiple tests for iOS apps before deploying updates to apps. The Bluepill code, which is written in Objective-C, is now available ...

GUEST: There was much ado about artificial intelligence (AI) platforms in 2016. It was warranted. Major developments and offerings came out of Microsoft (Cognitive Services), Google (TensorFlow), Amazon (Rekognition, Pol...

Ximena Hartsock, Co-Founder of Phone2Action, shares tips on how to approach the VC process -- including not letting a language barrier from lowering your confidence.

GUEST: Consoles blew their mobile counterparts out of the water GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real time, to bring you a monthly report on how gaming brands are spending. The resu...

Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg made headlines in 2014 when he paid more than $100 million for 700 acres on Kauai, Hawaii. At the time he sought to create a sanctuary for his family, but nearly three years l...

Netflix now has 93.8 million subscribers, and its subscriber base — the most important metric for investors in this high-priced stock — grew faster than expected (up by 7.1 million) during the final quarter of 2016. ...

Zombies won’t be contained by meager things like separate platforms. Microsoft announced today that Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 will be a part of its Xbox Play Anywhere program, meaning that buying a digital version of ...

Haitian social entrepreneur and impact investor, Daniel Jean-Louis, is working on multiple fronts to reduce Haiti's reliance on aid and increase employment in the country where 70 percent of adults lack a proper job.

It's clear that social media has had and continues to have a substantial impact on our daily lives. But are we heading to a post-social media world?

GUEST: She calls herself Cara. She looks like a model  —  large eyes, perfect skin  —  and teaches yoga for a living. She says her hometown is Changchun, a northeastern city not far from North Korea, and live...

Genvid Technologies has released its technology for interactive streaming of esports broadcasts. The software development kit (SDK) will enable developers to make any multiplayer game (esports titles, virtual reality gam...

Clash of Clans maker Supercell disclosed today that accounts on Supercell’s community forum have been hacked. Third-party sources say more than 1 million accounts were compromised. The company said in an official state...

In hopes of finding a way to enjoy concerts without compromising sound quality or going deaf, Jackson Mann developed Vibes High-Fidelity Earplugs. The patented plugs feature sound tubes that reduce decibel levels by as m...

Twitter launched Fabric in 2014 as a means to enable developers to create better mobile apps, but fast-forward three years and the division is being sold to Google. On Wednesday, it was announced that the Fabric team and...

Slack has introduced a feature many users, particularly those in the media, will be ecstatic about: threaded replies. With this capability, the productivity app becomes more in line with Convo, Microsoft Teams, Facebook,...

Strange New Things, a game development studio based in Wroclaw, Poland, announced its opening today. Pawel Zawodny, the former chief operating officer of Techland, formed the company. Techland is the Poland-based studio ...

Mozilla today revamped its “brand identity”: a new logo, font, color palette, language architecture, and imagery. This is the first time the company, first founded in February 1998, has done such thorough brand refre...

Experts say we should get up from our desks every 20 minutes to avoid a host of health problems. I say you'll never do it. Cartoon by Ted Rall.

In conjunction with the Davos conference in Switzerland today, Microsoft announced plans to, in the next two years, double the size of its artificial intelligence (AI) research and development group in Montreal, which it...

The game has changed for entrepreneurs and investors: You can use your social network to get money and to share your success.

Overwatch is bringing its team-based shooting to the next PAX. Next Generation Esports (NGE) announced today that it is partnering with Twitch to bring the finals for its Overwatch Winter Premiere league to the first two...

While trends seem to come and go, remember that the way your company shapes your employees' outlooks about wellness remains forever.