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In their previous locale, Datadog, like a lot of growing companies, found itself fractured across multiple floors of a building as the team expanded. Heading into their search for a new home, they sought a unified open s...

Online flower delivery startup The Bouqs Company has raised $24 million in a Series C funding round led by Partech Ventures, with participation from NextEquity Partners, Reimagined Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, KEC V...

When Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said this weekend that the company would offer free housing to refuges and anyone impacted by President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration from several predominantly Muslim countries, ...

Video has changed how we consume information. That change is now coming to your office.

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More than 89,000 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard players have played the game on the PlayStation VR, according to stats that game publisher Capcom collected since its January 24 launch. It’s a milestone in that it is really ...

Modern link building strategies focus on creating content that either houses or attracts links. But is it possible - or worthwhile - to build links without content?

When you talk with entrepreneurs, you often find that they were drawn to solve a problem that impacted them directly. Maria Yuan is a solution-oriented entrepreneur. She found a problem in politics, and she's set out to ...

When I went to Japan in December, I spent some quality time in a Namco arcade. Japan still has a number of arcades, and many feature one of the games that started it all: Pac-Man. And Bandai Namco announced sadly that on...

Timing is everything in business. When Manduka launched, yoga was still on the fringe. But now everyone seems to be talking about its benefits. After two decades of satisfying the growing need for sustainable and durable...

Buzz around open data initiatives may create the impression that we're gathering more information about the American people and economy than ever before. This is not necessarily so.

Press isn't as hard as it seems. All you have to do is follow three simple principles.

At The Oregon Public House, the world's first nonprofit pub, your tab will impact the community. Hear the story of a space created for dining out, drinking beer and community impact transforming an ordinary experience to...

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) will honor two game industry leaders at its 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards: Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia (one of the classics of the late 1980s in PC gam...

Aiming to tackle the severe shortage of specialist doctors in India, the 27-year olds behind the DocsApp platform promise a consultation with a doctor within 30 minutes of logging on to their app (with a little AI help).

Owners of Amazon Echo and other Alexa-enabled devices can now use the Starbucks Reorder skill to order coffee, the company announced today. To make orders, customers must create a Starbucks Mobile Order & Pay account so ...

Comparably has raised additional capital needed to support the growth of its job placement service. The company revealed that it has received $7.25 million from a slew of participants, including Greycroft Partners (which...

Dropbox hopes its revenue growth will charm Wall Street in a future IPO.

At an event in San Francisco today, cloud file syncing and sharing software company Dropbox announced the launch of Smart Sync (formerly known as Project Infinite). The feature, which is meant to provide easy access to a...

The cost of acquiring a new mobile game or app users fell in November and December, according to mobile marketing firm Fiksu DSP. The December index published today confirmed the trend, which gave marketers a rare respit...

Lyft has added a new feature enabling you to integrate either your native phone or Google calendar directly in the app. In doing so, the company has streamlined its ride request option, cutting down on the work needed to...

The company behind gun-wielding worms is helping another small studio get its game to the world. Team17 announced today that it will publish the indie game Aven Colony, which has players creating and managing cities on a...