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Losing talented employees can come at a very real cost for any startup or business -- and that happens for 3 major reasons. Here's how founders and managers can make sure their talented workers stay on the job.

Verizon is the latest U.S. mobile network to test superfast 5G wireless service, in an effort to drum up attention before the technology becomes available to consumers. Following AT&T’s limited enterprise trails and T-...

IoT will become mass adoption when consumers see a real value in them. Case in point is the healthcare sector.

Wearable device company Fitbit today disclosed that it paid $23 million to acquire the assets of smartwatch maker Pebble in the fourth quarter of 2016. That’s lower than previous estimates; Bloomberg reported Fitbit di...

Square ($SQ) has announced the results of its fiscal fourth quarter earnings, revealing that it generated $452 million in net revenue, an increase of 21 percent from last year, but had a net income loss of $15 million. A...

Hiring flexible workers can save 20% on your bottom line. And that's just one reason why your company should go flex.

VB LIVE: AI ain’t a maybe anymore in the mobile commerce world. In this interactive VB Live event, we’ll dive deep into the latest Insight consumer study on bots to share how AI will transform your mobile commerce st...

It makes perfect sense for a 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty to use lane-keeping tech. As you drive, the truck scans for lane markings and alerts you if you veer outside of the lane, which is easy to do when you’re towing a...

To date, 66% of its 30-day loans have been used for small businesses. Of its borrowers, 36% have been women -- a significant chunk given the status quo in some developing countries.

Microsoft today announced that it’s enhancing the standard-issue Mail and Calendar apps for Windows 10. The updates will be rolling out over the next few weeks for Office 365 subscribers and Outlook.com users, and Micr...

Zenefits, Medium, Mixpanel, Fitbit, and Uber — those are just some of the companies experiencing issues around human resources lately. Whether it’s growing teams the right way, letting people go, or dealing with dive...

Three bills in Congress purport to repeal the estate tax. They are illusory. It is not a repeal of all inter-generational wealth transfer taxes. To planners, it's clear that our elected leaders have intentionally put in ...

Another month, another slew of free games for people paying for Xbox’s premium subscription service. In March, Microsoft will give away four games as part of the Games With Gold feature of its Xbox Live Gold membership...

“Now is the time to return to Morrowind.” Bethesda has released a new trailer for its massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Elder Scrolls Online today, giving players its first good look at Morrowind, an...

Huuuge Games is a late entrant in the social casino game market. By all measures, it should have failed in its effort to compete with rivals such as Playtika, Scientific Games, Aristocrat, Zynga, and IGT. But a little mo...

Crowdfunding and investing are coming together around an amazing development in an electric sports car from north of the border.

What's a successful partnership made of? Allbound CEO Scott Salkin recently shared with me four C's critical to every business partnership.

Twitter is once again tinkering with direct messages, this time to let brands show customers that they’re communicating with a human, not an automated bot. With custom profiles, businesses no longer have to respond wit...

Advanced Micro Devices announced today that it will launch three Ryzen 7-branded processors March 2, with preorders opening today from 180 global online sites and manufacturers for the chip’s worldwide debut. The new c...

Life at a startup isn't for everyone. It's grueling and tiresome, forcing many people to make sacrifices. However, you don't need to neglect your health and wellness to be successful at a startup.

Experience matters when it comes to business success. If you've been there, you know how it can be done better.

EXCLUSIVE: About a year ago, Dropbox built a bot to respond to suspicious activity, and today that bot is being made available to anyone interested in using the bot or making their own version. Named Securitybot, the bot...