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People have value - yet we devalue them by constantly stripping them of their identities in the service of those skills we deem important or to fit an often-outdated template that fails to value individuality and thus cr...

(Reuters) – A group representing large institutional investors has approached index providers S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI Inc, looking to bar Snap and any other company that sells investors non-voting shares from th...

The lagging console market in Japan still showed up for the newest Nintendo system. Nintendo’s Switch surpassed 313,700 consoles sold in Japan in its first week, according to weekly Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu (vi...

The public and the families of MH 370's victims will probably never know what evidence was presented or what influenced the decision maker. But the ruling will be final regardless of what comes to light in the future.

Brands have much to gain by creating and executing a solid social service strategy: happier, more satisfied customers, stronger brand advocates, increased revenue, and more.

Instagram has launched an “early version” of a new form of stickers centered around your location. Available through Instagram Stories, these geostickers are customized graphics made specifically for the city you’r...

Listen to the GamesBeat Decides podcast GB Decides on Facebook Watch live on Twitch Watch on YouTube Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, or Stitcher. The new Zelda is out, and I love it. In my review, I said it was t...

Can a Sheryl Sandberg-type turn around Uber?

Chef Jody Adams and Denise Restauri are literally cooking, in Denise's kitchen in New York City and give a bigger meaning to Mentoring Moments, including a mouth-watering recipe for Penne with alla Norma with Toasted Cru...

Nintendo has scored another win in court, and this time it is against retailers that sell piracy devices. Canadian federal court ordered Go Cyber Shopping Ltd. to pay Nintendo $12.76 million (that’s in Canadian dollars...

When Tami Halton Pardee was diagnosed with MS in 2001, she felt temporarily paralyzed. But after taking a year off to reframe her illness and regain control of her life, she went on to become the top real estate tycoon i...

Biz2Credit's newly released study of women-owned businesses identified that annual revenues, earnings, credit scores and even loan sizes have gradually increased in a year-to-year comparison.

Google is today opening its data analytics and visualization tool Data Studio to more than 180 countries. First introduced as part of its Google Analytics Suite 360 announcement last March, Google Data Studio gives busin...

In the sparse Nintendo Switch lineup, Konami’s new Bomberman game might seem like a big deal. But that’s an optical illusion, and you can safely skip this entry until it gets a price cut. Super Bomberman R debuted Ma...

Lyft is launching a program designed to give developers more flexibility when it comes to helping their users summon rides. With the dispatch developer program, the company is white-labeling its ride-hailing service and ...

Yahoo today is announcing the launch of a new feature in Flickr: the ability to search for images that are visually similar to a single given image. Running one of these searches is as simple as hovering over an image yo...

Your intuition is a powerful device to keep you safe. Pay attention to your intuitive sense and combine it with good old-fashioned research and analysis; they represent a formidable combination.

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In the business world, all brands live in an ecosystem made up of many components. An ecotone from this perspective can represent the opportunity that lies within the overlap of a business or brand and its market.

Mozilla today launched Firefox 52 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The new version includes support for WebAssembly, a warning for non-secure pages with logins, and the removal of NPAPI plugin support. Firefox 52 f...

Get your suspenders and straw hats ready, handheld gamers. Developer Giants Software announced today that Farming Simulator 18 is coming out for Vita and 3DS this June. The series has sold over four million games since l...

It’s time to put on your dancing shoes. Solid Pixels is launching a crowdfunding campaign for Rhythm Shoes, smart shoes that can help people learn how to dance. This is one more example of the Internet of Things, or ma...