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GUEST: The history of airline travel was upended back in 1979 when Texas International Airlines introduced the first frequent flyer program. From there, loyalty programs exploded in popularity and are now commonplace acr...

TOMS Shoes' one-for-one business model has inspired throngs of socially conscious startups to follow in Myscoski's footsteps. Here's a look at five of them that appeared on 'Shark Tank,' ABC's hit business reality show.

Hiring freelancers can be a great stepping stone before you are ready to hire full-time talent. These are the steps I took to effectively hire my first freelancer.

Perhaps you have a cause that you are passionate about--animal welfare, children's health, the environment--but you want to do more than just write a check. Maybe now is the time to set up your own IRC §501(c)(3) charit...

The Internet Archive, aka archive.org, has done something insanely great for Mac fans. Today the nonprofit organization announced the availability of more than 40 emulators of early Macintosh applications. In other words...

GUEST: In case you missed it, Howard University and Google recently announced that they were partnering to attract more African American students to study computer science, targeting a segment of the tech population that...

Voximplant believes that virtual reality and augmented reality get better when you use them to communicate. So the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is releasing its Unity-based software development kit to make it easy for...

GUEST: No one can predict the future of blockchain in the same way we could not predict the future of the Internet in the early ’90s. But it is clear this technology is going to have a significant impact. From corporat...

After a shaky start, the vacation rental and room sharing industry is catching fire, with some analysts expecting it to surpass the hotel industry by 2020. Here are three strategies to profit from it.

Manchester-based tech company Digital Bridge spent months trying to interest retail giant John Lewis Partnership in its core product. Taking part in an accelerator program provided a point of entry.

Six months ago now, Google launched a VR version of its Google Earth software for the HTC Vive, and it remains one of the best experiences in the industry. There are some updates we'd love to see to the platform, though,...

GUEST: "Hey Siri, how's the weather today?" "OK Google, remind me to pay the power bill." "Alexa, tell me a joke!" Bots are eating the world. Whether you are an enterprising app developer building the essential software ...

GUEST: Ever since neural networks began their renewed renaissance in 2012, computer vision has been a ripe field of study and innovation for AI researchers and a fruitful area of applied AI for enterprises. Deep learning...

From targeting your existing clients, to offering consulting services, here are 10 ideas to skyrocket your earnings this year.

SpaceX has announced another chance for student teams from around the world to race their Hyperloop pod prototypes, with the second pod competition set to take place August 25th-27th in Hawthorne, California. The first r...