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Jeff Williams, of Bizstarters.com, explains what it takes in time and money to start a business as an information marketer and how much you can earn.

It was only a matter of time. Alibaba has introduced a device that is about $100 to $275 cheaper than those made by Amazon, Google, and Apple. The new device will sell for about $75, while Amazon’s Echo list price is $...

Funding increased in June by more than $25 million compared to May's numbers. This month, Austin tech companies collectively raised over $102 million, spread across 17 rounds from industries that include IoT, fintech, he...

Vacation-time is a weird thing in the context of my generation. Anecdotally I have friends who have never gone on vacation since they started at their job and others who seem to be snapchatting from a different country e...

Super Senso is a kaleidoscope of colors and explosions. It’s a mobile player-versus-player turn-based strategy game that you could almost describe as friendly in appearance -- until the other player destroys your base,...

What took place last week in the credit card and payment industries.

The Turkish-born CEO of the New York-based yogurt empire set up a program to educate the next generation of Turkish entrepreneurs, many of whom aspire to turn their local startups into global brands.

GaymerX Foundation launched last year as the advocacy arm of the GaymerX conference, a series of games convention for developers and fans in the LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bi, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) commu...

ZeeMee goes far beyond transcripts, test scores and essays in showcasing character, grit and passion....In addition to sharing your story on ZeeMee, you can connect with other stories through ZeeMee's college communities...

We learned the hard way that there is one basic element to every client project that determines whether it's profitable or not. Learn what it is and how to fix it.

JStar, maker of smart assistant Josh.ai, has raised $8 million to create hardware for large homes to compete with Google Home, Amazon Echo, and other devices with intelligent assistants inside. Today users can talk to Jo...

OPINION: Underpromise and overdeliver — an easy concept to grasp, but not always to execute. When it comes to Windows 10, it’s particularly difficult to pull off, as Microsoft was once again reminded this week. Windo...

Action role-playing game Victor Vran is getting a semi-Hollywood treatment in the newest short film from Troma Entertainment, the cult film studio that created hammy gorefests like The Toxic Avenger (1984) and Cannibal! ...

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we checked out an independent game festival Brazil, we played around with PlayerUnkown’s Battleground’s new zombie mode, and Rocket League got a new anniversary...

VB EVENT: The hype around artificial intelligence has launched a thousand hilarious jokes, from Terminator references to Space Odyssey HAL hilarity. That, plus a number of false starts and dead ends, has meant that the t...

Fumito Ueda is considered to be one of the great artists of the Japanese video game business, as the creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian. Each of his games has won great acclaim. But the latest ...

No, I’m not talking about the strategy in which Apple rolls out a smart speaker years behind its competitors — the one that has left former Apple employees and the world at large confused as to why the wealthiest, mo...

ISTE 17: The Creators Of SWIVL Have Developed Recap, A Platform That Helps Teachers Lead Learning With Student Questions One of the best ways to lead learning is through questions. But anyone who’s stood at the front o...

Japanese mobile company Gree is ending its operations in the West, shutting down three studios and cutting 125 jobs. Gree is shuttering its offices in San Francisco, Melbourne, and Berlin, according to an anonymous sourc...

Interviewing some of the wisest people in the game industry is a fun part of my job. Over the past few weeks, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles and at the Gamelab event in Barcelona, Spain, I inter...

Tax Court decision allowing 100% deduction for away game meals of Boston Bruins may have implications for other taxpayers. Hotels and restaurants may want to consider offering packages to accommodate tax concerns of corp...

Bike-sharing startups are something of a trend of late, with the likes of China’s Ofo yesterday announcing a $700 million raise and Mobike’s recent mammoth $600 million round to spearhead its global rollout. In the U...