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(Reuters) — Kabbage Inc, a U.S. online lender for small businesses, said on Thursday it had raised $250 million in equity funding from SoftBank Group Corp, the latest fintech investment by the Japanese technology congl...

Apple may finally be ready to release a version of Apple Watch that cuts the gadget’s dependence on the company’s iPhone. According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is readying an Apple Watch that works on cellular ...

GUEST: Over the past couple of weeks, you've likely seen one of your Facebook friends sharing an article about how a pair of AI-driven Facebook chatbots invented their own language in a deviation from what they were orig...

Yelp’s 5 years as a public company have not always been fun. Founded almost 13 years ago, the social review site hit a low point in May 2015 with rumors that it was seeking a buyer as growth sputtered. Despite being a ...

What took place this week in the credit card and payment industries

Adios, “See You Again.” Hasta la vista, “Gangnam Style.” The runaway hit single “Despacito” has pushed past both to become the most viewed clip on YouTube of all time in less than 8 months. YouTube revealed t...

If there's one area of the Atlanta startup ecosystem lagging behind the growth of the rest, it's local capital. Talent, startup activity, public support for entrepreneurship, and corporate innovation are all consistently...

A business partnership should be entered into with a healthy dose of reality about the human element involved. If you're considering a partnership structure for your business, consider these questions before you commit.

Brace yourself. Despite the hard work you've put into your loan application, you may still be rejected if your business is guilty of any of these seven fatal flaws.

Hiring the right accountant can be critical to your right business. Here are six questions that can help you find the right one.

Here’s a frightening scenario. What would happen if Facebook developed a chatbot, it started communicating in a language humans do not understand, Facebook pulled the plug, and then everyone who has a passing grasp of ...

Why are smart speakers finding lasting popularity? And as a marketer, how should you be preparing for the future of consumer interactions with this medium?

Hearthstone fans might want to wear a jacket or something on August 10. That’s when the digital card game’s chilly new expansion, Knights of the Frozen Throne, will release for PC and mobile. Blizzard announced the d...

Shopify wants its 400,000 merchants to be able to run their business almost entirely through the use of bots or voice apps like Alexa. Speaking exclusively with VentureBeat, Shopify product director Brandon Chu said step...

A day that many old-school role-playing game fans thought would never come has arrived. Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar has launched after nearly 25 years of development. I saw a tweet from indie designer Jay Ba...

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Zynga makes money thanks to CSR Racing 2, Nintendo finally tells us when we can preorder an SNES Classic Edition (kind of), and more Persona games are on the way. E...

This is a story of a young man from India who finds success at Stanford despite his visual impairment.

EXCLUSIVE: Although still months away from an official unveiling, Google’s followups to its debut Pixel handsets of last year are starting to come into focus. While several leaked renders have suggested that the larger...

One of the potentially most innovative transportation concepts to come along in years has now got a little Game of Thrones vibe happening. On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Tesla cofounder Elon Musk has confirmed plans ...

Star Trek is getting its first new show in almost 15 years, and the franchise’s mobile game, Timelines, is taking advantage. Developer Disruptor Beam announced today that characters from Star Trek: Discovery will join ...

Cricket Media just launched Cricket Together, an online reading platform allowing employees of participating companies to act as mentors to inner-city kids.

The game industry always fluctuates between hope and despair. I witnessed that this week at the Casual Connect game event in Seattle. All sorts of tea leaves show games are hitting a lull, and yet many believers have fai...