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ICOs have gained tremendous popularity as a funding method for many investors and startups. What does this mean for accelerators?

Amid ongoing disputes about free speech and hate speech, “alternative” social network Gab says it has raised $4.8 million and is planning a $10 million initial coin offering (ICO). Gab, which has become popular among...

One of the biggest games of the decade has hit another milestone. Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has sped past 90 million copies sold-in to retailers and sold-through digitally worldwide. The 2013 open-world crime game ...

PRESS RELEASE: AfterNow Prez is a new presentation tool created using cutting-edge mixed reality technologies that allows anyone to create immersive and compelling presentations that are memorable. It's perfect for sales...

Zynga is on a roll as it hit its financial targets for the past three quarters, including the fourth ended December 31. The company reported that Words With Friends 2 and a reinvigorated Zynga Poker produced solid holida...

Google today announced it has paid out almost $12 million since launching its bug bounty program in November 2010. In the past year alone, the company paid 274 different security researchers $2.9 million, although the ye...

How much do we really know about Google's ranking algorithm? And why is Google so secretive about it?

Smart home company Nest will join Google’s hardware team, CEO Marwan Farwaz announced today. The consolidation will allow Nest to bring more Google Cloud AI services and Google Assistant into its hardware. Nest was acq...

Google could be taking the plunge into subscription video games with a new project, codenamed Yeti. The subscription-based streaming service will potentially run on Chromecast or a new console that the company may be wor...

The Moth Set To Kick Off SXSWedu Next Month: Four Educators Showcase Their Journeys and the Importance of Crafting Their Own Stories The SXSW EDU® Conference & Festival announced today its exciting opening keynote featu...

Survios isn’t slowing down because the virtual reality market has been slow to take off. Instead, the company is running full speed ahead with the impending launch of its latest VR game Sprint Vector, a “get off the ...

Four of every five US digital display dollars will transact programmatically in 2017, totaling $32.56 billion, according eMarketer. The Trade Desk , founded by Jeff Green, is a programmatic demand side platform that help...

New research by PayPal underlines a challenge many self-employed professionals live with: unpredictable pay.

GUEST: One of the fastest-growing regions in the U.S., Charleston, South Carolina is now the No. 1 mid-sized metro for millennials, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. As of 2016, the metro area was growing a...

FastVisa Helps People Skip The Research and Apply For Their Immigration Visa This year’s 50 finalists for the 2018 SXSW Accelerator are some of the best we’ve seen since the start of the accelerator competition. Each...

Five business leaders read the GOP tax law tea leaves.

This week, we're doing a Small Business Tech Check with Abinash Tripathy, Founder and CSO of Helpshift, Inc. How do you compare?

Yesterday, Microsoft announced plans to attract new OneDrive customers through a special “free-switch” offer aimed at rival cloud storage services from the likes of Google. Today, Google revealed it was turbo-chargin...

Vreal has raised $11.7 million in venture capital funding for its platform for streaming virtual reality experiences to both VR users and spectators on 2D screens. Axioma Ventures led the round, with contributions from n...

REVIEW: You have a lot of choices when it comes to playing Super Nintendo games, but every method has its down sides — except for maybe the new $190 Super NT from Analogue. The Super NT is a new console that Analogue b...

Menlo Ventures has added two new partners including Naomi Pilosof Ionita as the firm continues a generational change buoyed by exits including Roku and Uber.

Many small business owners don't have the funds to finance shorter, fast-turnaround situations. But securing a working capital loan can help your company reach the next level.