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There's been a significant increase in the number of adults globally with an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money service, according to a new report. But many people are still being left out of th...

If you had read CEO Mark Zuckerberg's letter in Facebook's 2012 IPO Proxy, you could have anticipated him facing outraged legislators at a future date. Not only did the letter reveal Facebook's goals and mission, it also...

If you were looking for a new graphics card for your PC over the last year, your search probably ended with you giving up and slinging some cusses at cryptocurrency miners. But now the supply of video cards is on the ver...

GUEST: I've been doing analytics, data science and statistics for a long time, and I remember when analytics was just called "math." I walked around the RSA Conference show floor this year, and I would like to apologize ...

The San Francisco-based company, which employs 32 people, has raised $25 million from media and tech investors and expects to become profitable this year.

Where do you turn for research and analysis about two disparate, but intersecting industries? With so much convergence, how do we understand the business of traditionally different sectors.

You've matched with a great mentor, and you've established a solid relationship with them. Now it's time to take things to the next level. How do you keep getting value from your mentor-mentee relationship?

According to the National Retail Federation, last year total spending around Mother's Day hit a record $23.6 billion.

Social entrepreneurs too often make the mistake of thinking small. The scale of today's social problems demands solutions that impact millions of people. Fortunes will be made providing affordable, life-improving product...

Don’t be a professional. Be a fan. I heard that advice this week for game companies and it reminded me of Jon Radoff, the CEO of Disruptor Beam, the Framingham, Massachusetts company that is making mobile social games ...

Tom Peters' new book: The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last, is packed with 50 years worth of accumulated wisdom. Deep within it is a simple, cheap, practical and ingenious...

Esports may not be bigger than traditional sports when it comes to revenues yet. But the industry is in its early days, and the good thing is that it is keeping a highly desirable demographic very engaged with both espor...

Educate Your Patients At The Point Of Care With FriendMedia Waiting rooms in any doctor’s office can be a boring time suck. Many offices don’t offer wifi because of privacy and HIPAA concerns. The walls are often dra...

Stacy Berman turned Stacy's Bootcamp into a fast-growing juggernaut--but got restless after 15 years in business. Now she's tapping what she learned about nutrition to build a new line of whey-protein drinks.

I recently wandered around the RSA security conference in San Francisco, where the latest cybersecurity technologies were on display. And I came across the blue-bearded Chris Roberts, the chief security architect at Acal...

Hearthstone’s single-player mode is becoming my favorite part of Blizzard’s digital card game. Part of this is because the competitive modes is becoming frustrating thanks to a few, superpowerful decks dominating the...

New elements are entering the franchise arena bringing complexities the franchise model has not experienced. How will franchisors respond to the mounting challenges they face in light of the limited educational assets av...

Earlier this week, Amazon released an Echo speaker made just for kids. The speakers go on sale May 9 and cost $80. That’s $30 more than the hockey puck-sized Echo Dot for adults, and that’s just the start of it with ...

Lucasfilm has had decades to perfect its storytelling craft in film and TV. However, the same can't be said for its work in immersive entertainment, which encompasses virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality...

Is it time for you to invest in an executive coach? How will you know? What ROI can you expect?

One of VR's most ambitious and longest-gestating projects is heading toward a beta launch on May 4, and its creator is looking for supporters on Steam and Patreon. NeosVR is a project from Tomáš "Frooxius" Mariančík ...

Some Of The Best ICO’s On The Planet Are Pitching At The CryptoVixens ICO Competition At Collision In New Orleans The Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is one of the hottest and fastest growing ways for startups to raise mon...