I was in Singapore last week for the RSA Security Conference. There was some talk about mobile security issues with some of the people I met. Mobile devices are everywhere in Asia and they are the primary platform of choice for many people. Millions of people use their mobile devices to do their…

Exxon Mobil and Chevron are notable decliners Friday on the heels of disappointing quarterly results.

I don’t really travel by air all that much. But for various reasons this summer, I’ve been a jet-setter. On four trips thus far in the past six weeks, I’ve flown on planes from four airline brands: American, U.S. Air (part of the American family), Southwest and Delta. Each has offered in-flight…

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The sharp drop in display ad sales that helped trigger the selloff in LinkedIn’s stock didn’t scare Wall Street analysts, who remain upbeat about the professional networking site’s outlook.

The autonomous warfare horse has already left the barn. It?s too late to call for a moratorium on such innovation. At best such a call will be ineffective. At worst, it will put our side at a disadvantage in the ongoing cyberwar.

It is likely that the XPoint technology is a 3-D phase change technology using diodes and that Intel and Micron are planning to use this technology to support Intel?s up-coming generation of processors. This will increase the perceived value of Micron but also could change the face of non-volatile…

Uber Technologies Inc. has closed a new round of funding valuing the five-year-old ride-hailing company at close to $51 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, equaling Facebook Inc.’s record for a private venture-backed startup.

The Blockchain could solve SoundCloud's problems, and energize investment in the music space. SoundCloud is apparently having trouble securing new funding, even though they've built a massive audience. The problem is the major labels are utilizing litigation to stifle innovation, and thus…

Start-up founders are typically unaware of the tax disaster that is often embedded in venture capital funding. Only years down the road do they realize the consequences and the foregone choices they could have made to sidestep tax death.

There has been a significant increase in the number of lenders in the student loan refinancing market since 2012, spurring growth in product innovation. This article outlines several of these important innovations by student loan lenders that could help you better manage your student loan…

The White House released a series of recommendations designed to “modernize and streamline” the nation’s employment-based immigration processes, including greater access to green cards for workers and a proposal to speed up the visa petitions of employers that meet certain criteria. The report…

LinkedIn went on a roller coaster ride Thursday after the company’s better-than-expected earnings, as a fast start from acquisition Lynda.com only briefly masked a sputtering display ad business and static usage for the professional-networking site.

Folding is going rogue. The action that's been reserved for thin, flexible materials is about to get a boost, as scientists are discovering folding panels and thick sheets of wood or metal, could all be possible.

While human resource management systems vendors ...

Facebook Inc.’s second quarter earnings call with investors lacked much of the drama that Twitter and Yelp created a day earlier, but one tidbit of interest was a brief discussion of new ways the company may make money from Instagram.

Here at Lux we are approached on a weekly basis by PhDs looking to leave academia and enter industry. The first question I ask them is “How much time do you have left before graduating?” What I’m really asking is “How much time do you have left to network the hell out of industry?” There’s a lot of…

No matter how many protections web users take, someone will find a way of tracking them. According to researchers, just using a keyboard, mouse and phone or laptop battery leaks enough information for snoops to have their wicked way. There are some solutions to this burgeoning problem, however...

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Software is transforming industries from agriculture to automobiles. So it is fitting that the latest multibillion-dollar company in Silicon Valley is GitHub Inc., which says it hosts the largest community of software developers and projects on the Web.

How do gaming PCs differ from regular PCs? This question was originally answered on Quora by Jae Alexis Lee.

'Working with Lorne Michaels is an insight into leadership at anytime day or night,' Dan Aykroyd says.

Facebook shares decline in the extended session Thursday even after the social media network topped Wall Street expectations for the quarter.

Stagefright reads like a threat from a Mission Impossible movie - nineteen out of twenty Android devices are vulnerable to six attack vectors delivered through the receipt of a multimedia text. The good news is that there is a software patch to resolve the issue. The bad news is that nobody is quite…

Recently, I sat down with Tomer Bar-Zeev, CEO of IronSource, to discuss how IronSource was designed to keep developers focused on the task at hand, and satisfying customers while monetizing the product.

Though Twitter beat earnings expectations, analysts are cautious as they wait for the rollout and outcome of new features designed to make the platform more understandable and easy to use.

European scientists have solved the lithium problem of the Universe for the first time, by spotting the chemical element exploding out of a nova.

How do you turn two very different ski areas into one unified brand and vision? In the case of Vail Resorts, the answer seems to be by dreaming big and simultaneously making the fewest possible changes.

U.S. stocks close higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve offered no clear indication of the timing of the next rate hike, but left itself room to act as early as September, citing continued “solid” gains in the job market

Has the “digital detox” trend reached a tipping point?

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Traders of Facebook stock options are pricing in some extra fireworks after the social network reports second-quarter results.

Users love the social-media platform, which bodes well for the stock, writes Michael Brush.

My British Airways experience was so memorable and thought-provoking I have to thank them for the inspiration for this article. It was not from how they delighted me but for providing numerous examples of how companies today have gotten “customer experience” wrong.

As if Yelp didn't have enough problems, it is now looking like the bad guy in an international furor over the American who killed Cecil, Zimbabwe’s most famous lion, on a hunting trip.

Today, Microsoft is kicking off its launch of Windows 10 with a $10 million give-back campaign. Nine nonprofits have already been chosen to receive a portion of the $10 million and a tenth will be chosen by people using the hashtag #UpgradeYourWorld on social media.

You don't really think of Tesla Motors when it comes to incentive deals. And yet, even the electric car company admits it needs some help.