Here goes our weekly magazine of stories curated from around the world. In this edition: Who is Santiago Swallow? The Surest Way to Build a Billion Dollar Business & More. Read more
In the newest episode of my Foundation video series, I talk with NationBuilder Founder and CEO Jim Gilliam, a two-time cancer survivor and activist. Jim discusses growing up in Silicon Valley, how he ... Read more
Matygo emerged out of Vancouver's GrowLab accelerator in late 2011 to take advantage of the growing popularity of the "flipped classroom" philosophy in education, which, as Knewton describes it, seeks... Read more
ZooZ, a consumer-driven payment platform startup, announced today that it has closed a Series A funding round for $2 million. The investment round was led by XSeed Capital, and includes ZooZ's existin... Read more
Mobile messaging app Spotbros, backed by ex-Nokia President and CEO Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, has announced the launch of an API to enable companies to build mini apps for its messaging client so that the... Read more
Sony is quickly developing a reputation as the tinkerer's phone maker of choice: it took on responsibility for maintaining AOSP on the Xperia S even when Google couldn't. Today, it's proving that comm... Read more
Facebook is planning to build a $1.5 billion data center project in Altoona, Iowa, that will cover 1.4 million square feet and serve as what the company says will be the most advanced data center in t... Read more
The 26-year-old has made a bright start to 2013 having reached January's Australian Open semi-finals and picking up her 28th WTA title in March when she beat Caroline Wozniacki in Indian Wells.   Â... Read more
Editors note: Lucas Dailey is a UX designer and chief innovation officer at political social network MyMaryland.net. My political social network startup died last year, and I eulogized it in a publi... Read more
While it's well-established that Google Fiber's expansion into Provo, Utah hinges on Google buying the city's existing iProvo network, we didn't immediately learn what it took to land the tentative de... Read more
A group of researchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created microbatteries that charge 1,000 times faster than normal batteries and can, feasibly, "jump-start a car" while poweri... Read more
Online note-taking company Evernote revealed something very interesting via its CEO Phil Libin, who told IDG News Service that his company wants to design hardware products and eventually make them it... Read more
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) The US city of Indianapolis, known for its world-class infrastructure and hosting of international sporting events, is now building a cricket stadium and plans to invite to... Read more
Back in November last year image giant Corbis acquired Demotix, the crowd-sourced breaking news picture and video agency which had launched in 2008. We present for you a lighting fast 'exit Q&A' with ... Read more