Companies are increasingly looking to tap into the real time nature of the social web and respond directly to customers based on their location and intent. New York’s LocalResponse was one of the the first to turn the check in …

Proview Technology, a firm that used to be big in the monitor market, likely won’t get its wish to ban shipments of Apple’s iPad in China.

The company made news over the last few months with its claims that the …

If you’re angry about Apple’s manufacturing process, you should be. But don’t stop with Apple.

As everyone knows by now, iPhones and iPads are built in huge Chinese manufacturing plants where tens of thousands of people work 12-hour shifts for …

MXP4 and Mobile Roadie have partnered to take social music games to mobile devices. Under the partnership, MXP4′s Bopler Games social music games will be integrated into Mobile Roadie artist apps.

The net result should a lot of music listening …

VentureBeat has a new look today.

We needed a better way to point readers to our best stories. The quantity of posts we publish has grown, so it had become harder for readers to find the stories that they care …

After a stint in film, Jordan Mechner, a legendary game developer who created The Prince of Persia blockbuster video game series, is coming back into video games to remake his 1980s hit Karateka.

Mechner’s Prince of Persia game series has …

Cloud file management startup FileTrek has exited stealth mode with good news: it has raised $10 million in second-round funding and is ready to show businesses that it’s the best option for securely sharing and tracking files in the cloud.…

People nearly doubled the amount of streaming videos played on mobile devices and smart TVs in fall than it did in the summer, according to Ooyala’s fourth quarter 2011 video index report.

Ooyala offers a video platform for content owners …

Hulu is staying silent about the initial viewership of its first scripted original series Battleground, which premiered its pilot episode on the streaming video service Monday.

Battleground is a half-hour dramedy (drama/comedy minus the annoying laugh track) about a …

Zynga has teamed up with cross-media gaming firm Slingo Inc. to create a new version of the casual game Slingo on Facebook. Slingo is a 15-year-old amazingly popular game on the web and it is even on slot machines in …

Back in October music discovery service Exfm attempted to transform itself from a browser extension to a full fledged web service. Apparently the kids like what they’re hearing, because the site has gone from around 75,000 active users to more …

Every time I’m faced with a big problem in my business, I’ve found a way to get past it by asking myself, “W.W.C.N.D.?” (That’s “What would Chuck Norris do?”)

Think about it: If you’re racing against the clock to get …

After spending the better part of 2011 fighting regulators, the wholesale wireless company Lightsquared suffered a killer blow from the FCC today that could squash its 4G LTE network plans.

We’ve been hearing from government regulators since June that Lightsquared’s …

Two years ago (almost to the day), then-Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced his departure from the company.

On Twitter, in a haiku.

Today, Schwartz, a serial entrepreneur of sorts, is unwrapping his newest venture, CareZone, which has nothing to do …

Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out new graphics chips today that will bring screaming performance to the mid-range of the gamer PC market. The new AMD Radeon HD 7700 series (code-named Cape Verde) has a lot of the same technology …