Product Report Card: Is It Fair To Grade Apple B- For 2013?


We expect a lot from our tech companies, both in terms of the products they release to consumers and the gains they return to investors. And just like high school, the expectations are highest for...
    






Syrian Refugee Tech Startup Finds Sanctuary In London


Business was starting to go well for the tech start-up Rootal in 2011, until a car bomb went off just blocks from its Damascus headquarters. Now, more than two years after its founder ended up on the...
    






Mega VC Rounds Won’t Win The Storage Wars


Companies like Box and Dropbox have made the storage industry look downright sexy. It definitely helps that they have solutions that are ubiquitous. But their mega financing rounds have also been key...
    






Kristin Cavallari Faked Relationships, Faked Fights


Kristin Cavallari is a former MTV reality star. She worked in two seasons of Laguna Beach reality show from 2004 to 2005. She also worked in The Hills reality TV show. Cavallari joined The Hills in...
    






This Man’s Business Is Providing Fake Job Histories And References


After William Schmidt lost his job as part of a mass layoff from a Columbus, OH auto parts distributor in 2009, several colleagues who had also lost their jobs asked him if he would act as a...
    






Khodorkovsky’s Free, But His Business Ideals Remain Imprisoned


The unexpected decision by Russian leader Vladimir Putin to free imprisoned oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky may be generating headlines world wide for its humanitarian implications, but the business...
    






Microsoft’s Xbox One to Get First Original Shows in Early 2014


Microsoft's Xbox gaming consoles are on their way to obtaining original TV programming. Microsoft’s executives revealed the fact that the tech giant is hoping to launch its first original TV for Xbox...
    






FBI Admits Compromising of Freedom Hosting Tor Servers


The law and lawmakers are sometimes involved in some very dubious activities. It almost makes one think that they serve the criminals they’re supposed to fight more than the decent law-abiding...