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You've seen the success stories -- hopeful entrepreneurs launching the ideas they've been so passionate about for years. Success strikes often in the valley, but not all startups have had the opportunity to hit it big when it comes to grabbing the attention of Fortune 500 companies acquiring little products...

Look! Up in the sky! It's customer service.

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Are we worrying about theft for all the wrong reasons?

Property theft can have it's share of devastating losses, but we usually focus on the physical objects we own, not our private and personal data that could potentially ruin a good portion of our lives, should it falls into...

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Watch a team of aspiring tech industry moguls build a mobile app on a bus on a cross-country roadtrip destined for one of the biggest conferences in the technology industry.

The StartupBus competition is an annual rite of passage for the technology industry. Strangers in 11 different cities board buses bound for the SXSWi conference. Buspreurs have 72 hours to pitch, build, and launch startup businesses. Venture capital veterans crown the winner after a pitchathon at SXSW.

Photo by Michael Tapp

StartupBus is the fruit of a wild idea from founder Elias Bizannes. The founder of StartupBus came up with the idea at a San Francisco bar with colleagues also headed to SXSW. The idea caught fire on the Web and multiple high-profile tech blogs published posts about the idea. Almost overnight Bizannes had people from around the country asking to board his StartupBus. Fast-forward three years later and buses from 11 different cities are packed full of eager tech nerds, who don't even know each other, are moving towards SXSW at 75 miles per hour.

Why would someone board this crazy bus? StartupBus is like a 48-hour film festival for the tech industry, on wheels. Buspeneurs crank it out within arguably the worst working conditions: hashing it out with strangers, absurd deadlines, cramped quarters, and shoddy Wi-Fi. Participants experience the life-span of working at a startup compressed into three blurry days.

StartupBus isn't just a hackathon on a Greyhound bus. It's also a self-starter alumni organization that's isn't only about who you know. It's built on ambition, ingenuity, and rest-stop hot dogs. StartupBus might not yield the next Instagram, but it just might build the ecosystem for...

Boston-based startup ViralGains wants to provide solutions for brands and advertising agencies spread their video content online.

CMOs of brands and advertising agencies appear to gradually be adopting viral videos as a part of their marketing strategy. The question of viability and ROI is often referred to in the...

As Android products have seen an increasing rise in popularity among the tech-savvy, whether it be businessmen or students in masters degree programs, the open-sourced platform has also seen a sharp climb in the number of lawsuits from companies alleging that Android's developer, Google, has taken too many liberties with...

An ex-Digg user by the moniker of "Zetadog" has a crafty idea, proposing to create an alternative to the ever-decreasing popularity of social media bookmarking site Digg.com.

His creation, called Thruzt, is tied in with the game of social media and networking. Where getting attention is...

In today's competitive economic environment, procuring further education to find employment is necessary in many fields, however it is a particularly salient issue in the business world. While many individuals who return to school (either online or through traditional on-campus programs part time) decide to pursue an MBA, there are...

If you're like most people, you relish in the returning reign of a well-known celebrity. If you had your hat off to the comeback of Betty White, jumped for joy at Robert Downey Jr.'s return to stardom, or even cracked a smile when domestic jailbird Martha Stewart stepped back into...

Taco Bell had an arguably sketchy 2011 fiscal year, frontloaded by an almost devastating lawsuit against the quality of their meat, 2012 seems to be the year of rebound for the brand. So much of a rebound, you can now spread water cooler conversation fodder that includes that...

Facebook is dumping a whopping $1 billion for Instagram, a company that is less than two years old and has no revenue. With today's smart phones capable of taking pictures similar to the quality of those your standard point-and-shoot cameras take, Instagram has taken advantage of that technology and its...

It's not every day that you're solicited to take a squirmy pug, for free*. As an homage to Canadian television show Just For Laughs: Gags, the fellas at Boo Ya Pictures take a day off to stand on the streets of Montreal tossing free pups around...

When it comes to growing facial hair, not every man has what it takes. But whether you sport a full beard or you can only manage a wispy 'stache, flaunting facial hair at some point in time seems to be a rite of passage for most men. A recent beard-related...

Sometimes described as an "internet phenomenon," memes have been a staple to setting the standards in popular culture. Memes have been with us long before the internet became another key ingredient in today's society. Often designed for spreading original jokes with friends and having them gain momentum, memes are now...

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Until recently, the struggles that transgender individuals face in both public and private institutions have been discussed primarily in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, but not by the wider public. Thankfully, a November study conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) has found...

When it comes to adult beverages, beer has been a solid fan favorite for centuries. Trendy drinks may come and go, but beer has stuck it out through much of human history. No matter what your brew of choice may be, whether you sip from a can or treat yourself...