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Startups and big corporations embrace the maker movement -
At Maker Faire Bay Area, a "startup pavilion" highlights 20 new maker-focused startups. But big companies like Autodesk, General Electric, and even Google are getting into the DIY game too.
‘World’s Toughest Fixes’ host: Learn a trade -
If you can't get a Thiel Fellowship for your big startup idea, consider learning a trade instead.
Yahoo board approves $1.1B all-cash acquisition of Tumblr (report) -
Yahoo's board has reportedly approved a $1.1 billion, all-cash offer to acquire Tumblr, a rapidly-growing and very popular microblogging server.
Obama campaign’s chief data guy gets candid about the data strategy that won the election -
President Barack Obama is known for running one of the most tech-savvy political campaigns in the history of US politics.
I’m turning VentureBeat into a makers-only zone for today -
Somewhere between the self-driving couches, the flaming sculptures, and the Arduino-powered blinky light projects at Maker Faire, I think we'll catch a glimpse of the future of tech.
Will Google’s new Nexus Q, the H2G2-42, be the answer to life, the universe, and everything? -
In Douglas Adams' book The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, a vast computer named Deep Thought spends several eons constructing an answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Schooled by Google: How Google Apps is penetrating education (infographic) -
Education is a notoriously slow adopter of technology, but Google Apps is growing quickly, if not virally, doubling over the last two years.
This $22K sniper rifle comes with a WiFi server, USB ports, an iPad mini … and aims itself -
"Think of it like a smart rifle. You have a smart car; you got a smartphone; well, now we have a smart rifle," company President Jason Schauble says.
A look back at Google I/O 2013 (gallery) -
Google’s I/O developer conference is over, and we’ve learned quite a bit: Devs just can’t get enough of Google Glass, design is a bigger focus for the company than ever before, and Larry Page is kind of sad about a …
Tumblr: 108M blogs and 51 billion posts are worth more than $1.1B -
Tumblr, which famously hates advertising and only started trying to make money after five years in existence, is in a bit of a pickle, as its $125 million in funding is running out, giving the service only a few-month window in which to raise a new round or find a sugar daddy.
