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The fashion industry, one of the oldest industries in the world, has historically been resistant to technological innovation. But Fashion GPS is on a mission to change that, most recently with [...]

The independent IT security institute AV-TEST registers over 220,000 new malicious program signatures every single day.  That’s a lot.  Many of these new programs are simply recombinations of [...]

Cotap, a messaging startup co-founded by two ex-Yammer executives, came out of stealth last year with a very specific aim: using the boom in smartphone usage to break down communication barriers [...]

GoCardless, a Y-Combinator alum that has created a simple way for online businesses to set up and accept direct debit payments (that is, money that comes straight out of your bank account), is [...]

Yahoo’s acquisition spree continues apace, with the next deal likely to cover a few different bases for the company: mobile, enterprise and bringing ex-Yahoo talent back into the fold. We [...]

During the holiday season, Russian security software community Comss.ru held a “Why Emsisoft is Awesome” drawing contest.  1st place went to Peter Rodionov for his depiction of an [...]

Launched all the way back in 2005, Sweden-headquartered Hansoft provides tools to help teams collaborate and manage the development of products and services using “Agile software [...]

LiveOps, an early mover in the area of cloud-based enterprise services — focusing specifically on contact center and customer service — is today announcing a $30 million round of [...]

Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil. Every Sunday for this [...]

Software components are a vital aspect of app development. They are the pieces of code that make the software what it is, and they can come from thousands of sources. But they can be subject to [...]