Philippe Matthews Show Guru Advice, Author Reviews, Tech Reviews, Entertainment News

How companies like Roku boost sales with referral marketing Roku was one of the first companies to bring online movies to people's living rooms. Three years ago, the Saratoga, California-based company started selling remote-controlled devices that can stream online media content, such as Netflix movies and Pandora radio, to TV sets.

No matter how fancy mobile gadgets get, they're useless when their batteries run out. With the push toward cloud computing and the always-on wireless culture gaining momentum every day, laptop, tablet and smart phone batteries are being asked to do more despite no real breakthroughs in battery technology hitting the market

The U.S. cellphone market has just turned a very significant corner, ccording to Nielsen: The majority of new phones being sold are, for the first time, smartphones

Nokia's market share in all phone sales in Australia for the first quarter of 2011 was 24.6%--great, if it hadn't been 49.5% in the first quarter of 2010. Nokia's market share has halved.

Jason Ross has always been the person his friends would turn to for the latest on cool things. And thanks to his Mom, Ross was always a discount shopper. His business, JackThreads.com , "is about everything I'm about, which is cool, cutting edge brands, and products at 40 to 80 percent off retail," says Ross

The market was created to avoid the red tape that keeps many small-time food operations from getting off the ground.

Five years after allowing silicone breast implants back on the market, the Federal Drug Administration says the implants are safe, but warns the longer a woman has them, the more complications there are.

When pitching your business for funding, a common question that investors will ask is “Have you achieved market traction?” Market traction is just one factor that that will determine a VC or Angel’s interest in funding your company, but it can be very important. One simple definition of market traction, credited to Angel List co-Founder Naval Ravikant , is “quantitative evidence of market demand.” I spoke to serial entrepreneur and angel investor David Beatty about finding quantitative evidence.

Leading Net radio service Pandora has just priced its IPO, ready to lead a nascent industry into the next phase.

People who have started multiple businesses understand how to move swiftly and take action. Jake Winebaum weighs in on the art of serial entrepreneurship.

John Warrillow, author of Built to Sell, answers questions from readers about building a sellable business. Dear John: I have an idea for a business, but there is already a lot of competition.

The Apple iPad was the tablet of 2010, and despite more tablet options appearing on the market, the iPad 2 is still dominating the competition. The tablet is lighter—at 1.35 pounds—thinner, and faster than its predecessor. It has front and rear cameras, FaceTime video chat, a faster processor, and 3G options for both AT&T and Verizon.

A cheat sheet to turn your vision for a successful new business into a reality Some of the most important things in life don’t come with instruction manuals: homes, spouses, kids, and start-ups are a few. That’s why I created this start-up road map. Inspired by the lean approach often favored by today’s tech entrepreneurs, the principles apply to any industry

The best sun protection money can buy turns out to be the cheapest. A new study by Consumer Reports found that the most effective sunscreens on the market are also the least expensive.

The National Endowment for the Arts says so, and is even putting its funding where its mouth is. But the gaming community says it's probably too soon to pop the champagne corks