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Female Google executives gathered to discuss a perennial topic: how to get more women in tech.

A new study of Facebook ads shows that what’s old school is new school again. A new study by Facebook brings some big news that, curiously, at first blush might not seem like much news at all.

The bank for some of America's most successful tech companies is looking to take advantage of the U.K.'s thriving start-up community. Silicon Valley Bank has crossed the pond.

I’ve been directing or advising innovation and commercialization efforts in Silicon Valley for most of my career. While the popular stories we tell about innovation usually focus on eureka moments and brilliant individuals, anyone involved in successful innovation knows that getting a new product to market is often more about convincing smart people to back your idea, corralling lots of different agendas, aligning incentives, and navigating bureaucracies.

Over 600 apps listed in the company's new hub. Facebook today launched the App Center it announced last month . The goal is

The upcoming Facebook IPO will make this group worth billions. How many Silicon Valley start-ups will they create?

Tech is becoming a hits-driven business. This isn't a good thing. illustration by stephan walter No one waited in line to buy the first iPod.

That's the plan, says CEO Andrew Mason.

And by mojo, of course, we mean algorithm. Here's how job-matching site Path.To digs into your online life (not in a creepy way) to help find the right job for you.

Silicon Valley is a no-brainer. But where else in America is hiring at the smallest, scrappiest, biggest-growth-potential companies? (Hint: Don't mess with Texas!) Want to hone your entrepreneurial skills and get a feel for the start-up scene before diving in to found your own company

Video production is getting cheaper, so Google is creating a self-service option for pre-roll advertisements aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses. Google 's AdWords program has long been an easy way for businesses of all shapes and sizes to post their ads on Google Search results

Jonathan Ende is bringing the TED brand of futurism to the heart of high finance: the New York Stock Exchange, for TEDx Wall Street.

Meet Roy Gilbert, a former Googler and the CEO of "social learning" company Grockit, who finds similarities between his experience aboard a nuclear attack sub and the world of Silicon Valley. Roy Gilbert is the CEO of Grockit , a 3-year-old social learning company that aims to make test prep more fun, and in the process hopes to democratize what companies like Kaplan typically peddle to the relatively well-to-do. Grockit's users are on track to soon answer their collective 15 millionth question, and each day the site gains more users than would fill the chair-desks of a pair of American high schools

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As Path launches its new API, CEO and cofounder Dave Morin explains why the company is eschewing advertising in favor of virtual goods.