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While Harvard Business School grads Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna were looking for a business idea, they noticed that the beauty product industry was seriously behind the times on the online retail side. They discovered that some of the biggest … Continue reading →

Google sent a 13-page letter to Congress Monday explaining changes to its privacy policy that the search giant announced last week. Those changes are scheduled to go into effect for Google’s 350 million global users on March 1. The letter … Continue reading →

“We know what we do well,” Philippe Dauman, president and CEO of Viacom, said on stage at AllThingsD‘s Dive Into Media conference in Laguna Nigel, Calif., Tuesday morning. “We create content in many forms and work across multiple screens. We … Continue reading →

You know who I’m tired of seeing on Facebook? Me. Whenever I post an update, no matter what idiotic thought pops into my head, it jumps right to the top of the pack. That’s because back in September I signed … Continue reading →

A breakthrough in precision bullet technology for small caliber firearms will make striking a target an easier task. Two researchers at Sandia’s National Laboratories created a self-guided dart-like bullet able to strike a target more than a mile away. The … Continue reading →

“Twitter is not a media company,” Twitter CEO Dick Costolo declared on stage at AllThingsD‘s media conference in Laguna Nigel, CA, Monday evening. The statement was surprising given Twitter’s well-publicized role as a platform for breaking news, entertainment and other … Continue reading →

Mashable’s Davos coverage is presented by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. Mashable founder and CEO Pete Cashmore sat down with David Jones of Havas to talk about the new responsibilities of … Continue reading →

Just how important is original and exclusive content to Hulu? That was the question AllThingsD‘s Peter Kafka posed to Hulu CEO Jason Kilar on stage at AllThingsD‘s media conference in Laguna Nigel, Calif., Tuesday morning. The company, a joint venture … Continue reading →

The world is anticipating Facebook to file for an initial public offering this week, and most indicators point to $10 billion in stock and a valuation at over $100 billion. Just how did our little status updates and vacation photos … Continue reading →

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. Blake Griffin’s gargantuan dunk over Kendrick Perkins was so big you need to see it to believe it — at least that’s what the Twitterverse … Continue reading →