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A controversial film about the life of former President Donald Trump in the 1970s and 1980s is adding another prominent film festival screening to its list of accolades ahead of a movie theater premiere in October. What Happened: Despite lawsuit threats from Trump and his team, the rollout of the...

Two years ago, LoopPay (previously known as The Loop) was a clever concept on Kickstarter. Today it might be the most important acquisition that SAMSUNG ELECT LTD(F) (OTC: SSNLF) has ever made to compete with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). "We solved a very tough problem, which was, 'How...

Net neutrality, the principle that all Internet data should be treated equally and that access to that data should be free and unfettered, is the theme behind Wednesday’s Internet Slowdown Day. Many large websites, net neutrality advocates all, have banded together to demonstrate what...

First there were smartphones, smart appliances and smart watches. Now a couple of young inventors are taking on another smart concept: a smart glove. Others have done the same, but this one -- the GoGlove by Ben Harris and Eric Ely -- was created to solve one simple problem. "When I was...

Potato salad continues to draw thousands of dollars in donations, but not everyone is amused by the results. Bloggers have been amazed by Zack Danger Brown's ability to earn more than $60,000 -- enough to buy more than 18,000 bottles of mayonnaise -- from one silly Kickstarter campaign. One...

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin was one of the first athletes to test out the Vyper, a new product on Kickstarter. He quickly became a fan of the training tool, which was created by Hyperice. "As an athlete, I am always looking for the best tools and technology to help keep my...

Columbus, Ohio native Zack Danger Brown did not hide the fact that he wanted to make potato salad. Not satisfied with simply telling his friends and relatives on Facebook or Twitter, he took his desire to Kickstarter. "Basically I'm just making potato salad," Brown wrote on his...

Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) is reportedly close to buying a company whose first project was funded by Kickstarter. SmartThings, one of many smart home companies, released its first product in the fall of 2012. The company did so after launching a successful crowdfunding campaign. SmartThings asked for...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) isn’t the only entity involved in social media research. The Guardian revealed Tuesday that the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recorded and analyzed Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) activity as part of a program to understand the influence of...

Imagine experiencing a Final Four basketball game, enjoying every spellbinding second, almost as if you were actually there. Only you’re not. Instead, a Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) streaming service provides the experience and pipes it into your Oculus virtual reality headset. Following Facebook’s...

TechCrunch reported Tuesday that Polish 3D printer company Zortrax has been raising funds through public bond issues in a move to become the only publicly traded printer manufacturer in Poland. To that end Zortrax would begin selling 10,000 unsecured bonds through the Invista Brokerage House...

While nobody knows for sure what the “next big thing” in technology will be, many app developers, according to Reuters, are betting on wearable computing in general and smartwatches, specifically. Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) CEO, Niccolo DeMasi, is one of those app makers who think smartwatches...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) and other automobile manufacturers have made it possible for police to easily track stolen vehicles. Isn't it time for bikes to have the same feature? LOCK8, a new keyless, alarm-secured GPS tracking device, hopes to bring that and other features to bicycle owners...