Forrester’s top 15 emerging technologies

Everyone knows that mobile, social, cloud, and data are big freight trains of change that are blowing up old business models and old business practices. But let's face it: that train is in the station. What's next?

In the nick of time, American McGee’s Akaneiro hits Kickstarter funding target

With last-minute pleas from American McGee, Spicy Horse's Akaneiro: Demon Hunters hits its Kickstarter target.

Investors open gates for ‘online but off-cloud’ storage device

The Transporter started as a Kickstarter campaign and is now backed by $6 million in venture capital.

How Christie Street is de-risking the crowdfunded gadget

Christie Street, the product-focused funding platform, has just funded its first project. Kickstarter should pay attention.

What the 7 million-dollar Kickstarter games of 2012 did right

Last year's $1 million-plus video game Kickstarters share common reasons for their success. Plus, the developers share their campaign tips for 2013.

Big layoffs for longtime PC game developer Gas Powered Games

Gas Powered games has reportedly laid off a majority of its staff just four days after launching a Kickstarter campaign.

The world’s thinnest watch — the anti-Pebble — has now raised over $500K on Kickstarter

The world's thinnest watch, made from razor-thin aluminum, the absolute minimum of electronics, and an E Ink display, has now reached 250 percent of its funding goal in just a few days.

Kickstarter takes down GameStick project due to intellectual-property dispute (update)

Kickstarter removed the project as part of its normal procedure for dealing with these type of complaints.

GameStick will support the Xbox 360 controller-like Green Throttle Atlas

The Atlas analog controller looks like an Xbox 360 pad and connects to Android phones via Bluetooth.

Kickstarter’s best of 2012: 2.2M backers, $319M raised, 18K projects funded

Kickstarter released it's "best-of" list for 2012, and the numbers are shocking. 2,41 million people funded at least one project, pledging a total of $319 million -- over $600 per minute over the course of the year. And 18,109 projects were successfully funded.

Space sim Elite: Dangerous sets Kickstarter record by reaching its $2M goal

Studio Frontier Developments successfully raised the millions it requires for its Elite: Dangerous game.

Filmmaking evolved: Kickstarter flicks have raised $100M to date

Kickstarter users have been very good to filmmakers, according to the latest funding numbers.

Apple on canceled portable power Kickstarter: Tech issues prevented integration (but now we’ve figured it out)

Yesterday the news broke that popular Kickstarter project POP, the portable power station, was canceling the product and refunding the full $139,170 it had collected from backers, due to Apple's refusal to license the Lightning charger in a device that includes multiple charging options.