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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)-owned Oculus Rift pre-orders begin this Wednesday. It looks like virtual reality (VR) is well on its way to become a reality in 2016. Shares of Facebook were down -1.47 percent in last Thursday's trading session. "We're excited to announce that pre-orders for #Rift will...

Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, hosted a Reddit "Ask Me Anything." Shkreli became "the most hated man on the Internet" after he acquired a drug called Daraprim and raised its price to $750 a pill from $13.50. The top thread featured a discussion with a confirmed doctor who "schooled...

ChangeTip has marketed itself as a "money layer for social media," meaning that the company allows users to send each other virtual tips for things like enjoyable YouTube videos, insightful reddit comments and now – great songs. On Wednesday, the company announced that it would use SoundCloud...

Online social phenomenon Reddit, which is known mostly for hosting third-party articles, images and videos from around the web, announced today that it is launching its own video division. The new division may be the next step in the company’s recent attempts to branch into the creation...

As children across most of the world are still entrapped in the "Frozen" craze, one can only imagine what "Frozen Fever" will do for Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS). With a market cap of close to $180 billion, Walt Disney is one of the world's largest companies known for its...

"An intimate documentary about a former Goldman Sachs analyst and his high school buddy starting up their internet business before the dot com bubble and through the crash." That's how one Reddit user describes Startup.com, the 2001 documentary that follows the story of govWorks,...

Magic Leap, the company that reportedly persuaded Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) to invest $500 million, has released the first glimpse of one of its projects. The company was scheduled to host an "ask me anything" on Reddit and make an appearance at the TED conference in Vancouver earlier...

Reddit is a community with at least 6,000 active subreddits and more than 170 million monthly unique visitors. Typical trending topics on the site range from AMAs to technology stories, but one investing documentary is making waves this weekend. As user thisisntscott explained, "This...

Bitcoin began the week steadily trading above $225 after last week’s steep decline. The cryptocurrency’s gains following last week’s Coinbase exchange opening were offset by worries about stability and security after mining firm CoinTerra filed for bankruptcy. Reddit Lays Off...

Bill Gates on Wednesday gave his thoughts on bitcoin and digital currencies in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session Gates commented that “Bitcoin is an exciting new technology” and that digital currencies are a part of his Foundation’s work in connecting banking services to...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates is bullish on his baby. Gates, 59, took to Reddit Wednesday partly to promote an annual letter from his charitable Gates Foundation, but also offered a peek into his vision for the future. "There will be more progress in the next...

Global Hackathon Seoul, which is striving to become the world's largest hacking event, is headed to South Korea this summer. This massive hackathon started when KJ Yoo, executive director of Global Hackathon Seoul, concluded that a positive transformation needed to be made in South Korea. The...

While the excitement seen at the beginning of 2014 over bitcoin has fizzled out, investors are becoming more and more interested in the technology behind the cryptocurrency Blockchain. Blockchain is an infinite ledger that keeps track of all transactions for bitcoin, and enthusiasts say it won...

SpaceX and Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) founder Elon Musk on Monday discussed his automotive, aerospace and other interests in a Reddit AMA session. AMA stands for "Ask Me Anything." Among a wide range of topics, Musk discussed his early education. “The best teacher I ever...

My new dog, Rambo, humors me when I talk about the markets. Every Sunday, Rambo and I will share what we've been reading. Here's our picks for the first Sunday of 2015: Ben Casselman explains why the conventional wisdom on oil is always wrong. Josh Brown has fun with Wall Street...