Hackathons

Big thinkers in more than 130 locations across the globe will work to develop solutions to problems that involve robots, humanity and Mars.

The search giant retires its annual hackathon, replaces it with an around-the-clock program that allows hackers to submit (and get paid for) finding bugs anytime, from anywhere.

A variety of businesses, from retail to service industries, are organizing internal events using the creative talents of their own employees to solve, or hack, problems.

'Every industry is being disrupted by software, and so demand for software talent, engineering talent, has just been growing up,' PayPal's CTO says.

'Unhackathon,' which took place in New York City this past weekend, aims to be a more inclusive, welcoming place than most other student hackathon events.

Relationships, not resumes, will nab you the perfect candidate at hackathons.

Enlarging the circle of potential clients, partners and mentors is a challenge for those not born minglers, but it's possible.

Knowing how to leverage data can help a company better gain new users, tap into existing users and increase revenue.

The tech giant aims to beef up security by getting hackers to pinpoint weaknesses.

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At CGI, students offer edible bugs, YouTube grants super commenting powers, lessons from MIT's Comedy Hack Day, Thrillist's founders tell their startup story. This week's notable news and tantalizing tidbits for entrepreneurs:

As fashion becomes more reliant on content marketing, startups focused on sophisticated analytics, 3D printing and other emerging technologies come to the industry's forefront.

Decoded Fashion's hackathon builds technology to change the way designers create clothes and consumers purchase them.

Some advice to help you mingle with and recruit coders for your growing team.