Innovators

Sony is looking to take popular video games to the silver screen, a bet that has been met with mixed reviews for other movie studios. 

MapR offers enterprise tools based on Hadoop, an open-source, big-data platform.

GE and The Home Depot have selected Quirky’s software platform, called Wink, for their connected-home products.

Nest is calling for developers to create apps that allow its products to communicate with other home appliances, such as those produced by Whirlpool. 

The EKOCYCLE is the first printer from 3D Systems launched in collaboration with the Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am.

U.S. air safety officials have for the first time approved the flight of a commercial unmanned aircraft over land. 

The heavy trucking industry is about to undergo a major overhaul that could one-day encompass trucks that can drive themselves without human intervention. 

Facebook inked a deal late Wednesday to buy mobile messaging company WhatsApp for about $19 billion in cash and stock.

Adding to recent acquisitions of companies that manufacture scary-looking robots and automate homes, Google has agreed to buy artificial intelligence company DeepMind.

Google and Apple are taking their competition to a new digital frontier: cars.

Goldman Sachs raised Facebook’s price target to $78 from $70 on Friday citing "increased confidence" in the social network’s advertising return on investment and mobile strategy.

Inspired by that colorful homemade gingerbread on Instagram or the hand-painted coasters on Pinterest, but worried about your skills? Don't fret.

Army Sergeant Lisa Marie Wiley lost her leg in Afghanistan and now with the help of The Girls’ Lounge, she’s trying to pave the way for female amputees.

Citelighter's product help teachers with Common Core's writing standards and has taught third graders how to write research papers.

CrowdFlik has built a free app that lets users put together video clips filmed and shared by other users from the same event, be it sporting events, weddings, birthday parties or other events.

Officials from countries around the world recently signed off on the most important climate agreement since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997. Wall Street is weighing in, with Goldman Sachs saying that it sees “the deal as a boost to the low carbon economy, now a fast-growing $600 billion-plus market.”

A California police officer made a traffic stop, but wrote no ticket. There was no one actually driving the car.

As automakers roll out a new generation of tech-savvy smart cars, others tackle a seemingly more impossible feat: giving roads brains of their own. 

Driverless cars are here to stay, and are expected to trigger the biggest change to the auto industry in more than 100 years. 

USAA, a financial services company that serves U.S. military personnel, over wants to take to the skies in an effort to fast-track insurance claims.