Adam Satariano

Personal-computer sales have fallen through the floor as people spend more time on mobile devices. The world’s largest PC maker is trying to lure some buyers back with an unusual new way to control their machines. Hewlett-Packard is partnering with...

Airbnb Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky still crashes on couches. The difference is that now, Chesky, the co-founder of the service that lets people rent out rooms and homes online, doesn’t have to. Before the 6-year-old company took off, Chesky...

Leap Motion, a startup with the ambitious goal of convincing people to control a computer with motion gestures such as the turn of the hand or move of a finger, has taken $30 million in new funding as it prepares...

Bill Nguyen, the founder of the photo- and video-sharing application Color, acknowledges his company has so far been better at grabbing the attention of venture capitalists than actual users. After accepting $41 million from investors for an application that failed...

While Silicon Valley is asking what today’s Instagram news says about Facebook, a more apt question may be: What does it say about Apple? Until last week, Instagram was an application built exclusively for the iPhone. Even so, in less...