San Francisco startup Govini is partnering with the World Bank to make sense of billions of dollars worth of public-sector contracts in the developing world.

Silicon Valley dominates the Internet, but this week's initial public offering by Alibaba shows how much action is shifting to Asia.

The Wall Street Journal talked with a variety of people about their outlook on the Chinese e-commerce company ahead of its potentially historic IPO.

Marc Lore, who co-founded Diapers.com-parent Quidsi and sold it to Amazon.com for about $550 million in 2010, is putting together another e-commerce site and is set to announce fresh funding on Tuesday.

At least 30 minutes of uninterrupted reading can improve concentration, boost listening skills and cut stress levels.

As Apple Inc. tries to convince rich consumers to dish out more dollars for the iPhone 6, Indian companies hope to sell more handsets by slashing their smartphone prices. India Real Time looks at how the world’s cheapest smartphone performs.

Tel Aviv is ready to indulge in its twin specialties of high tech and high times with the DLD Innovation Festival.

An anonymous school-gossip website at New York University that saw a sharp rise in popularity over the past year has become a campus cause célèbre since an enterprising journalism student outed the site's top-secret editor.

Apple CEO Tim Cook took a not-so-veiled shot at many of his company's Silicon Valley neighbors. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Cook said that Apple doesn't trade on its customers’ data, and questioned the practices of companies that do.

The investment, led by Chinese social networking company Renren, is another example of a Chinese technology firm stepping in alongside venture firms as a strategic investor to back a startup.

It won’t be easy for individual investors to get a piece of Alibaba Group Holding as the Chinese Internet retailer sells up to $24 billion in shares this week in the most anticipated initial public offering of 2014.