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A rather nerdy analysis of the typical iPhone and Android home screen setup, and how each could be made more efficient. The folks who designed your life-capturing, brain-augmenting smartphone did the best with what they had, which was a phone meant to appeal to everyone.

STD rates have doubled among 50 to 90-year-olds over past 10 years, according to editorial

Take the time to discover which customers add the most value to your business. The CEO of one of our clients , a public company that provides credit card processing services to merchants, had a problem: The company had consistently delivered revenue growth rates better than most of its competitors, but its price-earnings multiple was lower than those companies.

Streaming the Super Bowl was smart.

As a business owner, if you can tap into the passion of your workforce the same way that Wikipedia taps into its army of unpaid volunteers, you can accomplish things that no amount of money can buy. Have you ever stopped to consider how remarkable Wikipedia is? The online encyclopedia represents arguably the greatest collection of knowledge and information ever assembled--and the overwhelming majority of the work in creating and maintaining it has been done by unpaid volunteers .

The foundation's recent public relations mess offers valuable takeaways for small businesses. Last week, we saw one of the country’s most well-known cancer research advocacy organizations, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, go from being revered to reviled.

A communication coach offers a bevy of tips on how entrepreneurs who don't naturally excel at self-promotion can shed their cloak of invisibility and get noticed.

Yes, producing a podcast is a lot of work, but you are missing a major revenue driver if you don't.

.boxxy {display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:280px;padding:8px;} .boxxy span {color:#00b3e6;} Fox's Glee is slumping in its third season--but does that mean people are losing interest in TV musicals? NBC's new Broadway-focused drama, Smash, which premieres February 6, is about to find out. Three industry pros share tips on how Smash can avoid Glee's missteps and become, well, a smash.

The Coinstar subsidiary announces plans to partner with Verizon to compete with streaming video giants Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. Coinstar subsidiary Redbox today announced a new partnership with Verizon for the launch of a streaming video service.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Amazon Retail Store In Seattle? Amazon is rumored to be building a retail store near home base Seattle.

Meet Eric Kuhn, who has one of the few startups in America that isn't rushing to gain millions of users. Eric Kuhn, 41, is the founder and CEO of

University of Missouri educator using web to share cancer experience, says he's not wasting his time fighting the cancer

Prof. David Oliver talks to Charlie Rose and Erica Hill about his experience in dealing with a terminal illness after years of teaching others how to cope with death and dying.

A professor who spent decades teaching others how to care for dying patients is now terminally ill himself. CBS News national correspondent Lee Cowan reports on how he's still teaching lessons on life and death.