How can schools--desperate to increase technology in the classroom--decide which tablets they should invest in? All the new tablets are an opportunity and a nail-biter for schools: Do you go with the oh-so-sleek iPad?
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Feed SubscriptionCarpooling.com, Booming In Europe, Eyes A U.S. Launch
Carpooling--going strong overseas--may be finally rev up here thanks to the domestic launch of Europe's incredibly successful ridesharing program. Carpooling--which has has never really taken off in the U.S.--is about to get a little help from a European invasion. Carpooling.com , launched as an MBA class project in Germany six years ago, is now a continent-wide phenomenon that has cracked what it takes to get millions of people to open their doors to relative strangers: safety, convenience, and a little cash.
Read More »Work/Life: Two Smartphones Or One?
The international wireless association that represents the wireless communications industry is officially recommending to employers to let workers "bring their own device to work." I put that in quotation marks because its actually the name of CTIA's formal campaign being pushed at this week's Enterprise & Application conference in San Diego. So, do you agree? Should employers let their workers use their personal smartphones and tablets for work
Read More »Occupy London On October 15, Apple Wins Against Samsung In Australia, Ebay To Add Image Recognition
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Angry Birds Maker Plans Happy $1B 2012 IPO . Rovio, maker of the insanely popular Angry Birds casual game line, is said to be planning its
Read More »Legal Seafood Ads Encourage People To Save Fish So We Can Eat Them
The seafood chain's newest ads are making some people uncomfortable, but they might be the most compelling argument for ocean conservation. Don't save the fish so they can live long, happy lives.
Read More »How Symphonies Grew Strong Audiences By Killing The Myth Of The Average Consumer
Marketing managers for major orchestras had always assumed that convincing people to give the symphony a try was the key to gaining subscribers. "Get people through the doors!" was their mantra, assuming that the sheer beauty of the music would lure them back. But when they actually studied the numbers, they discovered that getting new people wasn't the problem.
Read More »Shiroube Makes Travel Social, Cheap, Unusual
Anyone can be a tour guide--and redefine the term while they're at it--with this Japanese travel startup. Tatsuo Sato got the idea for his startup, Shiroube , during a trip to Eastern Europe. While in Belarus, Sato made a sort of barter arrangement with a local student.
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The Next Big Thing In The Electric Vehicle World: Retrofits Of Gas Guzzlers
There are 1.5 million extra hybrids on the road already, we just haven't converted them yet. It doesn't make sense to tear down our city infrastructures to make way for new LEED-certified buildings; instead, property owners often opt to retrofit, making a building as efficient as possible within its existing shape. The same may soon be true for vehicle owners
Read More »Video: Food shelf life: What you need to know
Doctors believe vitamins are best absorbed through a healthy diet, but some healthy foods may lose their nutrients over time.
Read More »Scientists crack genetic code of Black Death germ, Yersinia pestis
DNA analysis shows that 14th Century germ is almost identical to germ that causes plaque today
Read More »Women on the Pill pick boring lovers, good husbands
Ladies, if you feel your partner is a great provider but meh in the love-making department, it may have something to do with your birth control, a new study finds.
Read More »Teen sex poll shows 6 surprising trends
Condoms, loss of virginity, promiscuity under scrutiny in new government survey
Read More »Listeria death toll now at 23, making outbreak deadliest in 25 years
Deaths have been reported in 12 states, 116 sickened
Read More »Enduring Your Own Evolution
Co-Founder of PopCap John Vechey explains his evolution from start-up entrepreneur to the founder of a large company recently sold to Electronic Arts.
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