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Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are no longer enough to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of today's promotional media. Innovation in marketing is perhaps more important than product innovation
Read More »In Iceland, The Crowd Takes A Shot At "We The People"
The same country that helped give Bjork her voice hands over its guiding document to everyday citizens. But at its heart, the experiment in social media confuses democracy with transparency, a leading expert in participatory government tells Fast Company
Read More »The Onion’s Digital Director Baratunde Thurston: News Is Absurd
From Jon Stewart's The Daily Show to The Onion to Stephen Colbert's The Colbert Report, fake news has become as much a part of the national dialogue as the real news it parodies. During the 2008 presidential campaign, for example, then-candidates Barack Obama and John McCain both appeared on Stewart's program, making Comedy Central almost as much of a campaign stop as "Meet The Press." And while Bill O'Reilly might admonish viewers of such programs as "stoned slackers," at least one study has indicated that fans of fake news are also some of the best-informed. Why are Americans more and more turning to fake news
Read More »Visualizing Childrens’ Plans For The City Of The Future In Pop-Up Book Form
Ask a kid what they think the future will look like, and you'll get some strange answers. But if you actually listen, you might get some good ideas
Read More »Google’s Biggest Clean Energy Investment Ever Is Going To Put Solar On Your Rooftop
Google has poured hundreds of millions of bucks into clean power over the last few months. But their newest announcement isn't about utilities, it's about getting solar panels on as many houses as possible. Over the past few months, Google has become something of a clean energy superhero, making several investments, including a $168 million investment in California's Ivanpah solar farm and a $100 million investment in the world's biggest wind farm .
Read More »Facebook’s IPO, Angry Birds Gets "Magic Places," Canvas Raises $3M, And More…
The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of who's breaking into and shaking up your tech space--updated all day. Facebook Prepares $100 Billion IPO (Report) Move over, Royal Wedding and Barack Obama Inauguration: Facebook's eventual IPO will eclipse Internet headlines for ages. COO Sheryl Sandberg has said that an IPO is "inevitable," because “No one is buying us, we’re going public.” The reported price would quadruple Google's $23 billion IPO.
Read More »Els looking for Congressional repeat
Coming back to Congressional made Ernie Els feel like he was capable of winning another U.S. Open.
Read More »Apple Rumor Round-Up: New MacBook Airs, The Perilous Future Of MobileMe, And More
New MacBook Airs We've wondered when the MacBook Air was going to get some attention with new CPUs and Thunderbolt, and
Read More »Field Trip: Wimbledon
Monday, June 20 .p { float:left; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, serif; height:225px; margin-right:25px; margin-top:10px; width:178px; } #wrapper p { line-height:15px !important; font-size:14px !important; } #wrapper { margin-top:-80px; position:relative; } A parade of the ready-to-party elite -- star athletes, Hollywood celebrities, and royalty -- will descend upon Wimbledon for this month's Grand Slam tennis tournament, which attracts half a million visitors each year. Marking its 125th anniversary, the glitzy celebration is sure to be more raucous than ever. We guide you through the hot spots to hit, both on and off the courts
Read More »PGT: 10th hole will be tough start to U.S. Open rounds
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Read More »Google TV Hopes To Click With Social Recommendations
Google TV's about to get a social discovery injection, courtesy of Redux--a website-based content discovery system--that could help transform it into a friendlier, customer-curated place.
Read More »Sunscreen label rules issued by FDA aim to end confusion
Agency says new guidelines will help ensure accurate cancer-protection claims
Read More »Sunscreen hall of shame: 11 iffy products
Believe all those claims made by sunscreen makers? Watchdog group says you shouldn't
Read More »Becoming a Serial Entrepreneur
People who have started multiple businesses understand how to move swiftly and take action. Jake Winebaum weighs in on the art of serial entrepreneurship.
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