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Baby boomers have been nicknamed the "Silver Tsunami" for their impact on every facet of society. Now, as 76,000,000 of them reach age 60 and beyond, it seems they either can't or don't want to stop working.
Read More »A Guide to Starting Your Small Business Blog
You may have thought about blogging but then asked yourself, "What would I write about?" "Who would read it?" Or, "Is this the best use of my time?" If you're a business owner who already wears a hundred hats, the latter may be what keeps you from starting.
Read More »Intel Teases Its After-Thunderbolt Connector, With Laser Power
Intel tech is powering the Thunderbolt computer connector that may revolutionize how we hook up gear--but Intel is already working on its successor , due in 2015. It's five times faster still, and uses lasers. The Thunderbolt system is a development of Light Peak--a system of serial data transmission that Intel has been working on for quite some while.
Read More »This Week In Bots: Ball Catching, Japan Aid, Another Beggar, And Tweenbots
Robots, robots everywhere, and they're even starting to think. Here's our round-up of the news about our coming robot overlor--we mean, servants--that has surfaced this week
Read More »The Dangerously Clean Water Used To Make Your iPhone
The ultra-pure water used to clean semiconductors and make microchips would suck vital minerals right out of your body.
Read More »Zynga Goes Global, PopCap Goes Social: Casual Gaming Gets Serious
The casual games space is heating up--and two major acquisitions this week point the way forward. Zynga is poised to go global on a greater scale. This week it announced it had acquired Wonderland Software, a British studio behind a popular mobile game called GodFinger
Read More »Groupon Dumps Trump, FaceTime For Android, Google TV Tanks, And More…
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Groupon Dumps Trump Groupon pulls ads from Donald Trump's Apprentice website, saying it had gotten calls from customers upset about Trump's ongoing political circus .
Read More »Conducting A Microbot Orchestra
What's that new music to scientists' ears? Tech that makes tiny bots less sticky.
Read More »Google Now Promoting Patents Searches
Augmenting the millions of different types of data Google now searches, it's just added a new feature to its sidebar: The ability to search patents. It's a powerful tweak, especially given the huge number of patent lawsuits going on
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Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today
Read More »Why Women Are Great Strategic Planners
A few days ago , I met Ben, a first-time founder who's been working on his business idea for 10 months. I asked him to give me the two minute overview of his business idea (or the "elevator pitch" in investor speak)
Read More »Bill Gates Takes On Education’s Biggest Bureaucratic Beast With Video Games
As states scramble to understand new educational standards, Gates eyes an opening for video games. Around the country, a new career-minded education standard is slowly edging out the old academic focus on Lord Of the Flies book summaries and five-paragraph essays. So far 42 states have pledged to adopt the (coercively) voluntary standards championed by President Obama, the National Governors Association, and billionaire education crusader, Bill Gates
Read More »Appeals court overturns stem cell research ban
Judge rules against opponents of taxpayer-funded research using stem cells
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