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Time is running out to register for Innovation Uncensored in San Francisco. We're only three weeks away and we're excited! Can you blame us? The CEOs of eBay, Ticketmaster, SolarCity, craigslist, Virgin America, Startup America Partnership, Erly, Livestrong, and Path are coming.

We're expecting Apple to arrive with a shiny new iPad 3 sometime early in 2012, and we think we know a few things about it.

America's largest food distributor was too big for local farmers. Not anymore

Sure, you can offer raises and promotions. But heres a look at seven surprising and free tools to spur your employees to work harder

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?

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

What investments will give you the biggest pay off in the long run? Experts weigh in on where to spend in your annual budget.