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Tomorrow Apple is due to launch its iOS 5 update to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch's systems, bringing iMessage with it. Because of this, and other new tech, how your cell phone provider charges you for your service may be close to radically changing--powered not by internal company decisions, but by smartphone advances

No, that's not the setup to a joke. Google, YouTube, Lenovo, Space Adventures, NASA, ESA, and JAXA are pulling science and tech education into the spotlight yet again, hosting a global science fair with prizes that are, quite literally, out of this world.

Aaron Levie , the 26-year-old founder of enterprise cloud startup Box.net, always has something to say.

What's a small business to make of Facebook, Google, and HopStop offering up ad space free of charge? Facebook made a splash last week when it announced a plan to offer $10 million in free advertising to small businesses starting in January. The company says the move allows small entrepreneurs test the waters of social media advertising—and simultaneously helps Facebook usher in a new wave of loyal advertisers it hopes will stick around for the long haul.

How are flimsy pieces of wood like the employees in your organization? The man who led coalition forces in Afghanistan explains why "plywood is a state of mind." It's rare to see someone get worked up about plywood. Much less a four-star general.

Steve Jobs was one of the best business strategists of our time. So what lessons can we take from Apple's moves over the years? Before speaking at a conference last year, I received a rather unusual instruction

Why do millions mourn the death of Steve Jobs, a man they never met? Gawker curmudgeon Hamilton Nolan is right: "Steve Jobs was not God," read the headline to his recent post slamming those "whose remembrances have already taken on a quasi-religious tone" and advising them to "seek help." He was responding to the flood of grief that consumed the media, media watchers, and many others in the hours and days after Jobs' death was announced.

I’ve written about Netflix before and how much I like the service. I love the instant gratification of streaming movies and apparently I am one of the few people who doesn’t use the DVD option.

A New Yorker writer implies he found Bitcoin's mysterious creator. We think he got the wrong man, and offer far more compelling evidence that points to someone else entirely

Before you start lowering prices to stay competitive, here are some easy steps to beating them at their own game. It’s a familiar story : A company begins to use defensive pricing when a competitor has reduced its market share. The competitor lowers prices

At L.A.'s Digital Music Forum last week , Anu Kirk, a product lead at digital music service MOG, shared some bad news for musicians adapting to the current state of the music industry: "It sucks," he said.

A clock that takes a year to complete a cycle gives new perspective on the passage of time. In many instances, it makes sense to measure time in seconds, minutes, or hours--if you're training for a marathon, scheduling meetings, or trying to make it home for dinner on time, there's really no other way to do it. But our obsession with small increments of time often keeps us from focusing on the bigger picture.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Mythbusters Hosts Get Steve Jobs Special . Discovery Channel has commissioned a one-hour special documentary into the life of Steve Jobs, titled iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World

Successful startup hires all share a certain set of qualities. You'll likely not find them on a resume, and traditional interview questions won’t uncover them.

The iPad might only be 18 months old, but she and her Android siblings are getting users to pay attention and click. Tablets are also taking the lion's share of mobile advertising dollars.