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Instead of investing billions in massive nuclear power plants, some power companies are developing smaller units, small enough to put on a truck and drive to where power is needed. There are obviously some concerns.

When Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said recently that a "gang of four" rules today's tech industry, he notably left out Microsoft, arguing that Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook control the landscape. Here's why he's wrong. The parallels between Microsoft and Facebook have always been strong.

A new app lets you track all your meals, gamifying eating healthy and making what you eat a social activity. Is this the new Weight Watchers

Algae eats CO2, and then it makes fuel.

And it has made close to $6 billion in revenue from app sales.

If you love watching two tech titans have a catfight, this is your month so far.

Yesterday Disney CEO Bob Iger said the owners of Hulu are "committed to selling" the streaming video service. Then Hulu CEO Jason Kilar took to Hulu's blog to address, well, not much at all. Yesterday Disney CEO Bob Iger said the owners of Hulu, which include NBCUniversal and News Corp., are "committed to selling" the streaming video service

There is no right, wrong or definitive way to get the attention of investors.

Photograph by Jason Madara Creative marketers are launching new efforts to reach the Latin American community. Colin Spooner manages a consultancy launched by ad agency Pereira & O'Dell, whose majority owner is Brazilian advertising giant Grupo ABC.

Twitter hosts town hall meeting, App store hits 15 billion sold, Facebook fights back, and more. President Obama tweets

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This article is specifically geared to my PR industry readers. I have a question: do you use CisionPoint ?

With 750 million members, the social network will no longer base success on user numbers but on the cool stuff they make using Facebook. This week Google launched its first step in revolutionizing the social network as you know it

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. No iPhone Games From Nintendo . A spokesman for the Japanese gaming giant confirmed yesterday that despite speculation, Nintendo won't make games for the ever-more popular iOS gaming platform

Screw austerity: The E.U.'s science spending, which is running at about US$79 billion for the current 2007-2013 period, is getting a boost to $114 billion for 2014-2020. The E.U.'s proposal recognizes that only by spending money on innovation and future tech can income growth be assured.