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Read More »Readmill’s Henrik Berggren Is Making Your Social Graph An E-Bookstore
One major drawback to e-books is that there is no easy way to share text among friends. And there's little incentive for Amazon or Apple to solve this problem.
Read More »Season’s Greetings! Sincerely Makes Mobile Photos Into Holiday Cards (No Stamps Required)
The makers of Postagram and other photo printing apps want to build their business into a dominant, gift-focused e-commerce venture. But how?
Read More »Werner Herzog Dives "Into The Abyss" With A Triple Murderer
The award-winning, death-cheating director of "Grizzly Man" and "Fitzcarraldo" gets up close and personal for his latest documentary.
Read More »Should You Buy a Kindle Fire?
It just might be the best product Amazon has ever released. The burning questions is, should you get one? Inc.com columnist John Brandon weighs in.
Read More »Amazon Acquires Start-up Yap
The e-commerce giant secretly bought the Siri-like speech recognition start-up in September. Let the yapping begin: Amazon.com quietly has acquired a Siri-like speech recognition start-up called Yap
Read More »Nook Tablet Kicks Off Flame War With Kindle Fire
The Nook Tablet debuted today with a boatload of features--1GHz CPU, 11.5 hours of battery life, 16GB of memory, 1GB of RAM--all for $249. Plus, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch suggested on Monday that every unit comes with a free helping of Amazon smack talk. Normally it's the tech press that ratchets up the drama between companies, emphasizing the heated competition to the point where it might seem NATO and a UN resolution are needed to keep the peace
Read More »How to Be an Absentee CEO
Jared Heyman took a break"a long one"from the company he founded. To everyone's surprise, both he and the company thrived.
Read More »The Great Tech War Of 2012: Ongoing Skirmishes
Fast Company is tracking developments in the increasingly intense competition between Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon to show just how fast the big four are creeping into each others' spaces. Here's what changed in the 30 days since we published The Great Tech War of 2012 . Check back often
Read More »Panasonic’s Record $5.5 Billion Loss, Disney-ABC Renews Amazon and Netflix Deals, Anonymous Threatens To Expose Mexican Cartel
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Google marks Halloween with a pumpkin carving Google Doodle.
Read More »Samsung’s Smartphone Sales Grow 44 Percent, Netflix Users Take Up A Third Of U.S. Bandwidth, Amazon In Talks For Kindle In China
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Read More »Android Overtakes Apple On Apps,China iPhone Manufacturer Is Cleaning Up,"Steve Jobs" Could Be Amazon Top Seller
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Bluetooth 4.0 Renamed "Smart." The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, responsible for managing the wireless protocol, just sent out a press release stating the new protocol Bluetooth 4.0 has been renamed "Bluetooth Smart." Devices supporting BT4.0 will now sport a special "Smart" logo, or "Smart ready" if they only do a limited version
Read More »TV That Fits Your Life And Doesn’t Make You Dumb
We all have busy lives, and catching all the good shows on TV is one of the things that gets missed in the daily grind. Here's how you can get your television fix, and in ways that are convenient for anyone
Read More »"Steve Jobs" By The Numbers
Just how big will the biography of the late Apple founder be? It's "the biggest nonfiction book of the year," a publishing insider tells Fast Company. Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs
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