The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. White iPhone Due Soon Apple 's legendary white iPhone will be ready for AT&T and Verizon in a few weeks, according "three people with knowledge of the plans." Twitter Rejected $10 Billion Offer From Google Twitter reportedly turned down multiple offers, including $2 Billion from Facebook and one from Microsoft . Crowdsourced Map Campaign Attempts Anti-Slave Momentum Demand the Brand, a State Department-supported project, allows users to upload photos of themselves with products to "demand" that they be made slave-free.
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The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Google Secretly Making Chrome for Tablets Stealth elements in Chrome's source code reveal new features that are unmistakably designed for a tablet. Google acknowledged, "We are engaging in early open-source work for the tablet form factor, but we have nothing new to announce at this time." Cocoon, A Worry-Free Browser Cocoon aims for private, malware-free browsing by routing all Internet activity through a separate server that scrubs viruses and tracking software before such data reaches the user
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The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Hulu's Big Profits Hulu is poised to make half a billion dollars in 2011 and saw a 50% increase in advertisers in Q1. The Sleepless Elite A handful of genetically blessed workaholics need far less sleep than the average person--only a few hours a night, sometimes much less.
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The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. AOL Forced to Hire New Engadget Editor After EIC Bails After Editor-in-Chief Josh Topolsky and the entire senior staff left to start a competitor site, Engadget knighted automotive editor Tim Stevens as a replacement. The defections highlight growing disdain for the " AOL Way ," which includes quotas for page views and prioritizing search-engine driven content.
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The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Mobile Scavenger Hunt Spices Up NY Library A smartphone apps that inspires patrons to explore the library's prized pieces premiers with an all-night marathon for the first 500 players.
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Welcome to Fast Feed, the Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--bite-sized and updated all day. Justice for BP execs (maybe) : the DOJ is considering manslaughter charges for BP, including Tony Hayward
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Welcome to Fast Feed, the Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--bite-sized and updated all day. 'Nano-bricks' lock in food flavor longer : A new transparent packaging technology, made from the same particles used to construct clay bricks, could keep food fresh longer, maybe for years.
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A new algorithm identifies the unique writing style hidden in digital communications. The world of anonymous email s and comments could soon come to a crashing end. Researchers at Concordia University have discovered a way to mathematically uncover the unique (and often sub-conscious) writing style, or "write print," of each individual
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