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The late Andy Rooney was a vicious critic who despised sloppy grammar and loathed Justin Bieber. Sound familiar, Internet?

5 seconds. That's about how long I have to capture your attention on this website and convince you to stick around

Here's how two companies turned B-List star power into A-List promotions. Paying a celebrity thousands of dollars to promote your company in 140 characters or fewer may seem crazy.

Movember cofounder Adam Garone describes how to grow a massive charitable community by bringing the fun. Adam Garone never thought a silly beer-fueled bet to grow a mustache would turn into a multi-million-dollar global charity and the largest non-governmental funder of prostate cancer research. Seven years later, Movember expects more than 600,000 men to ask their friends to contribute donations in exchange for growing an artful caterpillar lip in the annual Movember mustache challenge, which starts Nov.

Learning the Ansoff Matrix, which shows four ways that businesses can grow and the risks associated with each option, can help you grow your niche.

As Meg Whitman joins Zaarly, an e-commerce start-up, the company's CEO offers advice on finding your company's next advisor, and why you might want to consider a boldfaced name. Bo Fishback believes that Zaarly , the e-commerce start-up he co-founded six months ago, can change the world. But he knows he will need help building it

EteRNA, the new project from the brains behind FoldIt, wants to create and study RNA molecules to help cure diseases. Turn out if you give a gamer a chance, they can design RNA molecules far better than any computer. There are two ways to become a biochemical engineer.

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Three brutal murders of Internet users shed light on Mexican narcogangs' monitoring of social media and the new dangers of blogging or commenting online in Mexico. In late September, police found the body of Nuevo Laredo resident Marisol Macias Castenada, a 39-year-old office manager for the city's Primera Hora newspaper, dumped on a bridge about a mile from the U.S. border

First there were rumors based on some patent applications and thus it seemed Apple was going to use face recognition tech from its acquisition of Polar Rose in future iPhones. Then hackers digging through the code inside a beta test version of iOS5 found hooks that confirmed face recognition was going to be a big part of it

It's near the end of Steve Cohen's chamber magic show , and he reaches for his legendary teakettle. Yeah--here it comes.

Got a beef about the bathroom in your local Arby's? Tell John Sperry. He's up to his ears in customer complaints.

Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn by Cathy N. Davidson

The Cornell Creative Machines Lab wants to bring 3D food printing technology to restaurants and home chefs. Top culinary talents believe this could lead to healthier diets, not just snazzier snacks

Entrepreneurs are often ousted from the companies they start. Management experts weigh in on why founder succession happens, and how you can avoid it. In July, Etsy CEO Rob Kalin was moved out of the top spot at the handmade goods retail website he founded in 2005.