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Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Fair Labor Association Inspects Foxconn Factories . Apple has asked the Fair Labor Association to conduct a round of audits on several suppliers including Foxconn in China.

How do you create technology to recommend new channels to users? And when does a person need to step in to curate these recommendations?

Next week marks the launch of the fourth annual Social Media Week , a global event with discussions about media use.

The company's movie streaming deal with Verizon is a classic adjacency move that leverages the brand while limiting the risk. Redbox and Verizon announced this week they are teaming up to offer an online movie streaming service that competes directly with Netflix. We think it’s a great strategic investment that will likely reap positive returns.

How can you tell if your e-commerce company is going to grow or fall flat on its face? These three measurements hold the key.

There's one simple way to make your customers trust you: be open and honest with them from the start. My co-founder Bill Haney said recently, "In an age where you can look up the top nearby Indian restaurant on your phone, order at a fixed price, and have your food delivered within a half hour to your doorstep all without even talking to a live person, it's insane that for the largest expenditure most Americans make, our homes, we have so little ability to make the building process transparent." He means transparent in terms of cost (building on a fixed price), customization options, and building schedule.

Even if you never come close to buying a Super Bowl ad, you can learn a few key marketing rules from these big-game winners. The Super Bowl highlights one great promise in the world of marketing: that advertising can be a welcome experience. I can't think of many other events for which the advertising is as much of a part of the experience as the event itself.

Before political campaigns were all over blogs, Meetup.com, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, there was USA.gov, cofounded by David Binetti in 2000. The site, which was the platform for the first ever webcast from the Oval Office, is now the U.S. Government's official portal

Desktop software is sold "by the seat." But a "by the hour" pricing structure offered by cloud-based apps means smaller businesses can put everyone on customer support--even, if necessary, the CEO. Customers are increasingly expecting to get help from companies through social media, like Twitter and Facebook, in addition to traditional channels like phone, email, and web. That's why Salesforce is launching a new application, called Desk.com, aimed at small and medium sized businesses (SMBs).

Success, if not handled properly, can lead to the demise of a business. Sustain long-term growth by following these steps. A funny little thing happens on the road to success.

Got a great product that's all steak and no sizzle? Road ID co-founder Edward Wimmer on how to craft the killer pitch.

Watch out, Craigslist: Cinchified aims to match buyers and sellers in a ridiculously simple way.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Shaadi.com Launches "Angry Brides" Facebook Game

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. EU Introducing Cookie Regulations . New European Union regulations will require customers to explicitly opt-in to receive cookies from websites

A look at Baratunde Thurston, the Director of Digital at The Onion, a Harvard philosophy major turned consultant turned standup comedian and author of How to Be Black. Flux to the core.