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Apple's share price has dropped significantly in the last couple of weeks. This was possibly due to one analyst downgrading his expectations for Apple based on the assumption that cell phone operators would grow tired of paying the large subsidy the iPhone carries. But it doesn't take into account the different markets outside the U.S.

As the field narrows in Inc's entrepreneurship tourney, the survivors are all household names. But some are more household than others. Oprah rolled over Ralph Lauren, helped by her only-one-name-needed status, while No

It's not too late to fill in your brackets Round 1 Winners: You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Famous. In Inc.'s tournament of entrepreneurial titans, money wasn’t everything, but it sure helped, especially when combined with name recognition and staying power. Rich and famous though they are, Tony Hsieh, Jerry Yang and Arianna Huffington all lost to even more famous and wealthier entrepreneurs

It's not too late to fill in your brackets Round 1 Winners: You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Famous. In Inc.'s tournament of entrepreneurial titans, money wasn’t everything, but it sure helped, especially when combined with name recognition and staying power. Rich and famous though they are, Tony Hsieh, Jerry Yang and Arianna Huffington all lost to even more famous and wealthier entrepreneurs.

In the quest to win the hearts and minds of the press, you're going to have to do all the work. I'm in the middle of trying to publicize my new series of technology focused parenting books called, The Modern Parent’s Guide . I knew it was going to be difficult: Getting the press to pause its 24/7 schedule to take a look at a book can be a Herculean task.

Ideas, both fanciful and potentially instructive for your business, flowed over the weekend in Austin. Here are 7 interesting bits we observed.

Let's do the weekly electric boogaloo through a menagerie of mechanical wonderthings. No humans required.

Believe it or not, the founder of Reddit also has to avoid spending all day killing time on Reddit. Here's his advice for staying productive. Reddit is arguably the most successful social news site on the Internet

Would you love your Roomba more if it had rat-like whiskers?

Innovation contests can spur new products, and boost worker morale.

The New York-based startup demolishes conventional wisdom about the best ways to draw in readers--and snaps up $64 million in financing. Online recommendations systems are usually based on the assumption that if you're interested in one thing, you'll be interested in similar things--a principle called "relevancy".

Members of the Millennial generation say they're ready to start companies, but the soft economy is stopping them. Bad excuse

Welcome to another edition of Starred , where we take you deep inside the inboxes of our favorite CEOs, entrepreneurs, and VCs.

Moving forward with Steve Jobs' legacy, these are the Apple executives to watch in 2012. As the story goes, Jonathan Ive started at Apple in 1992, after an impressive career in the UK design scene. But it wasn't until the return of Steve Jobs in 1997, when Jobs decided design would be a major part of Apple's new strategy, that Ive rose to the top of the ranks.

Moving forward with Steve Jobs' legacy, these are the Apple executives to watch in 2012. As the story goes, Jonathan Ive started at Apple in 1992, after an impressive career in the UK design scene. But it wasn't until the return of Steve Jobs in 1997, when Jobs decided design would be a major part of Apple's new strategy, that Ive rose to the top of the ranks.