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With airlines charging domestic fliers around $100 for bags of 71 poundes or more, some luggage-shipping services are stepping up to compete. With airlines charging domestic fliers around $100 for bags of 71 pounds or more, some luggage-shipping services are cutting prices to compete

A Q&A with the director of Microsoft's Envisioning Lab, where they're working 10 years ahead, growing plants on the walls, and thinking about how your data will do your bidding in the future. The most unbelievable part of Microsoft's eye-catching Productivity Future Vision video , released earlier this week, isn't the see-through refrigerator, the software app that discovers a product design breakthrough on its own, or the plants growing on the wall of the ethereally white office. (That last one, actually, is a real office on the Microsoft campus.) No, the most unbelievable part is how clean every surface is--in the car, in the office, and even in a kitchen where a bake sale project is underway.

The best part of any conference usually takes place in the halls--where you can network, of course, but also where you can find the answers you were looking for and have the kind of conversations you wanted when you came to the conference in the first place. A new app that Dell is pioneering at its first-ever Dell World conference this week will attempt to simulate that experience at least somewhat and, say Dell executives, vastly improve the overall conference experience. Most conference apps are just digital versions of the paper program.

Some businesses are using social networks to find mentors for their staff. Kathleen Lim wanted to move up the learning curve.

Readers respond to our story about the constant feeling of crisis that is entrepreneurship in Argentina, and others. Risky Business Our story about doing business in Argentina [" A Constant Feeling of Crisis ," June] garnered a mixed reaction from readers on Hacker News and Inc.com, many of whom are U.S. expats running businesses in South America

If you’re seeking a personalized Monte Carlo vacation that might include Grand Prix driving or private wine tastings, there is new service designed to help you create a dream vacation or event in the region. Celebration Concierge is a Monaco-based personal event planning service that launched this summer

Let's face it: social networking influences the way we travel, whether on business or for pleasure. Here's how you can make the most of your trip by using the networks you're a part of

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