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Who among us has never growled like a cave person at their laptop? Or giggled uncontrollably into a smartphone

That's the plan, says CEO Andrew Mason.

One of the worries about near field communication-enabled tech is that private data could be remotely snooped and used for evil. But the truth is that we may be volunteering info by NFC soon enough

Mark Coker of Smashwords became the leader of indie e-book writers--including some with dirty minds--in a fight against censorship and PayPal. He also has strong feelings about the DOJ's e-book pricing lawsuit.

Sales at Everyday Health were flat for two years. The company needed closers to help it execute on a new strategy. But how could it recruit them?

Which problem-solving technique do you use? Here's four examples--as well as what each conveys about you and your company (for better or worse). As a business owner, employer, and customer, nothing irks me more than lousy problem-solving skills

Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe tells Fast Company about the frightening early days of his now hugely successful retail company.

Who will win?

Your money is just a set of bits these days. So why shouldn't it be treated as such--and make your life easier?

As announced this week, the new Apple TV brings a new UI, better internal specs, and full HD capability to the table. But there's the business equivalent of an Easter egg hidden in it for Netflix subscribers: From now on, if you want to join Netflix you can do it through your Apple TV, and Apple handles the payments via its iTunes back channel. Essentially it works like this: The Apple TV functionality hinges on your iTunes user account, the same kind that's powered 25 billion app downloads to date

"This is just the beginning," says Twitter's Adam Bain. "You're going to see a ton of creative examples of people building on this platform--this is not just about giving people a deal or discount." Top national brands have signed up for AmEx's new program with Twitter , the partnership unveiled Tuesday that allows consumers to get cash back by syncing their credit card and social media accounts

Turns out you don't have to be a banker or a mathlete to get into the credit card business.

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Boku currently lets cell phone owners pay for things through carrier billing in over 60 countries. Usually these transactions are for small things--items like apps, ringtones, small-scale online purchases--perhaps because that's all users are comfortable with, unsure of how big their cell phone bill will be at the end of the month