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First, Google moved to acquire Motorola Mobility. Yesterday, it bought the crown jewel of restaurant guides, Zagat

My mind is buzzing with thoughts of a book I just finished reading: The Intelligent Entrepreneur by Bill Murphy, Jr.

GolfChannel: Whatever Phil Mickelson’s motivations, having the game’s second-largest draw join a growing list of long-putter converts only promises to fuel an already combustible debate.

In Part 1 of my interview, Sunni Brown, business owner, creative director, speaker and co-author of one of Amazon’s Top 100 Business Books titled GameStorming: A Playbook for Rule-breakers, Innovators and Changemakers , described graphic recording and the definition of Gamestorming. Below, Sunni discusses how to create innovative environments that produce amazing ideas

You used to be able to rent a single episode of some of your favorite TV shows via iTunes, and access them for a short period for your viewing pleasure.

To promote its search app, Google goosed the mobile display ad form with rich media and 3-D printing. Today's mobile display ad just can't handle tomorrow's tech, which powers Google 's search app.

While it may seem that people want to cut back on spending, companies that shape up inefficient buildings and get paid back via the energy savings are doing booming business. What's the ideal economic environment to get a free high-efficiency upgrade worth tens of millions dollars

Last month, I had the chance to speak to a room full of entrepreneurs and angel investors at the Bethesda Green Business Incubator about the dos and don’ts of raising money from “angel investors.” Here are a few highlights from my remarks. Many service-oriented businesses can be started with minimal start-up capital

The popular game series Deus Ex taps real-world science for its latest installment of a transhuman dystopia. Will Rosellini is a science fiction purist.

Oh my! This makes Microsoft and Nokia's hook-up look like a dropped call. In case you were under a rock yesterday, Google has announced it is buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. First, there are the obvious implications: 1.

Think Facebook and Twitter are all you need to get the word out about your new business? Here are eight more ways to get some media attention. Now that you’ve made the bold move of opening up your own business, you’re likely faced with the challenge of spreading the word about your goods or services to potential customers

Leave it to a psychologist at the University of Essex to discover that the secret sauce in irresistible video games is the characters' personalities--especially those that leave just enough creative space for players to pour themselves into.

Nintendo's Wii has been used for a while now by physical therapists, but a revolutionary new platform could transform the game system into an at-home recovery tool, with therapists overseeing progress over 3G. A revolutionary rehabilitation system has stroke patients ambling onto Wii Balance boards--at home--to play versions of games like Wii Resort and Wii Sports, under the watchful eye of a remotely located therapist. For the first time, therapists can assign "homework therapy," giving patients an opportunity to get continuous monitored therapy services and rehab at home with ease.

You say you want a revolution?

There is genetically modified produce in a lot of the processed food you eat, but this is the first time that Monsanto is taking fresh GM produce from the ground straight to your mouth. If it works out, there will be plenty more. Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, is known for developing engineered crops (i.e.