News updates all day from Fast Company. HTC is said, by inside sources speaking to Bloomberg , to be "shut out" of the introduction of Microsoft's hotly-anticipated Windows 8 operating system for tablets. MS is concerned that HTC doesn't sell enough devices or have enough experience making tablets compared to better-known names like HP or Asus.
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At the celebration of Mindshare 50th networking event in Los Angeles, Nolan Bushnell said improving intelligence doesn't require state-of-the-art gadgets or mind-altering medication--just a pair of skis and some yoga pants. Since 2006, the monthly networking event Mindshare has brought together some of Los Angeles’ smartest entrepreneurs, artists, and inventors with the promise of cheap booze, local music, and often mind-blowing presentations.
Read More »Standoff sensing enters new realm with dual-laser technique
(PhysOrg.com) -- Identifying chemicals from a distance could take a step forward with the introduction of a two-laser system being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Don't just publish a blog willy nilly. Plan, set goals, and--most importantly--know what you're getting into
Read More »Apple Speaks Openly, Discloses Environmental And Rights Issues Among Its Suppliers [Updated]
The giant consumer technology firm revealed in its "Apple Supplier Responsibility Report" for 2012, available for perusal here , that it had carried out 229 individual audits among its diverse and largely secrecy-shrouded supplier chain. Looking for responsible behavior across all aspects of its business, Apple paid attention to labor and human rights, health and safety, environmental impact and more ephemeral aspects like ethics and business practices
Read More »Write a Thank-You Note That Matters
Thank-you notes are so rare in this digital age that a good one makes a huge impression. Here's how to write one.
Read More »The Art of the Science Tattoo
It all started with a summer pool party and a Harvard neuroscientist who prefers to be called Bob. Bob--aka Sandeep Robert Datta--was splashing around the pool with his kids when science writer Carl Zimmer noticed an image of DNA inked to his shoulder
Read More »What Pro Wrestling Can Teach You About Business
Behind the spandex and the melodrama of those WWE matches, there's solid business advice. Seriously. There’s a professional wrestling term —please don’t ask me how I know this—that you should apply to your business
Read More »The Solar Decathlon Winners Design A House That Generates Clean Power, But Doesn’t Cost Big Bucks
After the 2009 DOE competition saw the costs of entries soaring, this year designers were asked to focus on houses that could be built for more reasonable sums. The results are impressive
Read More »Ask.com CTO Lisa Kavanaugh On Teaching An Old Answer Site Brand-New Tricks
"We are no longer a general purpose search engine," Kavanaugh tells us. Instead, Ask.com uses proprietary, semantic search technology to deliver answers from it's own content banks, community, experts, and from all over the web. Today, Google captures nearly 65% of all U.S.
Read More »Fatherhood, Childcare, and Testosterone: Study Authors Discuss the Details
Introduction Recently we published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reporting a drop in testosterone levels among newly partnered new fathers.
Read More »The Ordinary Geniuses Behind Genomics and Big Bang Cosmology
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the introduction of the new book Ordinary Geniuses: Max Delbr
Read More »Bank Of America Releases First Corporate Social Responsibility Report
The company touts its environmental investing and shrinking carbon footprint and--oh yeah--how it's working to fix the housing crisis it helped start.
Read More »New Tweaks Could Turn Apple TV Into A Game-Playing, Video-Chatting, Multimedia Superstar
Code snippets found in iOS 5 ,
Read More »Why Google+ Will Make A Splash, Not A Wave, In The Community Pool
It's Facebook's world.
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