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Entrepreneurs often think only the best product will let them succeed. But sometimes 'best' isn't what your customers really want. Ever buy and eat a meal from a lunch wagon

Google, Facebook, and Apple all went from single products to entire ecosystems. Five reasons why you should be just as ambitious.

Are there any die-hard "CrackBerry" fans anymore? What RIM must do to win back the business crowd

Amazon's gearing up a Brazilian launch for the Kindle this summer. Their strategy? Sell their product for far cheaper than the local competition, take a hit in import duties, and watch the profits roll in.

A pint-sized version of the iPad is coming, says one analyst.

In the world of boring corporate earnings calls, Apple's investor Q&A sessions are about as exciting as it gets--the equivalent hardcore pornography for most tech geeks. Offering a rare peek inside the famously secretive company, Apple's earnings are watched by every industry analyst and news outlet--and even live blogged in some instances, like a worldwide sporting event. With such attention paid to the spectacle, Apple has used the forum to go after competitors--Steve Jobs once passionately used his bully pulpit to aggressively knock Android--and it appears current CEO Tim Cook plans to use his megaphone in the same fashion.

According to industry blog Digitimes , Eastern partner manufacturers are expecting an inventory glut in Android-powered tablets after the holiday--exacerbating what may already be an oversupply problem. Insiders are blaming the iPad and the Kindle Fire, and high consumer expectations for Windows 8 tablets arriving in 2012.

It just might be the best product Amazon has ever released. The burning questions is, should you get one? Inc.com columnist John Brandon weighs in.

The Nook Tablet debuted today with a boatload of features--1GHz CPU, 11.5 hours of battery life, 16GB of memory, 1GB of RAM--all for $249. Plus, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch suggested on Monday that every unit comes with a free helping of Amazon smack talk. Normally it's the tech press that ratchets up the drama between companies, emphasizing the heated competition to the point where it might seem NATO and a UN resolution are needed to keep the peace

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Google marks Halloween with a pumpkin carving Google Doodle.

Amazon To Buy HP Palm, WebOS?

Like two blockbuster summer movies vying for the same audience Apple and Amazon are making major product announcements a week apart.

Breaking news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Amazon's Android Tablet Revealed . Moments before an official press event, Amazon executives revealed details about the company's long-expected tablet PC: It's called Kindle Fire, as rumored, and is a 7-inch color LCD machine that lacks 3G, a camera, and a microphone, but comes with Wi-Fi like its older Kindle e-reader cousins

Most attribute the runaway success of Amazon's Kindle to the E Ink technology that makes it so readable. But if that were true, why didn't Sony's Librie, which used the same technology and was launched three years earlier in the vibrant Japanese book market, succeed? The true explanation of the Kindle's triumph is something far less obvious--the behind-the-screen elements that make up a product's backstory

Skype Buys GroupMe For About $85 Million . Skype, in the midst of its deal with Microsoft, has acquired GroupMe for an estimated $85 million