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Some people may just be born with a talent for math.

Anita* was a model employee. As CEO of my previous tech company, I had hired her to take charge of our bookkeeping and administrative affairs. When Anita came aboard, I asked what she wanted in order to feel fulfilled at work.

Starting July 7, Verizon will no longer offer new customers unlimited data plans. And, oh yeah, you're going to start paying for using those LTE mobile hotspots too (that includes existing customers; more on that below). Have a nice day! First, let's cover the new data plans.

How Tony Hsieh built Zappos, hi-tech tools that can help your business, a start-up with serious brain power, the Pandora IPO, and more. The Zappos legacy. OPEN Forum asks the entrepreneur, author, and company culture obsessor Tony Hsieh nine questions about how he thinks, what mistakes he's made, and what advice he'd give to his 18-year-old self.

Blood spatters are telltale marks of violent crimes, and have captured the public imagination in shows like Dexter, CSI, and Bones--shows whose cool tech may be less based in reality than special effect. For instance, it's only just now been worked out how to determine the height from which blood droplets fell.

Social media analysis firm Crimson Hexagon sifts the data to reveal a nuanced emotional reaction to the historic day. Nearly 50% of us responded to the news with fear, humor, or reflection. From Crimson Hexagon, the social media analysis firm that dispelled the myth of the Verizon iPhone exodus and Sharon Angle's 2010 Senate sweep , comes a truer-to-life snapshot of the world's reaction to Osama Bin Laden's death

The small business economy has shifted into neutral, with hiring and wages virtually flat month over month (both down 0.1% from March), according to the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard. While paychecks are flat for the year, energy and food prices continue to eat up more of an employee’s pay

Apple's just spoken up publicly on the matter of iPhones storing location data. "Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone.

Groupon, the group buying site offering daily deals, has proven to be wildly popular with consumers. Great discounts are given for restaurants, retail stores, spas, theaters and much more.

Last week, we posted the results of a report from the John Muir Trust claiming that wind power is a lot more useless than the wind industry--or anyone invested in renewable energy, really--would like us to believe. Naturally, we were contacted by the