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Remember all the talk about how there's no money in social networks? Well, it now seems strangely academic

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"You're on the air" takes on a whole new meaning with Jelli radio, which is creating traditional radio stations in Las Vegas that are entirely sourced from the social web.

Gridlocked bridges over the Fraser River are just a part of life for commuting Vancouverites. But the industrialized motif of North America's longest dam-free river belies a rare natural treasure: a sockeye salmon run with a historical average of eight million fish worth over $1 billion.

Sachin Agarwal, the founder of Posterous, a blog hosting service, got bogged down in the numbers as his company grew. Then, he writes ( blog.posterous.com ), he got smart: He hired a CFO. "Last month our new CFO came into the office and I transferred all the finance knowledge that was in my head over to her.

Sooner or later, every growing company reaches a point at which the entrepreneur behind it should start wondering whether he or she is the right person to be CEO. The answer has a lot to do with the company’s stage of development.

Monsanto, enemy of organic farmers and anti-GMO advocates alike, will now be allowed to conduct its own environmental studies as part of a two-year USDA experiment. But there is no good that can possibly come of an experiment where the company behind nearly every genetically modified crop in our daily diets is allowed to decide whether its products are causing any environmental harm.

Search for "New York Times" on Google, and you'll get 126,000,000 results (in about 0.14 seconds). Search the same query on Bing? Prepare for 491,000,000 results.

This article is Part 3 of an 8 part series. Read Part 2 to learn about Geoffrey Moore’s new book.

Oh, we just knew Facebook didn't care about privacy! After all its maneuverings to get us to open up, the social-networking behemoth is expected to go public itself sometime this year.

How do developing countries provide a new market for companies? Is it really possible to do very well by doing good?

The number of Adelie and chinstrap penguins living on the Antarctic Peninsula has plummeted by more than half during the past 30 years. Scientists once believed that climate change would create a stark contrast between the two species.

The company recycles everyday consumer tech to aid activists and imprison dictators. When a crisis map won't cut it, they're the A-Team to call

In general, manufacturers have little reason to, say, swap out incandescent lightbulbs for CFLs in their factories unless there is some sort of financial incentive. There is no bigger incentive than having one of your main customers--in this case, the world's largest consumer product manufacturer Procter & Gamble--ask you to shape up or get out

It's hard to keep a good time down: Recreational goods rentals, which includes everything from camping and ski equipment to sailboats, is predicted to break the $1 billion mark by 2013, according to data from AnythingResearch.com. The industry is the seventh fastest growing in 2011: it grew 10 percent over 2010, with an average company size of $447,982