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Can you build a long-term business on other people's platforms? Illustration by Brian Staufferr The oxpecker is an African bird that ekes out a living from the ticks that live on the backs of rhinoceroses. I imagine even it would be embarrassed by Zynga 's dependency on Facebook.

Here's the short answer: buy one! There are lots of entrepreneurs out there (maybe you!) who have a great business plan that happens to have either an e-business part to it or all of it would be an e-business. Having the business acumen to come up with a rock-solid plan, dazzle investors, and maintain the determination to launch it are one thing. Having the tech chops to launch the online presence necessary (a website, a mobile website, an auction storefront on eBAy, etc.) is another set of, well, chops.

The 9/11 attacks shook up more than the world's psyche, and have led to a raft of new inventions and futuristic tech designed to prevent similar terrorism in the future--from iRobots to full body scanners. These too have an ongoing mission to change our life. Some of the innovations resulting from 9/11 stemmed directly from the terrible events, while others would've happened anyway, just in slower time if their development hadn't been spurred on

Author John Warrillow shares the tech tools he uses to run his start-up remotely while traveling through Europe.

Apple's fifth iPhone is expected to debut later this month, barely four years after its original model redefined the word smartphone. Here, we trace the burgeoning iPhone empire. Numerology: iDomination

When Jane McGonigal suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2009, she created a game, SuperBetter, to help herself heal. Today, she unveiled a new platform, SuperBetter, to help others cure what ails, from obesity to a broken leg to addiction. Deeply impacted by a traumatic brain injury in 2009, and struggling with traditional therapy, Jane McGonigal created a game--SuperBetter--to help heal herself

The Kindle tablet is coming. (You may have heard a little about this.) Amazon 's just redesigned its main website with changes that make it more tablet-friendly, and one writer is even claiming to have used the device.

[youtube _z1bwFD9bug] A number in the "very high six figures." That's how much it cost TabCo to run its recent eye-grabbing campaign, pitched to reveal a revolutionary innovation in the tablet PC market, according to Jonathan Bloom CEO of McGrath Power, the firm that ran it. That amount is a measure of the bet the tablet is placing on its new product, and also a guide to the complexity of the entire process--but that's just the start of it

Google 's Eric Schmidt was visiting the other side of the Atlantic this weekend, and during his speaking engagements he waxed lyrical about Google TV. Very lyrical. He pronounced, "Virtually all the television manufacturers on their very high end will eventually adopt Google TV." He also suggested a five-year timetable and then revealed that Google TV will be getting its British debut in about six months.

Lightbank , the venture vehicle created by Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell of Groupon fame have just pushed $4 million of funds, one of its biggest investements thus far, into E la Carte --makers of the Presto dedicated restaurant tablet devices. Lightbank is betting that in a newly iPad-invigorated world, dedicated single use tablets will sell and will be more readily adopted, perhaps even sought out, by public-facing businesses. Presto was dreamed up in 2008, and it's currently in use in around 150 restaurants in the Bay area.

Are companies overwhelming consumers? We continue our examination of the business book The Paradox of Choice with an interview of author Barry Schwartz.

Are companies overwhelming consumers? We continue our examination of the business book The Paradox of Choice with an interview of author Barry Schwartz. Kevin Ohannessian: What was the impetus for writing The Paradox of Choice?

A few months ago, the team at Blackbox seed accelerator set out to decode the "genetics" behind successful startups (See this short piece at Fast Company and also " Love in Startup Land ."). Their initial report, the Startup Genome Project , surveyed over 600 tech startup companies in Silicon Valley and around the world and gave them insights that let them continue their survey.

With the augmented reality browser, Junaio, your smartphone can recognize reality via its camera--and then tell you even more about it. Metaio just transformed its Junaio Augmented Reality browser into a highly useful tool. Its new Scan function recognizes a range of real things--from pictures to QR codes to product barcodes--so it can supply extra info to its users about what it's looking at.