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The United States Navy is considering embracing Google+ for communicating with sailors and the greater public. The reason, it seems, mostly has to do with Facebook's counterintuitive security settings

While it may seem that people want to cut back on spending, companies that shape up inefficient buildings and get paid back via the energy savings are doing booming business. What's the ideal economic environment to get a free high-efficiency upgrade worth tens of millions dollars

It shouldn't be called "mergers and acquisitions." It's more like "mergers and acquisitions… and rumors… and speculation." Ever since last week's announcement that Hewlett Packard plans to buy the software data mining company Autonomy rumors and speculation has been, uh, let's just say, thick. Here are some of my favorites: 1

The 2011 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2007 through 2010

From gin to geriatric care, companies are invoking the Good Ol' Days to foster a connection with their customers--even if the product is only a decade old. The first time I encountered Hendrick's Gin was in the exclusive George V Hotel in Paris.

Bridging the gap between traditional and online learning, Kno's newest product pulls in the most relevant of the Khan Academy videos to enrich whatever you're reading about. Long gone are the days when your otherwise drab textbook might be lightened up only by the occasional graphic or stock photo

The founder and CEO of ideeli discusses the strategies behind his success and how the people he has hired have helped the online fashion retail company reach No.

In Part 1 of this interview series, MailChimp ’s CEO Ben Chestnut discussed how going freemium led to creating a fund for integrators , resulting in creative new developments with their product.

August is traditionally a slow news month for tech, but with its revised iPhone launch schedule Apple's still turning up plenty of rumors--along with fascinating hints at future Macs. Entirely New Product Line Japanese Mac site Macotakara is predicting Apple's got something surprising up its sleeve for the end of 2011: A completely new Mac product.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Cloud Music Gets Legal Thumbs-Up

Why can't anyone tame the social stream and just give us the good stuff? Illustration by Debaser Every minute of every day , the more than a half-billion members of Facebook collectively create almost 1 million photos, wall posts, status updates, and other bits of ephemera. The firehose at Twitter looks tame by comparison--the network sees more than 125,000 tweets a minute, only half of them about (or from) randy congressmen.

New renovations will let even "Post-Panamax" ships cross the isthmus, altering the economics of global shipping to the advantage of countries that produce cheap goods for the developed world. What a difference a century makes.

Good news about air travel is rare these days, but somewhere between invasive security measures and late arrivals, increasing fuel prices and frustrated flight attendants, it happens. Making the skies a bit friendlier this month, American Airlines and Aircell debuted a new service-- Gogo Vision-- that lets travelers watch streaming video content inflight on their own gadgets

IBM is testing a new system that--using just weather patterns and detailed maps--can accurately predict 100 hours of future river behavior. It's four days before a major flash flood will hit your local river

Set ambitious goals, says a study.