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Congratulations. You've just been tapped to revamp everything Google does. How do you get your team to remember why they're doing what they're doing

Email is an unavoidable burden for most, and an undeniable time-suck for all. But now, social startup 410 Labs is trying to fix our email woes with Shortmail.com, a service the Baltimore-based company considers the Twitter of email

Former Google exec Adam Bosworth is helping companies save money on health care by gamifying exercise and nutrition as coworkers compete for cash prizes. "We’re trying to change health habits in a very fundamental way," he tells us.

Google+, Netflix for theaters, Egypt's new incubator, living on Groupon for a week, and more. Google introduces its own social network.

Toyota plans to teach its well-honed assembly line techniques to community organizations like the St.

Adrian Slywotzky is an expert in profitability, evident in such books as The Profit Zone and Profit Patterns .

The latest on Jack Dorsey's disruptive Square, RIM's tablet failings and Rockmelt's surprising venture cash. More to come throughout the day, as Fast Company's editors keep you on top of the news. Square Raises $100M, Now Worth A Billion

Facebook may be a fabulous way to get your casual game idea noticed, but there's a bigger, better Web outside Facebook's blue-painted cage--just ask FarmVille. Social2Web wants to help you take your game there. Think of Social2Web by Adknowledge as a kind of virtual scalpel, helping you surgically pluck your carefully crafted game from Facebook and transplant it elsewhere, presumably where it'll make you, not Mark Zuckerberg, more money.

It's Facebook's world.

Google announced last week that it is shutting down personal health record service Google Health. The underlying cause: the people who use Google Health aren't the people making health care decisions. The Internet has been a boon for consumers who want to learn more about their medical symptoms and conditions.

Yep, it's still the economy stupid, and the former president is talking small business and job creation at the Clinton Global Initiative this week. With job creation at the heart of the economic discussion in America, former President Bill Clinton will soon be joining the conversation in a big way

By hooking up just a few cars to a grid that allows engineers to adjust conditions based on real-time traffic conditions, everyone would be blessed with congestion-free rides. It’s safe to say, despite Nevada's recent approval of fully automated vehicles , that we Americans are ambivalent about the prospect of networked cars

The Indian government has put Chinese mobile giant Huawei in charge of inspecting imported smartphone equipment for secret spyware. But who's spying on whom? The Indian government is teaming up with Chinese tech giant Huawei to search imported smartphones and communications devices for signs of malware and spyware.

Because one microbe is never enough: Say hi to metagenomics. "Microbes run the world. It’s that simple." Those are the first words of a recent report on the ongoing quest to sequence the DNA of the smallest of living things

David Ronick started coaching Amanda Steinberg three years ago. Earlier this year she raised $850,000 from a group including Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures. When I met Amanda Steinberg through a mutual friend in July of 2008, DailyWorth was just an idea: A daily e-mail newsletter with advice on personal finance for women