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How Comcast’s Xfinity TV App Stacks Up Against HBO Go, Netflix

Today, Comcast finally upgraded its mobile app, Xfinity TV, and now offers roughly 6,000 hours of On Demand content to subscribers who own the iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad. The top players are all present--HBO, Showtime, Starz--making streaming premium content on your mobile device a cinch

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For 125th Anniversary, Coke Spills Onto iPad, Luxury Coffee Table Book [Video]

We all know the people who collect Coke everything--shirts, fridge magnets, art. The company has a remarkable history of iconic ads. And now the ultimate Coke fiend can own that rich history in an app and a gorgeous book that goes for $650--or roughly the cost of 464 twenty-ouncers

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Want To Be Our Design Intern?

The Fast Company web team is searching for a design intern. Do you have a strong foundation in HTML and working knowledge of Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, and FTP software? Can you multitask and juggle multiple projects under tight deadlines?

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Square Creates An App Store For Offline Payments

You know what you love about the iTunes App Store: You enter your payment information once, and then immediately, all of the world's digital content is available at your finger tips.

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Your Toyota Would Like To Friend You Now

Toyota is working on a social networking service--with Microsoft's help--so that drivers can interact with their cars. Imagine if KITT had a Twitter account. Toyota's working on a new feature called "Toyota Friend," part of a private social network that connects you--with Microsoft 's help--to your car.

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Arianna Huffington Desperately Shills For AOL’s MapQuest

Who the hell still uses MapQuest? Unless you're driving down the highway listening to "Da Da Da" circa 1997, with printed-out directions sitting on the passenger-side seat of your Volkswagen Golf Cabrio, you've likely moved on to better mapping software from Google or Bing. Unless you're Arianna Huffington, that is, and you own a hefty stake in AOL, which purchased MapQuest in the early aughts

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Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: VeeV

Twin brothers from Chicago mix up the nightlife scene with their Acai-infused drink, VeeV. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.

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Molten Salt And Rocket Science To Make Solar Work At Night

A very hot solution to that pesky solar energy problem known as sunset. Solar power: works great when the sun is out. It works less great when the sun isn't out, which happens every night, as you may have noticed

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Spicing Up That Sales Pitch

Can laughs make the sale? Plus, the new deal-site ecosystem, loving the Like button, and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs. Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs

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iPhone 5 Rumor Round-Up: Curvy Screen, World-Phone Chips, Augmented Reality

It looks like the iPhone 5 won't be out until later this year...but there is plenty to talk about already. Here's our summary of the hottest hints on Apple's next big trendsetting device. The iPhone--love it or hate it--has played a huge role in redefining the entire smartphone genre.

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Groupon’s Social Network Problem

Groupon has already conquered the daily deals market--now they're trying to take over all other deals, too. But they may be missing one big piece of the puzzle: a social network. Groupon has already conquered the daily deals market--now they're trying to take over all other deals, too

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Facebook’s Hack-A-Months Cause Disruption, Innovation

Yep, they are 30-day hack-a-thons--and they are helping launch big products, including Facebook Deals. Welcome to what one Facebooker calls "a playground for engineers." Tech giants such as Google to Facebook are famous for hack-a-thons, all-night marathon coding sessions where eager employees build something unrelated to their current projects

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