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Feed SubscriptionPaychex Launches Business Resource Kit
In honor of National Small Business Week, Paychex--the payroll, HR, and benefits company-- has launched an online business resource kit for entrepreneurs. The site features articles and tools from Paychex, links to online resources from the U.S
Read More »Forget Wolf Blitzer: YouTube Launches Debate Clearinghouse For Politicos
When it comes to debating the issues, the public has a hard time sifting through all the political theater, biases, and endless muckraking. Between boilerplate-spewing press secretaries, 30-second attack ads, and swiftboating, it's often difficult to figure out where candidates and elected officials stand on hot policy topics like health care and the economy without out-of-context buzzwords (Death panels! Socialism!)
Read More »Tumblr’s Insane Growth, New MacBook Airs, "Hulu For Magazines," And More…
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Tumblr's Insane Growth "Exponential" growth is a term often bantered around with little mathematical accuracy
Read More »From Metal Factory to Innovator
How one man built his family's small manufacturing plant into the go-to metalworking studio for the world's premier architectural projects. Two decades ago, the A
Read More »Branding Lessons from Gwyneth Paltrow
It’s official: Gwyneth Paltrow has made the transition from ice-princess, Oscar-winning fashionista to full-blown domestic diva. She already dispenses tips on living gracefully on goop.com ; starred in a documentary about her culinary road trip through Spain with friend Mario Batali ; and recently published a cookbook, My Father’s Daughter . And now she is gracing the cover of the latest issue of Bon Appetit
Read More »Wayne Breitbarth, Social Media Expert and Author of The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success
Wayne Breitbarth is a consultant and speaker on social media and author of The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success. Wayne Breitbarth is a consultant and speaker on social media and author of The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success.
Read More »Dancing In The Streets: Bollywood Goes Mobile
The most formulaic of foreign film industries is being forced to innovate. For the first time, a Bollywood film is marketing exclusively via mobile and the web
Read More »The Cure For ADD-vertising
Multi-tasking is humanly impossible. What your brand needs is a simplified marketing message--that you can sum up in one word. The enemy has changed
Read More »New Gadget Mantra: The Screen’s The Thing
We're used to fairly similar LCD screens on pretty much all our mobile gadgets and TVs. That's all about to change
Read More »Geothermal Energy Without The Earthquakes
GTherm's new technology solves the unfortunate side effect of harvesting the Earth's heat--serious tremors.
Read More »Massages, Flowers, And More MarketSharing Lifestyle Deals For Business Set
A New York startup is betting that businesses will, in fact, want deals on more than just printers. A few weeks ago, we told you about one of the first daily deal companies to start doing offers for businesses. Now another is opening up in New York, but this time with a twist.
Read More »Russia’s Innovation Town: A Cross Between Masdar City And Silicon Valley
A new development outside of Moscow, powered by renewable energy, is being built to foster research.
Read More »iFive: Intel Smartphones, App Developers Patent Woes, PopCap Games In China, Amazon’s Short Domains, RIAA’s CD Piracy Law
Very early this morning, Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station for the final time, marking another milestone at the end of the Shuttle program. 1. Long noted for its absence, Intel is now promising to have its silicon inside smartphones in early 2012, five years after the iPhone reinvented the genre and took ARM chips to new levels as the de facto standard CPU
Read More »7 Tips on Employee Satisfaction
Good managers know that happy employees are loyal, productive employees. Below are seven areas to improve employee satisfaction. Employee attitudes typically reflect the moral of the company.
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