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With the company throwing money at solutions that turn refuse into energy, it may soon be about more than just garbage. Not content to sit on its laurels as the largest trash collection company in the country, Waste Management is innovating in one of the unsexiest--but most important--sectors of the economy: garbage

Now that people can organize themselves online, private air travel isn’t just for the wealthy anymore. Have you ever wanted to take a quick weekend trip to some out-of-the-way place, but canned the idea because there was no practical way to get there without having to make a connection or two followed by a long drive--all of which would have eaten up half your weekend?

1. Apple and Google will be called back to testify before the Senate hearing on digital privacy on Thursday, but this time they'll also be joined by Bret Taylor, the CTO for Facebook

Whom do bold thinkers look to for inspiration?

The Winklevoss brothers are at it again. Plus, a secret to Google's success, and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs

The Winklevoss brothers are at it again.

The inaugural post of Eileen P. Gunn's new Inc.com blog, Start Me Up. Being an entrepreneur energizes me.

This article is part one of a two part series. In part two, we will look at what small businesses should know. Jack Plunkett is the CEO of Plunkett Research .

Just in case the whole electric-car revolution doesn't pan out, vehicle manufactures have been hedging their bets with hydrogen-powered vehicles; just last week, Toyota opened the first hydrogen refueling station connected directly to a hydrogen pipeline. But human production of hydrogen from water is often a dirty process--most hydrogen today is produced from natural gas. Plants, however, split water all the time

Though the iPhone 5's arrival is still far away, leaks are getting out about a possible November 21 launch date, a hardware change that'll render your current case unusable, the screen size, and NFC. We've heard a few rumors before about the iPhone 5, most notably that its launch has been delayed well beyond a typical June/July release timeframe

The conventional wisdom is that it always makes sense to reuse or remake products rather than to make new ones--why make a new tire when you can retread an old one, and why manufacture a new inkjet cartridge when you can refill a used one? But conventional wisdom is often wrong. In some cases, it may actually be more resource and energy-efficient to manufacture new products, according to a new study from MIT

Amazon's clever moves to change (and own) the Android app market space just got lots better: PopCap, a hugely successful games company, has signed an exclusive deal to launch its Android games with them. For any of the 50 million app downloaders who've racked their brains or thwapped their thumbs on an iPad or iPhone touch screen full of digital jewels, PopCap Games--or at least its runaway hit, Bejeweled--will ring a bell

Craig Robinson, the basketball coach at Oregon State and Michelle Obamas brother, answers questions about coping with setbacks, what you have to do to get to the No. 1 spot, and Barack Obama

Mississippi River flooding is at its worst in decades. With thousands evacuated and the levees breaking, the Army Corps of Engineers has begun an audacious Facebook initiative to keep the public informed.

The National Endowment for the Arts says so, and is even putting its funding where its mouth is. But the gaming community says it's probably too soon to pop the champagne corks