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Ashton Kutcher's production company Katalyst has revealed its first output from new hothousing venture IdeaJam. Its partnered with Intel and 48 creative professionals for a narrative experiment that will yield "six, short, digital content units." Here's what that means. Ashton Kutcher's production unit Katalyst has revealed its first output

Jane Pratt, founding editor of Sassy, was social media before social media existed. Today she’s launching xoJane.com , her answer to Sassy for a constantly connected generation. Sassy, the cool girl’s anti-glossy--whose winking, edgy-for-a-teen-mag coverlines (Long-Distance Romance: Sucky Or Not?; Do You Need Armpit Hair To Be a Feminist?) could easily be Twitterbait 20 years later--created the voice that informed a thousand snark-filled blogs

How better to deal with Monday morning than with our handy news summary, iFive? What's that? With a wordcloud

The “list” gets longer and longer. Ideas and goals fall to the wayside remaining incomplete or never even seeing the light of day. There’s just no time; even less energy.

Both China and India each have a new set of privacy laws expected to go into effect in the near future. In both cases, the new laws will turn outsourcing IT and phone centers to those countries into a compliancy nightmare for companies. The proposed Chinese laws (which are still being revised and redrafted) would require specific government consent to export personal data, consent to share data with third parties and new tighter restrictions on the gathering, management, use and storage of personal data.

Use continuous updates and punchy messages to heighten interest and keep your customers informed about products or services which in turn can boost sales.

Children's haircuts can be just as uncomfortable for parents as they are for kids. So Joanna Meiseles set out to create a hair salon just for kids

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Numbers show that people are giving up on non-toxic cleaning products. But they're really just giving up the ones that are doing it for show.

After a page calling for a mass march by Palestinians on the borders of Israel on May 15 was taken offline by Facebook, mirror sites with more than 3.5 million followers sprung up. Now Egyptians are preparing to march on Gaza and the Israeli military is threatening to crush protests. Will the so-called "Facebook Intifada" tip the Middle East into further turmoil

The party line on piracy is that it's bad for business. But what to make of the case of "Go the Fuck to Sleep," the "children's book for adults" whose viral-pirate PDF launched the book to the number-one spot on Amazon.com a month before its release? Something remarkable happened today.

The gadgets and gizmos to get you from door to destination, and the travel fiends behind them. The lightweight construction of the Tumi Vapor Extended Trip Packing Case takes a beating beautifully; its metal exterior cleverly conceals scratches and dings.

Mike Tyson's entered the next phase of his career: creative consultant for the wildly successful iPhone game, "Mike Tyson: Main Event." And while plenty of celebrities lend their names to products, Tyson tells Fast Company he's poured his heart into this one--and found kindred spirits among hardcore gamers.

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