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Christy Liu is the cofounder of travel site Wanderfly, "We help people figure out where they can go and what they can do based on their budgets." Liu, and Wanderfly's three other entrepreneurial cofounders, work to make travel planning more fun--and to succeed on their own strengths. [twistage bd48aabb0a382] *In Partnership with

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Apple has filed a number of stunningly promising patents this week--here's a peek at the sweet new features that'll make your current device look lame. Apple has filed a number of stunningly promising patents this week, and combined with news from manufacturing partners and some leaks, here's what may be coming up in future iDevices. iPod Nano with camera We've seen a few rumors that Apple is adding a camera to its tiny touchscreen Nano iPod--bringing back a facility it added to its last-gen Nano at the end of its lifecycle.

It's amazing how quickly technology changes.

A tour through Thomas Edison's famed workshop, plus Apple's bid to convert speech to text, and the rest of today's news.

In light of Mark S. Zuckerberg losing his Facebook page, we examine some of the regular (or not-quite-regular) folk who share names with the titans of tech innovation

Google and Skyhook have been tussling over IP, and in a court filing we've learned a surprising insight into Google's protective actions over Android. Looks like Facebook didn't need to bother with its smear campaign. Google and Skyhook have been tussling over IP, but in a court filing we've gained a surprising insight into Google's protective actions over Android.

Instead of finding ways for our track-tethered trains to go faster, we could just eliminate the track altogether. Friction--it's a real bother, especially for trains.

Jason Sadler of marketing company I Wear Your Shirt might look merely like a chiseled dude who gets paid to wear T-shirts by various companies, but in reality, he's taking "a humanistic approach to talking about brands." At our recent Innovation Uncensored event, he broke it down for us once again after winning an impromptu challenge issued to the crowd--the person who could get the most retweets for an #iu11 -tagged message got to join Fast Company's Ellen McGirt on stage for a panel discussion. Sadler's winning retweet?

1. Attention Google --this is what happens when you anger the record labels: Limewire and its former CEO Mark Gorton have agreed to pay $105 million to close a legal suit alleging Limewire encouraged users to share pirated music.

Coal Cares was just a parody of what it would look like if the coal industry targeted kids. But the coal industry's actual marketing to children, (with an assist from Scholastic), is much more insidious.

Whether you're attending your first trade show or you 50th, these tips will help your company stand out and succeed. Some companies who think of trade shows as an expense attend to defend their turf from new competition.

Our car culture may be to blame for skyrocketing obesity rates. Obesity is a complicated disease. It can be caused by your mom's pregnancy diet , genetics, your KFC Double Down habit, or some combination of all three

You've probably never had a burning sensation to tell your friends you just checked in to an STD clinic.

Google's Music Beta system sounds like a great idea from a user point of view--you get almost instant access to your tunes, no matter where you are or which computing platform you're using (the only downside being its gobbling of bandwidth).