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Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple To Use Bloom For Its Cloud .
Read More »Raspberry Pi, Aakash: The Tale Of Two $35 Devices
Two portable computers aim to revolutionize education and access to technology across the world. As they begin pre-sales, here's a look at their rocky roads to reality.
Read More »Follow Up: Cell Networks Fight To Be More Than Mere Data Pipelines
As the AP notes , at last week's Mobile World Congress there was a good deal of attention delivered to a company called Pinger . This was partly due to the company stall's fortuitous location at the trade show, partly because it's a leading example of new-generation companies that offer their free or low-cost non-SMS messaging services to smartphone customers.
Read More »A CEO Speaks Out About Speaking Out
People are more interesting than companies--so effective leaders are responsible for getting out there and spreading the good word. Here's the paradox: I run a company that's incredibly visible, but not that well known
Read More »Bully? Why Rules Won’t Work
How many rules do you have in place at your company? You just might want to get rid of them. Here's why.
Read More »5 Habits of Customer-Obsessed Companies
There's a reason ESPN, Google, and Zynga lead their industries.
Read More »"The Hunger Games" Takes Cue From Hitchcock And Spielberg, As Kids Fight To The Death
Liam Hemsworth will send off Jennifer Lawrence to battle their peers in The Hunger Games. Nothing makes moviegoers squirm like watching children die on the big screen
Read More »Become a Social Media Rock Star
We are all digital marketers now.
Read More »3 Steps to Chaos-Proof Your Brain
Contemporary life, with its flurry of e-mails, alerts, and appointments, can feel overwhelming, even for entrepreneurs. Train your brain to deal with the chaos. Entrepreneurs these days are bombarded with e-mails and information from the moment they grab their smartphones in the morning until they click their laptops closed before bed
Read More »Lessons From Craigslist, eBay, & Kickstarter
So-called collaborative consumption is changing the way we buy just about everything. What you can learn from this still-growing trend.
Read More »What Your Workplace Really Needs
Think bars are just for unwinding after work? I built one right in my office.
Read More »What the Smartest People Focus On
Alexander Osterwalder is an expert on business model innovation. Heres what he has to say about your current business model -- and why its not working.
Read More »Buzzword Bingo: Cure for Boring Meetings?
Do you attend a lot of boring meetings?
Read More »New Facebook Timeline Tells Livestrong’s Story Of Endurance
CEO Doug Ulman explains how the new social tool puts the emphasis on overcoming challenges over time, something Lance Armstrong knows about. In 2010, when Fast Company profiled Doug Ulman , the President and CEO of the
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