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Those tiny plastic USB memory sticks you've got on your desk or skulking in your laptop bag's pocket are soon to be relegated to the past. Innovation, and the mobile tech revolution, is to blame

Make sure your new hires are not only computer literate, but tech-savvy.

Apple CEO Tim Cook made a rare appearance today at Goldman Sachs' technology and Internet conference. During the presentation, Cook spoke on everything from supplier working conditions to the demise of the PC industry

Want to maximize your productivity at home? Here's four tips, and advice from Jason Sadler, who owns Iwearyourshirt.com, a social media firm.

A recent study shows that you are four times more likely to find a psychopath in the boardroom than on the street. So what

Ask yourself these 5 questions to see whether your biggest clients are at risk of being lured away. It is a regular lament in many organizations that more time and attention is paid to landing new sales rather than serving and growing the accounts the company already has. Commission and promotion programs time and again focus almost exclusively on acquisition of accounts over retention of accounts

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Inkling Tackles Apple's iBooks Author App. Inkling, a startup centered on e-publishing, has just launched Inkling Habitat as a direct rival to Apple's own free (and slightly controversial ) e-book publishing app for the iPad.

Entrepreneurs play a bigger role in the health of their cities -- and reap more from their success -- than you might suspect. Location, location, location! We’ve all heard that, for many small businesses, one of the keys to success lies in landing the right real estate

Managers may call them "best practices," but employees see them as annoying hindrances to good work and desire autonomy instead. "Best practices," as a term, should speak for itself.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is working with its Eastern suppliers to design and test a smaller version of the iPad hardware.

When you're determined to make your start-up succeed, it's easy to be serious.

User experience is a priority that should, in some way, find a home within the design of any new-media strategy.

Meet Chris Lee, cofounder of Meeteor, which leverages Facebook as a networking tool. Here's how to access "the network you may not even know you have." Chris Lee is the cofounder of the Seattle-based Meeteor , which scours your social graph in search of second- and third-degree connections to people who might be able to help advance your career. Fast Company caught up with Lee to talk about coffee, sandwiches, beer, and other networking tools.

Smartphones with HDTV reception chips and in-car television sets are big business in Taiwan, China, and Brazil. Now the travel-friendly tech behind mobile DTV is making its way to the United States.

The value of customer relationships runs much deeper than a good product or service. Often we receive many great questions and comments from the readers of our Inc.com column