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One can argue it is time for Apple to torch the classic iPod . Photo by Jasper Nance See more of the best photos of 2011

One can argue it is time for Apple to torch the classic iPod . Photo by Jasper Nance See more of the best photos of 2011

A Stanford Business School professor concedes that biz schools often kill the passion and creativity of students. So should you avoid higher ed? Business schools get a lot of flak, mostly for their exorbitant cost, but also due to a feeling among some in the world of entrepreneurship that the experience is simply a waste of time.

As 2011 winds to a close and 2012 begins, we do a little bit of Fast Company drumbeating. We predict a lot of stuff around here

Rachel Shechtman just launched her new venture, A Startup Store , in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. The store, still in "beta," currently features a rotating selection of startups and their products in a physical retail space, including: Artspace, Birchbox, Baublebar, Joor, and Quirky. But A Startup Store will be ever-changing and ever-morphing

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Twitter's TextSecure Goes Open Source .

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Twitter's TextSecure Goes Open Source . In a surprise move, Twitter announced that the code from Whisper Systems' TextSecure SMS anonymizer is being released to the open source community

Fix your passwords, safeguard against email break-ins, and theft-proof your devices before that cup of joe gets cold. As long as we’ve had computers and gadgets, there’s been a tension between security and ease of use.

Fix your passwords, safeguard against email break-ins, and theft-proof your devices before that cup of joe gets cold. As long as we’ve had computers and gadgets, there’s been a tension between security and ease of use. On one extreme, there are the passwords that are so complex you intentionally can’t remember them, and emails that involve sending an encryption key to your recipients

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple Wins Patent Skirmish With HTC.

Siri is amazing .

Television remote controls are evolving more than they have at any time in the past 60 years--but where we're going, we may not need them. The question of how remote controls may change in our smartphone and tablet era is actually moot. Forget evolving them from a crazy array of buttons to a smart touchscreen UI...the TV remote may be about to achieve its Nirvana, and dissappear into the ether

Those hours you spend driving each day will soon be interrupted with contextual advertising, pointing you to that Starbucks around the corner or the McDonald's just down the street. Imagine this: You're taking the family for a ride in your new Toyota, when you experience something unnerving

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Amazon Promises Fire Fix

By knowing their rights, two small companies made Apple and RIM back down over trademark conflicts. You could do the same. When you think of Apple (AAPL) and Research in Motion (RIMM), it’s probably as mismatched competitors.