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When is a city like a startup? Last weekend, the City of New York hosted a hackathon to re-envision its website, NYC.gov. Here's what geeks from Manhattan, NY, to Manhattan, Kansas, had to say about how a gov site should serve its citizens

Verizon and AmEx have plans to let customers order items simply by typing in their phone number. It's all about integrating AmEx's Serve platform into the phones and tablets Verizon sells--an expansion of some fledgling "pay by phone" systems, and very different than the systems other teams are planning for the future of mobile payments.

I bought a laptop yesterday. I had to. I've been limping by using a little netbook with Windows XP for the past couple of years (I know, I know, it's the cobbler's children who have no shoes).

Today Adobe is launching a public preview of Edge, its tool for web designers that allows moving, interactive graphics on a website using HTML5, not Flash.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Amazon Ups Ante Against Netflix . Amazon's doing a deal with NBC that is really aimed at one thing--building a better net video streaming service to rival Netflix

The Golden Arches recently announced that it's Happy Meals will be getting a little healthier. Their nutrition expert explains the rationale and how they fast food chain is hoping a little bit of healthy eating can be the start of a larger change.

You may not be shocked to learn that a lot of rumored Apple news is bubbling up around on the Web--here's our round-up of the most interesting bits.

Almost half of the folks surveyed recently said they'd be tempted into buying an Amazon tablet PC if it were priced below $300. That's a very tricky price point to reach. Meanwhile, all we really know about Amazon's tablet are rumors , hints , and suggestions --but this is typical of the company, and the data is adding up fast, suggesting it's really on its way soon.

Pixazza, a startup backed by Google Ventures, is known for "in-image advertising," a method of overlaying photographs with relevant ads--when a user mouses over a picture of, say, a bicycle, for example, he or she might see an offer to purchase a bike from an onlne retailer such as Amazon or Sears; if a purchase is made, Pixazza takes a cut of the sale.

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This and other breaking news, updated throughout the day by Fast Company's editors. HTC Wants IP Discussions With Apple .

Google just bought a high-tech face recognition unit called Pitt Patt.

Apple's destined to become the world's first trillion-dollar company.

This and other breaking news, updated throughout the day by Fast Company's editors. RIM Ditches Over One In Ten Staff .

Apple is breaking records with this week's release of "Lion," the latest, greatest, operating system upgrade for OS X. Downloads hit the one million mark in just the first 24 hours of sale