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Dale Ball took his company public, lost control of it, then was shown the door. He talks about his lessons learned

Google in legal hot water, Big names (Apple! Microsoft! Sony!) buy big Nortel patents, Facebook battles another would-be owner, RIM's highly public executive brawl. This, and other bits of news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Google Broke Wiretap Laws?

Earlier this month, scientists for the Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance presented new research that predicted the extinction of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ellioti ), the world's rarest chimpanzee subspecies, within as little as 20 years.

Google clearly thinks so! Google announced this week that it will be launching a new sort of netbook called a "Chromebook" on June 15th.

Most of us have seen it happen: a friend or colleague with enviable energy and dedication to a stressful job suddenly burns out. In place of tireless toil comes un

The number of Adelie and chinstrap penguins living on the Antarctic Peninsula has plummeted by more than half during the past 30 years. Scientists once believed that climate change would create a stark contrast between the two species.

Does your company "aim to be a leader of quality products, customer service, and innovation for tomorrow?" So do thousands of others. Sure, this statement sounds nice, but it means very little to your customers—and employees. An intelligible mission statement is essential to clarify the intentions of your business.

1. The battle for advertising market share between Facebook and Google just took an interesting turn: Some Facebook app developers are reporting that Facebook's instructing them to stop using Google's AdSense network. It's because Google hasn't signed Facebook's terms for ad partners, and it's unlikely to--it could impact Google's business model for earning cash.

We have AdGrok to thank for that. The Y Combinator alum is dedicated to making AdWords user-friendly. Google's AdWords, the tool through which businesses advertise in Google searches, is hugely important both to Google (as a major revenue source) and businesses (which often find it a big traffic-driver)

A reporter from 1010 WINS, a local news-radio station, dropped by the office the other day to interview me about great places to work. She had perused Inc.com and was impressed, she said, with the quality and quantity of articles on the subject