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A bus company in China has launched a new “safe driving” campaign by suspending bowls of water over their drivers.
Read More »The Recommender: Tim Quirk, Kenneth Parks, Pete Holmes, And More On What They’re Loving This Month
.bigbody a {color:#008CB3;} .bigbody img {display:inline-block;width:100px;vertical-align:top;} .bigbody p {display:inline-block;width:480px;vertical-align:top;} Tim Quirk Head of Android global content programming, Google The Long Earth, by Terry Pratchett "Pratchett, who's pretty much the Mark Twain of fantasy, is returning to his sci-fi roots. Speaking of Twain, where is volume two of the autobiography he wouldn't allow to be published until 100 years after his death?"
Read More »New Incubator Focuses on Female Founders
Three New York City businesswomen are launching their own incubator to focus on start-ups with a female founder and a mobile product or service. Tech incubators, such as Y Combinator and TechStars, graduate astonishingly low rates of woman-run companies. Instead of complaining about the gender gap, three New York City businesswomen are launching their own incubator
Read More »Asia Week Kicks Off in New York
With each successive year, Asia Week New York grows bigger and better. In 2012, no fewer than five auction houses will offer relevant sales of artworks and artifacts from China, Korea, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia, and 17 museums and other institutions will offer special programming
Read More »Apple And Foxconn’s Ethics Hit Your Gadget Prices
Last week Foxconn pushed its starting salaries up from 900 yuan ($143) to 1,800 yuan per month, the latest and biggest in wage upticks that began in 2010.
Read More »Iran’s "Second Internet" Rivals Censorship Of China’s "Great Firewall"
Iran is unveiling a nationwide "Halal Intranet" this spring that will try to seal the nation off from the corrupting influences of Google, Facebook, and Twitter. But can it work
Read More »Barnes & Noble Announces $199 Nook Tablet, DataWind Off The Aakash Case, Google Planning Satellite Farm In Iowa
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Google To Stream Stock Data From LSEG . Google and the London Stock Exchange Group have partnered up.
Read More »What "Wizard101" Gave Up To Break Into China: Exposed Bones, Points, Gold
The family-friendly online game Wizard101 is bigger than World of Warcraft and poised to grow even quicker as it spreads to China. But creators KingsIsle are making quite a few changes and installing esoteric systems so the Chinese government will let them play there
Read More »What Tim Cook Said At Goldman Sachs
Tim Cook is a very different chap to his predecessor, in many ways from his business know-how to his education and manner of speech . We got more insight into all of these during his address at Goldman Sachs yesterday--including a long spiel and a Q&A session that gave us many more public Cook words to analyze.
Read More »Letter From The Editor: The Lessons Of Innovation
Photo by Benjamin Lowy What do you get when you cross Walmart with Mother Teresa? Who would be the Square Deal candidate in 2012? And how in the world do you compare--and rank--such dynamic, eclectic businesses as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
Read More »Why 2012 Will Be Cybercrime’s "Hell Year"
We're barely six weeks into 2012, and the year is turning out to be one of the worst for cyberattacks in recent memory. Here are a few reasons why. For online security professionals, 2012 is turning out to be a banner year.
Read More »Chinese mom gives birth to 15-pound baby
Chun Chun may be largest newborn on record since China was founded in 1949
Read More »China Greenhouse Gas Emissions Set to Rise Well Past U.S.
By 2015, China will emit nearly 50 percent more greenhouse gases than the United States, a top Chinese energy researcher said yesterday. [More]
Read More »China Greenhouse Gas Emissions Set to Rise Well Past U.S.
By 2015, China will emit nearly 50 percent more greenhouse gases than the United States, a top Chinese energy researcher said yesterday. [More]
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