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Jay-Z and Kanye West released one of the most anticipated albums on the year, Watch the Throne.
Read More »Innovation Uncensored Agenda & New Speakers Announced; Early Bird Rate Expires In 4 Days!
We're excited to announce the agenda for Innovation Uncensored San Francisco and 3 new speakers, including: Padmasree Warrior, SVP, Engineering & CTO, Cisco Seth Priebatsch, Chief Ninja, SCVNGR Lauren Anderson, Innovation Director, Collaborative Consumption The event is fast approaching which means space, precious space, is running out. As in the past, the size of the event is limited because we want all the innovators in the room to have direct access to one another to foster inspiration and networking. Sign up now to secure a seat -- our discounted registration price expires this Friday, September 23rd ! Here's a quick glance at the agenda.* Innovation Spotlight Mark Pincus, Founder, CEO & Chief Product Officer, Zynga How Do We Coexist?
Read More »10 Cool Tech Tools for Marketing
Facial recognition, eavesdropping apps, augmented reality...these aren't security protocols but new ways for you to be able to market your business. Marketing isn’t what it used to be.
Read More »PlanetTran, Uber, And RelayRides Want To Take You On A Fantastic (And Green) Voyage
When innovative cab companies launch, the old-guard competition doesn’t play nice. Competitors are watching PlanetTran's Tony Tjan and Lori van Dam. | Photo by Guido Vitti Boston, Friday night
Read More »Why Reed Hastings Should Be Applauded For The Netflix Split
By now you probably know that Netflix is splitting its business into two parts: its digital streaming business (retains the name Netflix) and its DVD mailing business, which was its original business (to be called Qwikster). If you haven't read Reed's explanation of this split make sure you read it (of course, after you're done with this post here . It's simply brilliant.
Read More »Netflix: What We’ve Got Here Is A Failure To Communicate
If there's one movie that should top the queue for Netflix CEO Reed Hastings today, it's
Read More »3-D Printing Gets Ahead: Anthropologists Use Printing Technology to Model Fossils
Animal corpses rarely defy the dictate of "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" to become fossils--and even if they do, they don't remain sturdy for long.
Read More »Can Technology Save The U.S. Postal Service?
On Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service issued a daunting public statement about its current financial woes, and possible changes to its infrastructure and services that would aim to save the snail mail organization some $3 billion a year.
Read More »[UPDATED] Join Fast Company For Coffee And Conversation At Bryant Park!
We're excited to announce the final Breakfast Briefings session in partnership with Bryant Park. Join us on Tuesday, September 27 for an engaging conversation with MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman. What surprises and challenges are in store for MLB.com as they gear up for the Playoffs and World Series?
Read More »Developing a Disruptive Product
One of the world's oldest publishing companies brought in a ringer to revolutionize the way the company does business.
Read More »6 Broadband Options for Your Business
We will help you make sense of your broadband options and which technology will be a good fit for your business. Deciding whether to fire an unproductive employee?
Read More »Edsurge: Word Jousts, Groupons For Higher Ed, And The Flipped Classroom
EdSurge--a weekly handbook for the "edsurgents" of the digital education revolution--is sharing notable news with Fast Company every week.
Read More »Video: How Steve Jobs’s Early Vision For Apple Inspired A Decade Of Innovation
Steve Jobs's return to Apple in 1997 is often referred to as the greatest second act in business history. He had been ousted more than a decade earlier in 1985, and was forced to watch helplessly as the company he built tumbled toward bankruptcy, hampered by poor management, a weak product line, and a dearth of innovation
Read More »Hot New Market: Electronic Textbooks
A look at the companies competing to be top of the class in the digital textbooks market College tuition continues to rise, but textbooks may be getting cheaper—and a lot more portable. Instead of lugging a backpack filled with heavy volumes, some students have begun using electronic textbooks, which typically cost less and can be read on a laptop or tablet
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