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Google's working on a new device, a pair of augmented reality glasses that've been all but confirmed by the New York Times. We looked at this idea a couple months back--now here's what's new. The New York Times isn't messing around with today's headline : "Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses By Year's End." Nick Bilton's convinced enough by info from his sources to really go for it.

Outside of the technology sector, most of the large companies that I encounter are startlingly similar. They're massively successful, indisputably recognized as world-class leaders by consumers and the business community. Their executives are all quite smart and good at what they do

The Russian search company has just announced a collaboration with Twitter. Here's how they're becoming more like Google--and also how they also zag with every Google zig.

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It's easy, it lets you swipe away tasks, and you literally can't get too detailed while using it. And Clear might just be the thing you need to make knocking out tasks fun again. There’s a lot that’s interesting about Clear , an iPhone app that, at its core, makes gradient-colored lists of things

People can feel trapped by their careers--whether it's because they're earning too little, are waiting for a big payout, or have grown accustomed to a certain lifestyle. Laura Vanderkam's new book, All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending, offers a new approach to finances for a modern, more flexible reality. Increasingly, the stories people tell me about their work and life choices break the conventional mold: A twentysomething entrepreneur starts a business while holding down another job and living on friend’s couch.

Getty Images is getting with the 21st century today. With its new Connect system, Getty is making it easier for web publishers and certain platforms like blogging tools to embed Getty's image products in their online publications than it may have been before. This is clever, definitely designed to boost revenues, and probably overdue

Strategy seems to have fallen on hard times. In his recent Fast Company piece “ Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch ,” author Shawn Parr joins a long list of commentators, psychologists, authors, and consultants who’ve used that dietary line to argue that company culture is a greater determinant of success than competitive strategy

Last month, I wrote an article about what large, established companies could learn from startups --lessons on remaining nimble and creatively driven at any stage or size. As the founder of a branding and design consultancy that works almost exclusively with startups, but also having spent years in advertising working with corporate clients, I've seen both sides.

Google's getting into hardware to take on Apple . And Apple could be planning a smaller iPad, to edge out Amazon's Kindle Fire

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Twitter And Amex Launch Ads For Small Businesses . Twitter is making it easier for small business owners to set up business accounts and promote tweets

Meet Marci Harris, who wants to fix your broken line of communication to Congress. Marci Harris is the CEO of PopVox , a website that lets organizations and individuals weigh in on legislation making its way through Congress. Fast Company caught up with Harris to discuss the novelty of laptops in caucus meetings, the uselessness of tweeting at your Congressperson, and the difficulty of parsing the phrase, “Save the whales.” FAST COMPANY: So you’ve created a new way for Congress to ignore us

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Barclays bank, which already intertwines NFC chips and antennas into its banking cards in the U.K., has just taken a page out of Apple's book and released a new mobile app that should shake up the U.K. financial game.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple Lets Loose Mountain Lion OS On Devs .