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A new white paper asserts that if you want to build a company, an advanced degree in a subject like engineering beats an MBA any day. So you want to start a company.

A new white paper asserts that if you want to build a company, an advanced degree in a subject like engineering beats an MBA any day.

Fast Company is tracking developments in the increasingly intense competition between Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon to show just how fast the big four are creeping into each others' spaces. Here's what changed in the 30 days since we published The Great Tech War of 2012 . Check back often

And it has made close to $6 billion in revenue from app sales.

A big chunk of change dropped into the mobile payments company’s lap this week when Kleiner Perkins signed on as an investor. Square's COO, Keith Rabois, tells us where the dough will go.

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong didn't have to go very far to discover his company was struggling. He just asked one of his employees

Today, Comcast finally upgraded its mobile app, Xfinity TV, and now offers roughly 6,000 hours of On Demand content to subscribers who own the iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad. The top players are all present--HBO, Showtime, Starz--making streaming premium content on your mobile device a cinch

Fossil makes wristwatches, a risky business in a world where everyone carries a time-telling phone. Hence the MetaWatch--a digitally connected, wrist-mounted life companion. Oh, and yeah, it tells time, too.

Decades of optimization have made the electronic switch both tiny and efficient.

According to new information that's allegedly leaking from Apple , Steve Jobs is intent on pushing for wireless iDevice syncing. Better Wi-Fi connections thanks to a carbon fiber chassis may be the solution, it is said. Let's see if this makes sense.

At South by Southwes t Interactive this year, one couldn't walk 10 feet without hearing about a new app that connected you to people, places, or deals near your present location. Many, like the location-aware app game Dokobots, use Foursquare as a template. Others, such as Yobongo or Meet Gatsby, match users up with people nearby to chat with, ask advice from, or meet

Dear EarthTalk : I heard someone say that the environmental benefits of natural gas for electricity generation were overstated, and that it is not as green-friendly as the industry would have us believe. What is your take on this