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Dreaming up travel on Trippy makes it all a reality, says J.R. Johnson, the startup's founder

In places around the world where the grid hasn't been extended, they're still figuring out ways to power their gadgets. We could learn a thing or two. Globally, there are 5.3 billion mobile phone subscribers--but according to Green Power For Mobile by The GSMA Development Fund, nearly 500 million people worldwide do not have a means of charging a mobile phone at home.

This post is one in a series introducing my new book, The End of Business as Usual . The state of social media is no insignificant affair. Nor is it a conversation relegated to a niche contingent of experts and gurus

From faster vaccines to automated traffic reporting, scientists are taking ideas developed in the lab and applying lessons from the startup world about how to turn innovation into business. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds approximately 18,000 scientists and researchers with nearly $7 billion each year, but much of the research never makes it out of the lab. A big part of the problem is that scientists don't always make the best businesspeople and, as a result, many brilliant ideas that could be spun off into commercial businesses stay buried in prototypes and research papers

The iPad might only be 18 months old, but she and her Android siblings are getting users to pay attention and click. Tablets are also taking the lion's share of mobile advertising dollars.

Amazon To Buy HP Palm, WebOS?

According to Twitter's VP of Engineering, the social site has seen more

In the high-stakes corporate tort system, an elite squad of legal eagles handle lawsuits dealing with "World of Warcraft," "FarmVille," and others in the big business of video games. These are their stories. Some lawyers deal with corporate torts

If you’re a small business owner with customers on the go, or employees that work in the field or remotely, you may want to provide them with a mobile app to connect with your business.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. [youtube DsaJMhcLm_A] Google Launches Google Wallet . Google is letting out the first public version of its smartphone-based payment system, five months after its

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.

What can your business learn from the innovative ways nonprofits operate today? We've tapped the best ideas and business strategies from seven nonprofits. What good could possibly come from one person giving one dollar at time

A new Knight Foundation study finds that using Facebook and Tumblr leads teens to a greater appreciation of the First Amendment--but their teachers think unbridled free speech for teens online isn't such a good thing. Teens hate censorship--at least if they're using social media

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"You've got people saying, 'I'm here,' whatever 'here' means. 'Here' may mean I'm at a restaurant or a ball game," says James D.