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Feed SubscriptionWhy Google Is Getting Into Entertainment: Your Data
Everyone (including the New York Times !) is suggesting that Google is busy designing and testing its own-branded hardware--information that's coming directly from insiders with knowledge of the company's plans.
Read More »Building a Business Life I Love
Most people wish they could say they do what they love. Here's how one business owner actually made it happen
Read More »Minding Jazz’s Main Stage
The biggest names in jazz have flocked to a basement in New York City's Greenwich Village: Lorraine Gordon's The Village Vanguard. Here's how she did it. For 77 years , the biggest names in jazz have flocked to a basement in New York City's Greenwich Village
Read More »Generation Flux: Danah Boyd
Our talk with danah boyd, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. She studied at Brown, MIT Media Lab, and UC Berkeley, and was named "High Priestess of the Internet" by the Financial Times
Read More »How Computers, Curators, And Users Create Pandora’s Playlists
In this extended version of the talk from our new issue , we speak with Tom Conrad, the CTO and Executive VP of Product at Pandora. Why does it take so much input from so many sources for the company to build perfect playlists
Read More »Shazam Button To Appear On Traditional TV Remotes, As If By Magic
Shazam's future involves applying its discovery engine to television and all of the brands that flow through it, says CEO Andrew Fisher. And it could be as simple as a button on your channel flipper
Read More »7 Steps to Incredible Personal Productivity
Practical advice to turn an average workday into an incredibly productive day. Occasionally you need to go the extra mile .
Read More »WideaLab’s Aurender S10 Music Server: Smooth and Easy
When it comes to easy operation, WideaLab’s handsome, one-piece Aurender S10 music storage and playback system is among the leaders in the field.
Read More »How Does P90X Make So Much Money Selling Age-Old Fitness Advice?
Fitness phenom P90X has sold more than 3 million DVDs since its 2004 debut--and this December, sales will surely rise with the holiday release of P90X2.
Read More »How Does P90X Make So Much Money Selling Age-Old Fitness Advice?
Fitness phenom P90X has sold more than 3 million DVDs since its 2004 debut--and this December, sales will surely rise with the holiday release of P90X2.
Read More »New Anti-Piracy Bill Still Threatens Start-ups
Call your representatives now: The latest proposal to crack down on Internet piracy still offers Big Business an easy way to clamp down on start-ups. Entrepreneurs have reason to beware the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
Read More »The Way I Work: Amos Winbush III, CyberSynchs
He seemed destined for music stardom, but instead Amos Winbush III started CyberSynchs, a $13.5 million-a-year New York City-based mobile phone backup company.
Read More »Meet Google Music’s Chief Record Store Geek, Tim Quirk
To make up for its tardiness to the online music store game, Google Music has enlisted bona fide music lovers to help curate its store. It's the Google version of "High Fidelity," with Tim Quirk as Rob Gordon.
Read More »Box CEO Aaron Levie: To Create Something Exceptional, Do Sweat The Small Stuff
Business schools and most jobs don’t teach you how important it is to sweat the small stuff.
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