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As the founder and CEO of a West Michigan plastics manufacturer employing a thousand people, Fred Keller lives by rules. There are those he must follow, passed down by big-letter entities such as OSHA, the DOL, and the EPA. There are others—like ISO, the voluntary international certification of quality management—that he and other manufacturers follow.

As the Sony PlayStation hack aftermath continues, it seems the Network won't be back in full for up to a week. Sony, in its advisory note (shown as a wordcloud above), cautions the 77 million victims to watch their bank accounts and check for phishing.

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Geek Crisis, Day 6: Playstation Network Still Down After a devastating hack took down the Sony Playstation Network, the company has shut down the network for an indefinite amount of time--but already, this is the longest shutdown on memory. It is still unknown whether credit card and other private data of the 75 million gamers who use the service was hoisted in the attack

AT&T's smartphone business is booming, according to the lastest numbers--with the iPhone in the lead.

Granny leaves the rest of us behind, with her new long-distance, brick-wall-smashing Wi-Fi. A Houston grandma, Leticia Aguirre, is believed to be the first residential user of so-called "Super Wi-Fi." That's according to Rice University , which had a hand in all this (and knows a good headline when it sees one).

One location, for a growing business, is typically not enough. With enough personnel and capital, many businesses prefer to set up multiple offices to attract different regions of customers. With separate offices how can your business install a network so all the locations can work, communicate, and share information easily, instantaneously, and effectively?

Introducing a nationwide intranet that one high-ranking official calls a "Halal Internet." In: censorship and e-banking. Out: sex and profanity. The Iranian government, wary from the internet-driven 2009 demonstrations and the recent Arab revolutions, is planning to wall-off much of the country's online access.

A social networking app just for videos--designed especially for tablets and mobile--gives you the feeling of having the world of web video in the palm of your hand.

By using the host of position-relating sensors in modern smartphones, scientists at MIT think they could make the phones and network perform better so your calls don't drop when you're on the move. When you're strolling or rolling through a crowded city chatting on your cellphone, there are a number of things that can get in the way of your call working properly. A primary culprit is handoff between different cell towers.

While NPR fights a defunding battle, the network unleashes a new weapon: A proprietary advertising network that will allow geo-targeted sponsoring of live streams. While NPR is facing funding battles in Congress (that as of press time they may have won ), the public radio network has been quietly laying the groundwork for a nationwide online advertising network that could massively increase underwriting dollars at member stations. The move is part of a much larger and audacious plan on NPR's part: The idea that local public radio affiliates can be transformed into news portals on par with local newspapers

When Mike Sprouse , Chief Marketing Officer at for one of the largest, privately-owned internet marketing companies in the world, Epic Media Group , agreed to be on my broadcast today, I immediately jumped at the opportunity to ask him a few marketing and branding questions. Mike is also the author of The Greatness Gap , which details personal strategies to maximize your professional career. If you have questions for Mike related to finding your passion, marketing your business or how to give back to our global community, call into the show today , April 18th at 2pm ET or send me an email ! Mike, you’ve worked in the corporate arena for most of your career, and yet you refer to yourself as entrepreneurial.

Dish has the brand on life-support. Fast Company offers a few ideas for what to do with the struggling retailer.

Social Media has forced businesses to reassess the definition of influence. Influencers are telling us what to do on a regular basis across the social sphere, but who is listening and how does it affect our behavior and buying decisions

Paul Baran didn't exactly invent the Internet. He would have been the first person to tell you that. I'm sad to report that Mr.

If two men began a boisterous tug-of-war over the wine list at a posh restaurant, more than a few heads would turn. Yet two six-year-old kids quarreling over a pack of crayons at a diner would hardly seem unusual. It is normal for kindergartners to act out and for grown-ups to show restraint