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[youtube Wr9mtir5648] RIM has a PR problem: A couple of videos, filmed and rendered in the emerging-as-classic "what the future will be like"-style overlayed with electro-orchestral music, have leaked online. They're called Future Visions, and RIM's already issued a couple of copyright requests to YouTube to have some versions taken down.

With the help of a kitchen on wheels named Cookie, one of country music's biggest stars and his chef friend Rusty Hamlin are on the promotional tour of a lifetime. Dinner is served--jams come later. And the secret sauce is BBQ-flavored.

You may remember when credit card machines weren't so reliable, so stores sometimes used that little aluminum contraption with a roller over your card, and you had to sign the printed copy hard enough to ink onto the carbon paper. This is one of the reasons some cards still have those raised silver numbers on the front alongside your name and expiration date.

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Entrepreneur Ryan Goodman explains how he uses Roambi to turn spreadsheet data into interactive files that he can access on his iPhone. My company makes location intelligence software for businesses, so I'm very much a technology guy

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

Aiming to generate $5 billion worth of purchases via their mobile apps this year, eBay has designed "shoppable" windows to drive digital sales. Will their bricks translate to clicks? The goods artfully arranged in certain windows along Park Avenue advertise "The Inspiration Shop," but you won't find them in any actualy stores nearby.

These new tech tools can improve the flow of your business operations, help you attract new customers or develop new loyalty programs, and directly impact your monthly sales. You might notice something different about the sales receipt at Burgerville, a chain of 39 burger shops in the Portland area. Using a technology developed by SmartReceipt (www.receipt.com), the chain shows customized nutrition information about your specific order, news and trivia, and marketing information.

What apps do you actually use? Sure I have over 100 apps downloaded on my phone.

After working together as client and vendor, a real estate broker teamed up with his Web services provider to launch a firm that combines each of their best skills. Great business partnerships are often forged out of friendship. Sergey Brin and Larry Page met in college.

Diane Yu sees a $160 billion worldwide TV market opportunity for her company and its clients. As chief technology officer and cofounder of Freewheel --an ad tech firm with 130 full-time employees and U.S. headquarters in New York--Yu helps major television networks make sense of all the ads they're selling, and helps brands figure out what works to reach audiences wherever they're watching video content, now.

Bill Nguyen launches startups with haste, never researches the competition, and makes the same mistakes "again and again." So why do people keep giving him so much money? td p {padding:10px !important;font-size:12px !important;font-family:arial !important;line-height:1.2em !important;} "I make the same mistakes with every single startup," says Nguyen, pictured here at Color headquarters

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. PlayStation Vita Launching February 22, 2012 .