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Starting July 7, Verizon will no longer offer new customers unlimited data plans. And, oh yeah, you're going to start paying for using those LTE mobile hotspots too (that includes existing customers; more on that below). Have a nice day! First, let's cover the new data plans.

We tested four keyboards with newfangled features. Here are the results

You can plan a relaxing summer vacationeven if you're the boss. Here's how: Fifty-four percent of American adults say they won't take a vacation this summer, according to a Rasmussen poll taken in May. And it can be particularly tough for entrepreneurs who are the lifeblood of their businesses.

Google in legal hot water, Big names (Apple! Microsoft! Sony!) buy big Nortel patents, Facebook battles another would-be owner, RIM's highly public executive brawl. This, and other bits of news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Google Broke Wiretap Laws?

...now what? What's behind Google's slow-launch approach, plus, what's irking the Twitterati about the search giant's social network (hint: everything). The first formal reviews of Google+, the social-network-news-feed-video-chat hybrid, are in

You thought you weren't supposed to use your phone while driving. But Israeli startup Picitup uses augmented reality to warn you of dangers on the road ahead

The HTC Status puts its money where its mouth is: Almost the entire front end of the phone is about sharing, updating, or checking on your social-network statuses. The thing even has a "share on Facebook " button right on its chassis. The Status, coming exclusively from AT&T this summer, is otherwise run-of-the-mill

You know how your iPhone is now an essential tool for finding something to eat?

Discover how to find angel investors and make an impact once you do meet with them. There are critical steps you need to take to be prepared, find out what they are

When Ankur Jain entered Wharton's undergraduate business program at the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, he immediately wanted to start a business. His father, Naveen Jain, the CEO of data company Intelius, told him no.

The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of who's breaking into and shaking up your tech space--starting early in the morning and updated all day. 1. A high-profile event was held today in London, ahead of the official Pottermore reveal--the event at which J.K.

Here's how you may soon charge your phone by tapping on it rather than plugging it in. Thanks, science! Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in thin-film piezoelectric technology, working out a way to turn the chunky piezo electric tech we're already familiar with into super-thin layers that are actually much more useful. If your eyes glaze over at the merest mention of physics then at least read this: The tech could abolish wall wart power plugs forever.

1. Google's disputing a claim by Oracle that Google could owe it as much as $6 billion in compensation for infringements of Java IP

If you are starting up a company and find yourself pitching everything that walks upright these days, please watch this video called "Hardly Working, Start-up Guys." Clearly the folks at CollegeHumor are embellishing for the sake of parody, but boy do they offer a reality check. So how about you? Are you a start-up jerk