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Feed SubscriptionThe Big Thirst: Why Climate Change Might Cut Your Shower Short
The lessons of Perth, Australia, and how they can help us avoid a dismal new water forecast from the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Read More »Why You Will Want Apple, Google To Track You
The dust-up over Apple and Google's location tracking leaves out an important group of people: those who want to be tracked.
Read More »The Worst Product Designs Ever
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today
Read More »Netflix To Expand Into More Original Content Beyond "House of Cards"
Netflix is reportedly spending more than $100 million to license an original series by David Fincher and Kevin Spacey called "House of Cards." So it's no surprise the deal was a focus for Netflix investors during the company's earnings call on Monday.
Read More »Pesticides Make Us Dumber
Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 7 -- The number of IQ points that children exposed to pesticides in utero fell behind other children. From the department of "science proves the obvious": exposure to neurotoxic pesticides in the womb results in children with lower IQs, according to a study from the University of California at Berkeley
Read More »Facebook Deals Out-Groups Groupon
... And Living Social and anyone in the deals business, which has, until now been focused on scoring the deepest discounts for individuals. Here's why Facebook Deals inaugurates a new era.
Read More »Interviewing Geoffrey Moore: Core Versus Context
This article is Part 5 of an 8 part series.
Read More »Hiring by Video
Perry Blacher has a knack for finding talent. His only problem is sometimes the best potential employees aren’t located across the street, but across an ocean or two. As the CEO of Covestor , a global mirrored investment firm, Blacher isn’t about to fly candidates to his London or New York offices for an interview if he can help it
Read More »How to Host a Virtual Event
Hosting an event can easily cost companies thousands, even millions of dollars—and the bills rack up fast.
Read More »Slashtag.it, The Mother Of All Search Shortcuts
With Slashtag.it, you can search just about any site you'd want to, all from the same homepage or search bar. You might only save a few seconds on every search--but after a while, those seconds add up
Read More »Fighting Water-Borne Disease In Africa, And Making Millions In The Process
Vestergaard Frandsen makes an ingenious water filter that's too expensive for the people who need it. They figured out how to give it away and still make money. Swiss-based Vestergaard Frandsen --makers of mosquito nets and the LifeStraw --has figured out a solution to turning a profit while saving the world
Read More »Amit Bhatia’s Aspire: Matching Rural Workers With Jobs
Photograph Daryl Visscher Illustration by Gluekit Amit Bhatia, Founder and CEO of Aspire. Illustration by Gluekit .blue { color:rgb(0,113,146); font-weight:bold; } BIG IDEA: To supply India's booming economy with millions of young workers who come from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Read More »Why Dropbox Avoids Industry Buzzwords Like "The Cloud"
"The cloud" is the biggest and most overused buzzword in the tech industry. You can't turn on the TV today without seeing ads from Microsoft , IBM, or Cisco touting the cloud in some form. Take the following IBM commercial, which attempts to define the lofty concept for consumers: the cloud does email, predicts traffic patterns, lowers energy bills, develops software, understands risk
Read More »Barnes & Noble Beats Amazon To The Android App Punch, But Kindle Will Likely Prevail
Barnes & Noble just revamped its Nook tablet with a specially-tweaked Android makeover and a curated app store.
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