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Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Nokia Siemens Networks To Cut 17,000 Jobs
Read More »Protecting iPhones From Snoopers
Hotspot Shield has just released an iOS version that gives iPhone and iPad users easy, secure VPN access. However, there's a difference: Unlike the PC product, mobile isn't free.
Read More »Stop Doubting Your Business
Sure, Congress is ineffective, the Fed can't help you, and optimism is still weak. But there are plenty of reasons to feel good about being a small business owner. At first glance, today's small business optimism index released by the National Federation of Independent Businesses might make you a little depressed: More than a quarter of small businesses indicated that sales were lower this month than last, and borrowing activity is at a 38-year low.
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation. The CEO of Girl Scouts USA on why troops of 9-year-old cookie pushers are America's greatest hope for change.
Read More »What Impact Could Gaddafi’s Death Have on Arab Spring Unrest?
The execution of Col. Muammar Gaddafi earlier this week closes one chapter on Libya’s version of the “Arab Spring” movement.
Read More »Will The Real 99% Please Stand Up?
Occupy Wall Street is meant to be a leaderless movement. But that hasn't stopped some people from trying to identify leaders.
Read More »Here Comes A Regular: GetPerka.com Offers Digital Replacements For Paper Punchcards
Is this the end of tattered, gummy, loyalty cards stuffing wallets to the brim? Perka Inc
Read More »9-9-9 Could Slam Businesses
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Read More »Ask.com CTO Lisa Kavanaugh On Teaching An Old Answer Site Brand-New Tricks
"We are no longer a general purpose search engine," Kavanaugh tells us. Instead, Ask.com uses proprietary, semantic search technology to deliver answers from it's own content banks, community, experts, and from all over the web. Today, Google captures nearly 65% of all U.S.
Read More »Steve Jobs on Death [Video]
In the spring of 2005, Steve Jobs gave the commencement speech at Stanford University . It had been a year since he had first been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Read More »Finding Workspace on the Fly
During a recent business trip, Tech Trends columnist John Brandon tried out LiquidSpace, a website and app designed to help you find a temporary workspace. I travel frequently for story assignments
Read More »A Web-Fomented Protest On Wall Street Is Louder Online Than Off
A modest, recession-inspired demonstration grabs plenty of online attention. Is the future of activism more digital than physical? Fast Company goes inside the Sept
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