"Finally" is the headline on Apple's homepage today announcing the arrival of the white iPhone. It's Apple poking fun at itself for a long, drawn-out techno failure, and indicates how it's spun the affair into incredibly positive PR
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Titled aristocracy can pick anywhere in the world for their playground, but season after season, you will find them in the same sandboxes.
Read More »Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Bach to Rock
As applications for the 2011 Inc.
Read More »Android Also Tracking Location, Ok Go GPS Art, Synthetic Brain Cells, and More…
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. "Google Rumored Preparing $10/Month Chrome OS Laptop Rentals " As soon as this Summer, Google might rent out Chrome OS laptops for a small monthly fee. [Update: 10:30 PM PST] Android Tracking Location Data, Too Those with Android -based smartphones who thought they were safe from Apple's recently discovered location-tracking program should think again
Read More »How To Find Electric Car Charging Stations–And Fast!
So you're driving down the highway in your brand new Nissan Leaf EV, thinking about how you're so environmentally responsible, and all of a sudden you realize that you might run out of power before reaching your destination. This scenario is still a rare one, granted, but gas prices are shooting up (just wait until $6 per gallon gas in the U.S., coming to a station near you this summer).
Read More »The Big Thirst: The Secret Revolution In U.S. Water Use
Fact: The United States uses more water in a day than it uses oil in a year. In four days, the United States uses more water than the world uses oil in a year.
Read More »The USPS’s New "Go Green" Stamps Will Have You Seeing Red
The United States Postal Service wants you to "go green in 2011," so its released--just in time for Earth Day, we imagine-- a set of stamps with little tips on how to achieve better harmony with nature.
Read More »Microchip-Embedded Credit Cards Coming To America At Long Last
Two companies kick off a race to market with EMV chip cards, long a staple in Europe. But with NFC payments on the rise, this seems less like innovation and more a stopgap measure. American credit card companies may be taking a page from Europeans.
Read More »Founding the World’s Simplest Dating Site
Imagine Twitter had a dating service, where the only options were to propose dates, respond to dates, or directly message the person. A user could see the person's picture and basic information, and if interested, click a button to indicate that.
Read More »Flexjet’s Limited Offer for Summer Travelers
The Flexjet 25 Jet Card program (operated by Jet Solutions) is offering its first 10-hour summer jet card, the lowest amount ever featured on a jet card, starting at just under $50,000 through May 14.
Read More »Digitizing Jane Goodall’s legacy at Duke
Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1960--the same year that a U.S.
Read More »Nintendo 3DS: Controlling Innovation
With the launch of the Nintendo 3DS this Sunday, the company continues its history of revolutionizing how games play, and how we play with them. While I have issues with Nintendo 3DS as a gadget , there is no denying that it is a remarkable gaming machine. With the 3-D capabilities come interesting media opportunities--it allows you to take 3-D photos, a 3-D version of OK Go's "White Knuckles" music video comes with the handheld, and Netflix will stream in 3-D this summer
Read More »Summer blackouts loom for Japan’s economic heartland
By Risa Maeda TOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) - Japan's economy may not feel the harshest blow from this month's disasters until summer, when surging power demand could spark a new round of power blackouts in Tokyo and its neighbouring prefectures which account for 40 percent of the country's GDP.
Read More »An Inside Look at Tesla’s Model S
This past week, Fast Company visited Tesla Motors headquarters for a look at the automaker's progress on its first mass-market vehicle, the Model S electric sedan.
Read More »A New Incubator on the Block
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most imporhttp://sitemanager.inc.com/index.php?section=editarticle&incid=37122tant and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today
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