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Shazam was once just a great app for identifying that cool tune on the radio. Now it's plunging into TV and advertising. You know Shazam as the cool smartphone app you use to identify tunes on the radio

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not the same as it used to be, the element finding business. We have discovered and named all the elements from hydrogen (element 1) up to element 112 (copernicium)[1], and last week IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - it does to elements what the International Astronomical Union did to Pluto), the world governing body for chemistry, has announced the confirmation of a couple more.

Though it will cost just a few dollars, a new device may actually be the key to managing our aging power infrastructure and maximizing clean power. Recent rolling power outages and power failures over the past few years have highlighted just how vulnerable our power grid is to disaster. The White House just announced a $250 million loan bonanza for major smart grid deployment, but a 4-millimeter-thick chip that costs just a few dollars may actually be the key to ensuring that our aging power grid infrastructure doesn't die on us

Ask a kid what they think the future will look like, and you'll get some strange answers. But if you actually listen, you might get some good ideas

People who have started multiple businesses understand how to move swiftly and take action. Jake Winebaum weighs in on the art of serial entrepreneurship.

That grouper on your plate may not be grouper at all--unless it has an electronic tag saying otherwise.

September 11th caused two friends and co-workers to rethink their career and take the step to start a business. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc. 500 | 5000, we thought it would be worthwhile to shine a spotlight on some of the companies that are vying to appear on our ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States .

Keeping a meeting interesting is something even the sharpest sales reps struggle with. Experts share a few tips on how to mix things up. The sales meeting for some is a dreaded hours-long absence from the queue of voicemail and e-mail piling up at their desks

Get your delicious, piping hot robo-cookies here! A robot: Your plastic pal who's fun to be with! Okay, so the future that The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy predicted is still far off, but it's coming closer every week: HRP-4C gynoid sings on camera We've seen HPR-4C several times already, but she's always worth revisiting as her skills advance--if only because she's one of the few android (technically a gynoid) that's really venturing into Uncanny Valley, with movements and other attributes that seem human. HRP-4C is the best preview out there of the kind of realistic robots we're likely to encounter fairly soon. Here she is singing as part of this year's Japan Robot Association Jisso Protec 2011 show

One of the winners of a contest to translate Prius technology to the real world, this prototype helmet will protect your head--and call an ambulance for you if you take a spill. You're in a nasty bike accident during rush hour

Can TV's Ashton Kutcher, Improv Everywhere's Charlie Todd, tech giant Intel, and random people on the street find the gooey center of viral hilarity? At the very least, we'll laugh and learn while their IdeaJam project publicly fails

John Warrillow, author of Built to Sell, answers questions from readers about building a sellable business. Dear John: I've had my company up and running for five years. We've gotten past the start-up days where it felt like survival most of the time.

One day 12-year-old Elizabeth McIngvale became obsessed with the number 42, which happened to be her mother’s age at the time, 11 years ago.

Knowing the bathroom, eating, and cleanliness habits of consumers can make or break a campaign. Question is: How far are you willing to go? How well would you say you know your consumer--not just the broad-stroke stuff, either, like their income or marital status

John Warrillow, author of Built to Sell, answers questions from readers about building a sellable business. Dear John: I've decided to shut down my business.