How Pumping Gas Today Will Impact Humans in 100,000 Years
While much of the world has been bickering over whether climate change is real or not, climate scientists have been going about their research as usual. But what they have been discovering is...
View ArticleAre Facebook and Twitter the Best Ways for Brands to Reach Consumers?
Advertising dollars are moving to Facebook because of its targeting capabilities. But what if there was an even better way for brands to reach their desired audiences?The big meme in advertising today...
View ArticleBehold the iPad Effect: With PC Sales Expected to Slow, Analysts Lower...
The iPad is now having a measurable effect on the PC sales industry, according to a recent analyst report from Deutsche Bank. The bank raised its stock-price target for Apple, and cut price targets for...
View ArticleAmerica 2049: A Star-Studded Facebook Game That's Ambitiously All Over the Place
A human rights organization goes for a big splash with a Facebook game with both online and offline elements.A new Facebook-based game, "America 2049," is an interesting object study in platform...
View ArticleTwitter Launches New Programs to Help Goose Revenue
Last week, Biz Stone appeared on the Howard Stern Show, where the satellite-radio host grilled the Twitter cofounder on virtually every aspect of the social network. One of the funnier parts of the...
View ArticleFast Company Honored as National Magazine Awards Finalist for Excellence
Today, Fast Company was named a finalist for a National Magazine Award, the magazine industry's highest honor, by the American Society of Magazine Editors, in the General Excellence category. Fast...
View ArticleRussia, U.S. Plan a Nuclear-Powered Space Rocket, Making Mars Mission More...
The Russian federal space agency has revealed that on April 15th, the U.S. and Russia will meet to discuss the development of a future joint nuclear-engine powered rocket project. The announcement was...
View ArticleSmartphone Apps Face Grand Jury Probe Over Privacy Issues
Mark Zuckerberg insists that privacy in the digital age is fleeting. But authorities have other ideas: A grand jury investigation is looking at smartphone apps that shared personal data without...
View ArticleHexidecimally Lingual: Websites Must Speak 16 Languages to Go Global
New data from research firm Common Sense Advisory suggests that if your brand is to achieve truly global reach in our online world, your website must "speak" more than 16 languages. Common Sense...
View ArticleGoogle, eBay, and Facebook Take on France Over User Privacy
It's not every day that Web giants like Google and Facebook take on governments to protect their users' privacy. Typically, it's the other way around, with tech companies in fisticuffs with...
View ArticleThe Epsilon Breach: How Worried--and Angry--Should You Be?
So "someone just stole your email address." What now?By now, unless you keep your money under your mattress and don't shop for groceries, electronics, or clothing, you've probably received an email...
View ArticleHulu Profits Approach the Big B, Genetically Gifted Sleepless Elite, France's...
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day.Obama to Host Facebook TownhallObama will join Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook HQ to answer...
View ArticleReppler Is the Morning After Pill for Your Facebook Profile
Reppler's service is the virtual morning after pill to purge any and all inappropriate content that you or your friends posted on Facebook. Chronic oversharers of the world, take heart. No matter what...
View ArticleLinkedIn Takes Its Shot at Facebook, Going Live With Shares and Sign-ins
LinkedIn's just launched its new platform to everyone online interested in hooking up to the business networking site's APIs. Useful stuff, for some, but what it's really about is trying to usurp...
View ArticleShoot 'Em Up, Biblical Style: West Bank Settlers Commission Video Games
Israeli settlers on the West Bank have discovered a new way of getting their message across: Violent shoot 'em ups based on the Six Day War and Biblical history.Israeli settlers in the West Bank have...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Solar Power Is as Cheap as Coal
It's a horrible paradox that bad things are generally cheaper: Like Big Macs. Or H&M. Top of this list, of course, is coal power, which is really quite horrible for the planet but is also...
View ArticleFearful of Genetically-Modified Crops? You're Too Late
Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 93% of U.S. soybeans are genetically modified.Frankenfood! It's the evil-sounding name given to genetically modified crops by organic enthusiasts fearful that altering...
View ArticleMyVoice, a Great App for the Speech-Disabled, Is Foursquare Meets Text-to-Speech
The MyVoice app offers up location-based searchable phrases and helps users easily navigate social situations.A new GPS-enabled app will give millions of speech-disabled people a simplified way to...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Toyota Announce $12 Million Partnership for "Ultimate Mobile Device"
Smartphones, MP3 players, tablets, laptops, netbooks--modern consumers never leave the house without more electronics than Robocop. We're addicted to using and spending money on mobile devices, which...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Fly Alongside a Virgin Galactic Spaceship [video]
[video_twistage 2] Don't have the $250,000 to secure a spot on one of Virgin Galactic's maiden joyrides into space next year? Here's a look at what you're missing. We flew in a regular Virgin Air...
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