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Scvngr's Unique Approach To Growing Its Customer Base
Seth Priebatsch, serial entrepreneur and chief ninja at Scvngr, tells Fast Company why depending on viral sharing for growth isn't all it's cracked up to be. [twistage 8bc8d2ad68a1c]Want more great...
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Fast Talk: How "Dr. Fill" Does For Crosswords What IBM's "Watson" Did On...
Meet Matt Ginsberg, the one-man programming team behind a computer program he hopes will win this week's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.Matt Ginsberg has built Dr. Fill, a computer program that...
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Is Your Memory Good Enough To Remember That You Read This?
You know your device's memory will one day fail or not be enough, but how well do you know the faults of your onboard wetware?The best memory system may not be the one inside your head. Scientists are...
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Fostering A Culture Of Accountability
Edward Saatchi, founder of NationalField and Obama 2008 campaign staffer, tells Fast Company how a culture of accountability helped the campaign achieve its goals. [twistage 67ca2f3a5a099]Want more...
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Instagram For Android Coming Soon, Gowalla Now Really Gone, Rumor: CNN To Buy...
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.Apple iPad Pre-orders Sell Out. Less than a week after Apple announced its new iPad, pre-order stock of the new device has run out....
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Microsoft Wants To Put Your Face On A Universal Translator
Universal translators are something of a holy grail in mobile tech trends--and Microsoft's just revealed its latest effort at its own TechFest show. It's real-time. And it uses your own voice and face....
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Marvel Announces Big Digital Comics Push, But Will It Fly?
Marvel Entertainment announced its big digital comics push, dubbed "ReEvolution," at SXSW over the weekend. The initiative introduces new features to the company’s line of superhero titles: augmented...
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Why Small Businesses Should Scrap Strategic Planning
What fast-growing companies need is strategic thinking--not strategic planning. Here are three things smaller companies can do to develop an adaptive, opportunistic approach to strategy. If you want to...
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Netflix Deal Reveals Apple's Secret Sauce: iTunes Pay Channel
As announced this week, the new Apple TV brings a new UI, better internal specs, and full HD capability to the table. But there's the business equivalent of an Easter egg hidden in it for Netflix...
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TED Targets Impressionable Young Minds With Interactive New TEDEd Videos
Check out a sneak preview of the animation and other features in new, abbreviated TED videos that aim to bring subjects such as neuroscience and evolution to young students. TED, the conference...
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Disney-Pixar, NASA, Mozilla Partner On Badges To Shape The Future Of Learning
If you're like me, you haven't earned a badge since the Brownies (or Cub Scouts) in second grade. But a growing chorus believes that badges are a very special tool for 21st-century learning. They're...
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Yahoo Sues Facebook, Twitter Acquires Posterous, Dugan Leaves DARPA For Google
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.Kony 2012 Judged As "Most Viral" Video. Breaking 100 million page views in just 6 days, Kony 2012 is estimated to be the most viral...
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Learning The Softer Side Of Leadership
Leaders' primary objective is to empower others to make decisions and take actions that are aligned with the organization’s vision, purpose, and strategy. These nuances are the softer side of...
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NumberFire: "Moneyball" For Fantasy Leagues
With winnings from "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," Nik Bonaddio created a predictive sports system Billy Beane would be proud of. Nik Bonaddio was in the hot seat on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire one...
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8 Reasons To Choose A Startup Over A Corporate Job
Sure, a corporate gig might (initially) pay more than a startup and come with cushy benefits, but there are real, career-defining reasons to heed the siren song of a startup. You've graduated from...
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Why Twitter Bought Posterous: Talent And Apple
Yesterday Twitter revealed it bought Posterous, a lifeblogging/microblogging/sharing site. It's been widely regarded as a "hacquisition" because Posterous' metier isn't totally compatible with...
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OneID: A Tech To Ditch Dodgy Passwords For Secure Digital Identities
OneID's team knows that logging in to site after site is a pain for users--and as a sequence of high-tech hacks have shown, passwords are generally insecure. Which is why OneID's proposing a new tech...
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Apple Makes Shaq And Celebrities Everywhere Grovel Like Common People
Stars can often score hot products before the rest of us. But in the lead-up to a product launch at Apple, nobody's tastemaker status matters.Free stuff flows readily for celebrities. As New York...
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Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann Talks New Profile, New Social Tools, Addresses...
Cofounder and CEO Ben Silbermann also talks APIs and affiliate links at SXSW.Pinterest, the addictive image collection and sharing site, will soon release a new profile page, possibly as soon as this...
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Who (Or What's) Best At Predicting March Madness Winners?
When it comes to predicting March Madness winners, who knows best: experts, algorithms, or the crowd?An estimated 45% of Americans will fill out an NCAA tournament bracket this year. That’s more than...
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