Clik here to view.
Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian's Open Letter About The Music Industry And The...
Editor's Note: On Wednesday, Reddit founder and Y Combinator "Ambassador to the East" Alexis Ohanian debated professor Jonathan Taplin, director of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and former tour...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MC10 Recruits NFL, NBA Veterans To Help Develop Stretchy Sensors For Sports
Wearable electronics startup MC10 is getting super serious about its skinny, stretchy sensors for sports. Today the company announced that it has signed on eight veteran athletes including NFL and NBA...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When Good Web Design Can Save Lives
When it comes to preventing diabetes, a good user experience can save you much more than a headache. Here we speak with Sean Duffy of Omada Health about how to fix health care's UX problem.Sean Duffy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Burn The Ships, Promise Gold, And Other Change Management Techniques
Ken Rees, president and CEO of Think Finance, says Cortez got it right. For today's businesses, he offers some less drastic ways to effect change.[twistage 2568fc94667dd]For more bite-sized bits of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barclays Bank's Stick-On Credit Cards Turn Any Phone Into A Wave-And-Pay Device
Barclays bank has been on top of the mobile payments game, most recently with the launch of their secure mobile money transfer app, Pingit. Now they're taking contactless payment one step further into...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can The Phone Be Reinvented?
The iPhone 5 won't arrive for about six months, but that doesn't stop the rumors and questions from swirling. Will it be as much of a success as the iPhone 4S, which is expected to be a key component...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The "Bitch In The Boardroom" Stereotype: Women Speak Out About Success And...
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, is undoubtedly a mover and shaker. The woman behind Mark Zuckerberg also happens to be the social network’s highest paid exec and has the sort of resume any successful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why You Should Start A Company In... Bismarck, North Dakota
Move to North Dakota for your startup? Yes, really. Shake off any residual snobbery, friends, because the Roughrider State offers chasteningly attractive conditions for entrepreneurs. Julie Kuennen,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FCC Acts To Quash Cell Phone Bill Shock
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Cell phone bill shock is a nasty problem for many customers in the U.S. on a regular basis, and it's not much of a surprise when the industry is rife...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Businesses Can Learn From Romney's 5-Step Battle Plan
Over the past four months, Democrats have enjoyed adopting an effective, counterintuitive strategy: watch the fire on the other shore. The idea is that when attacking your competitor unifies them, you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Movie Studios Lose Key Piracy Case Against Australian ISP
Hollywood studios have lost a case against Australian Internet service provider iiNet. U.S. and Australian studios sued iiNet in a federal court in 2010 for allowing their users to download pirated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 4G System That Powers The Navy's Pirate Fights
While much of the United States waits for 4G service, the Navy's quietly using 4G mobile technology to battle Somali pirates.While much of the United States waits for reliable 4G service, the Navy is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Be Open And Change Will Come
Openness is part of the DNA at .CO Internet S.A.S., says Lori Anne Wardi, VP and Brand Strategist and that makes it easier to change strategies when necessary. Here is one thing she says won't...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Training South American Navies Taught Joe Ross About Training New Teachers
The career of 40-year-old Joe Ross--Naval officer, Stanford Law grad, Lehman Brothers analyst, corporate chief of staff, nonprofit executiv--has been a lifelong lesson in leadershipSince 2010, Joe Ross...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PayPal, You've Met Your Match: Erotica Writers
Mark Coker of Smashwords became the leader of indie e-book writers--including some with dirty minds--in a fight against censorship and PayPal. He also has strong feelings about the DOJ's e-book pricing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can't Leave At 5:30? Three Alternative Ways To Set Healthy Work Boundaries
Sheryl Sandberg leaves work at 5:30. Barbara Corcoran shuts off her phone for half the day. And that rascal Tim Ferriss somehow gets away with only working four hours a week (allegedly). But they're...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Death To Blogs Dot Tumblr Dot Com
The simple, beautiful publishing service was one of the first to defeat vowels in tech company names. Now it's gunning for anything called a "blog." The "Ablogalypse" is nigh, and Tumblr is the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reddit Cofounder, The Band's Ex-Tour Manager Debate SOPA, Antipiracy, And...
At Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored conference, things got heated between Reddit and Y Combinator's Alexis Ohanian and USC professor Jonathan Taplin, director of the Annenberg Innovation Lab,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week In Bots: Robots In Space, The Sack, And Other Challenging Places
Bot Vid: The Naval Robot That Fights FiresThe Navy has a big plan to put smart gesture-controlled bipedla firebots onto ships. These droids are able to scramble through compartments designed for human...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Khan Academy and 23andMe Link Up For Genetics Education
Khan Academy and Google-backed personal genomics company 23andMe are partnering to teach the world about genomes and DNA. Khan Academy has added two series of videos made by 23andMe to its roster of...
View Article