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Burst, The Family-Friendly Instagram Of Video, Goes For Olympic Gold
The recently launched Burst is another system that would like to be the "Instagram of video." But where SocialCam and Viddy are trying hard to appeal to users by the million, with high-profile...
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Fighting The AIDS Crisis One Broadcast At A Time, From A News Anchor's Desk...
Growing up in London in the 1980s, James Chau vividly remembers the first news story he saw on television: the Brighton bombings organized by the IRA, in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher....
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How Outsiders Get Their Products To The Innovation Big League At Proctor &...
Proctor & Gamble gets more than half of its new product initiatives from outside its walls. Meet Julie Pickens, one of the entrepreneurs who's partnering with the global company to bring innovation...
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3 Ways Successful People Prioritize Their To-Do Lists
You look at your to-do at the end of the day and--gulp--only the inconsequential tasks are crossed off. That's mismanaging priorities. Here's how to get them in order. To be successful, businesses must...
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Aereo Backer Barry Diller Sees The Service Expanding Country-wide
News updates all day from Fast Company.Barry Diller, jubilant after a New York judge ruled that the Aereo service he is funding is legal, has told Bloomberg that we can expect a countrywide expansion...
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Microsoft Virus Fighter: Spam May Be More Difficult To Stop Than HIV
Microsoft researcher David Heckerman helped stop junk mail headaches. Now, he's using some of the same techniques he helped pioneer to fight HIV.David Heckerman has been studying HIV for the past eight...
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Management Lessons From The London Olympics
The London Olympics are just a couple weeks away. I visited the site recently and expected to find a flurry of last minute, near-panic construction activity. There were a few bored-looking guards...
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Why Millennials Don't Want To Buy Stuff
The concept of shopping has shifted from owning stuff to buying into new ideas.Compared to previous generations, Millennials seem to have some very different habits that have taken both established...
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Smartphone Sales On The Rise In The U.S., Half Of Those Are Androids
News updates all day from Fast Company.Android phones now account for 51% of the U.S. smartphone market, and versions of Apple's iOS account for 34.3%. Those are the results from a new study of mobile...
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Updated: Digg, Darling Of The Pre-Facebook Web, Sells Assets To Betaworks For...
News updates all day from Fast Company.Via WSJ: Digg, the social news site and former Web 2.0 darling that was eventually pushed into obsolescence by then-newcomers Facebook and Twitter, has been...
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This Week In Bots: Google's Driverless Cars, Sure, But Are You Ready To Fly...
Bot Vid: Skippy The Robot Stone SkipperSkipping stones is a wonderful, happy pursuit. If you're of a certain technical bent you may even remember the smarts of Barnes Wallis and the invention of the...
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Apple Reverses EPEAT "Mistake"
News updates all day from Fast Company.In a rare reversal, Apple has decided to opt back into the EPEAT environmental certification program. Bob Mansfield, senior VP of hardware engineering, published...
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The Thread: Tackling The To-Do List
When it comes to conquering the daily to-do list, what works for you? One of the first things I do each morning is write a list of all the things I hope to accomplish that day--work tasks, meetings,...
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Top 10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week
Catch up on the stories people were clicking, reading, sharing, tweeting, Facebooking, pinning, and more--from the Fast Company network.How might the world change over the next 40 years? How might...
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MSNBC.com Renamed NBCNews.com As Microsoft Departs
News updates all day from Fast Company.MSNBC has rebranded itself as simply NBCNews.com, reflecting the fact that Comcast, NBC's owner, is buying out Microsoft's 50% stake in the online news site for...
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You'll Need More Than Facebook To Smash The Wall Between You And Your Customers
Twenty years after the Internet first went mainstream, most businesses have yet to take full advantage of the most fundamental opportunity it has created for them. Thanks to digital media, companies...
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Amazon's Pivot
Amazon hasn't just evolved over the years. Jeff Bezos also conjured some masterful pivots. The 10th in our series.When Amazon.com anointed itself "the world’s biggest bookstore," with 1 million titles...
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How To Get Your Projects Crowdfunded And Created: The Kickstarter Alternatives
There are hundreds of sites where you can launch a project with the help of potential customers. Which fits your business or backing profile best?You know Kickstarter, you dig Kickstarter. You’ve maybe...
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For Instant Profitability, Start Your Company With 6 Celebrities
It worked for Sameer Mehta of 12Society, a startup that sends boxes of goodies hand-picked by Nas, Nick Cannon, and four pro athletes. Sameer Mehta is the cofounder and CEO of 12Society, a men’s...
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