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Facebook, Twitter Compete For Social Gold At The Olympics
Facebook's new Olympics deal treads on territory long held by Twitter. But will it be enough to stake its claim on the second screen?Long before the crack of a single starter pistol, fierce competition...
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Office 15: Microsoft's Best Bet For Beating Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive
With one billion Office users worldwide, the newest upgrade to Microsoft's productivity suite could give the company a significant hold on the cloud, which Gartner estimates will become a $149 billion...
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5 Tips On Working Remotely From A Guy Who Works Reaaaally Remotely
Darius A. Monsef IV, the Waimea, Hawaii-based CEO of COLOURLovers.com, offers advice on building a successful startup, whether employees are spread across one time zone, or six. WHY YOU SHOULD START A...
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Google's Marissa Mayer Is Named CEO Of Yahoo
News updates all day from Fast Company.Via NYT: Marissa Mayer, a top executive at Google and one of the public faces of the company, has been named the new CEO of Yahoo. Mayer, who is one of the most...
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The Long Hot Uber Ice Cream Truck Fiasco Of 2012
Uber is a car service. So why was it promising to deliver ice cream? By the way, WHERE'S THE ICE CREAM WE ORDERED? When the techie car service Uber announced it was sending a fleet of on-demand ice...
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Your Best Brand Asset Is Understanding Yourself
You're a beautiful and unique snowflake. But does your personal brand--honestly--reflect that? The world isn't looking for a copy of an existing writer, musician, politician, CEO, or leader; they're...
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With Zaarly Anywhere, What You See Online Is What You Can Get
Have you ever spotted something awesome on a website and thought, "I would definitely pay someone to make that for me"? Good news--now you can. Today, local commerce platform Zaarly is launching a new...
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Mining Marissa Mayer's Googly Past For A Glimpse At Yahoo's Future
Marissa Mayer has already solved Yahoo's problems--at Google. Can she now solve them at Yahoo, too? We thumb through the Mayer interview archives for insights into what to expect for Yahoo under its...
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Authentic Branding And The Making Of A Rebellious Food Network Star
Businesses can learn four key branding concepts from Justin Warner, a chef who has his image down pat--and may be Food Network's next big star.Mix two parts rebel, one part Elvis and one part cook. Add...
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LG, Samsung Already Embroiled In OLED Espionage
News updates all day from Fast Company.Although OLED technology hasn't yet really moved beyond smartphone screens in real-life consumer applications, and OLED TVs remain a pipe dream, LG and...
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The Strategic Tool Of Working With Others (Or Not)
Most of the innovations in the digital space, whether small or large, are fueled by a concept we call interoperability or "interop": the ability of complex systems, applications, and components to work...
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Why Joining Yahoo Is The Best Thing Marissa Mayer Ever Did--For Google
As you may have heard, Marissa Mayer is now CEO of Yahoo, ready to turn it into a leaner, fitter, more successful firm. It's a great move for Yahoo, and it could mean great things for you, the...
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How Google Fights Terrorists And Human Traffickers
Jared Cohen, the director of Google Ideas, talks with Fast Company about illicit networks, reforming extremists, and how illegal arms dealers use the web.How do human smugglers use the Internet? What...
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How Your Expectations Shape Reality
A story is told of a young psychology student serving in the Army who one day decided to test a theory. Drawing kitchen duty, he was given the job of passing out apricots at the end of the chow line....
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The Messianic Spyware Buried In A Fake Daily Beast Article
How an attack on Iran spread with the help of a hijacked tech story about electronic warfare. Researchers have uncovered a major spearphishing attack targeting foreign embassies and critical...
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The Future Of TV Is Two Screens, One Held Firmly In Your Hands
The connected TV, sometimes called the smart TV (and even branded as such by Samsung) is a growing phenomenon: TV makers are adding limited apps, Net connectivity, and even streaming media powers to...
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PayPal Buys Card.io To Drive Mobile Payments
News updates all day from Fast Company.PayPal has announced that it's buying Card.io in what seems to be a talent and technology grab to help the company challenge the threat of Google's Wallet,...
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Food Truck Tech: Revel’s New iPad Checkouts App
Revel Systems, the company that is selling iPad checkout services to retailers around the country, is coming out with a new version of their app for food trucks. The food truck version is...
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What Yahoo's Culture Could Look Like Under Marissa Mayer
Russ QuackenbushBack when Mayer was VP of search products and user experience, she talked with Fast Company about the culture at Google in its early years. We revisit the conversation as Mayer ushers...
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