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Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Ferriss, And Seth Godin Throw Their Weight Behind...

E-commerce business Shopify is pitting a bunch of bloodthirsty entrepreneurs against each other (all in the spirit of healthy competition, of course) to spur new business growth and development--with...

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Costolo: Twitter Has "More Money Than We'll Need For A Long Time," And 250...

With plenty of cash on hand, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo doesn't feel the need to IPO anytime soon. But how does he plan to generate more ad revenue from the increasingly popular social media...

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The Ad Men Behind Occupy George, Occupy Wall Street Infographics Printed On...

By making the facts simple to understand--and putting them in a rather prominent, poignant place--two creatives offer their skills to fight wealth disparity. As the Occupy Wall Street protests gain...

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The Real Role Of Anonymous In Occupy Wall Street

So far, the hacker collective known as Anonymous--or those claiming the name--has failed to live up to threats made via YouTube and social media. But they have brought a lot of buzz to the Occupy Wall...

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Virgin Galactic Dedicates Spaceport, ITC Court Sides With Apple Over HTC...

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Virgin Galactic Dedicates New Mexico "Spaceport." Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susan Martinez dedicated Virgin's space...

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Protest, Music, And #OWS Opportunism

When does a performer's “endorsement” of Occupy Wall Street cross over into exploitation?Music and protest have long gone hand in blistered hand. (Those power chords don't play themselves, after all.)...

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Forget Extending The Power Grid, The U.S. Should Act More Like A Developing...

In places around the world where the grid hasn't been extended, they're still figuring out ways to power their gadgets. We could learn a thing or two.Globally, there are 5.3 billion mobile phone...

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Are User Behavior Analytics The Real Predictors Of Customer Engagement?

When it comes to consumer insights, the rise of the social web has been both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because companies now have an unlimited amount of data about their customers at their...

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GM's Wireless Safety Net Warns Drivers About Dangerous Situations

Using a combination of signals from all over the road, a new system takes cars a step closer to being able to automatically react to conditions in front of them.It will still be at least a decade...

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What Apple Will And Won't Share Today

We know what's happened to Apple recently: The company has released a carefully updated edition of many of its core products, over the course of the last eight months (starting with the iPad 2),...

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Kinect TV And Sesame Street Hack The Next Generation Of TV

Xbox Kinect TV plans to bring interactive, immersive experiences to live action television and children's books with the help of National Geographic and Sesame Street's Workshop.Xbox is unveiling a...

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Renewable Rubber The Next Step For Truly Oil-Free Cars

Replacing the oil that we use to make our car parts is just as important as replacing the oil we use to power our cars.Our vehicles are made from, and run on, petroleum. We fill up our tanks with...

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Building A Business Around Frenemies

I wrote a few months ago about how cloud companies are in a unique position to make partners of their competitors, a phenomenon I call the “Frenemy Model.” I’m still holding strong to this theory, even...

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Anti-Social Media: "Take This Lollipop" Is Your Facebook Profile Through A...

A creepy interactive video demonstrates the downside of Facebook using... Facebook. It also demonstrates the potential of socially enabled interactivity.

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RIM Needs To Stop Researching And Get Its BBM, A** In Motion

Research In Motion's developer conference kicks off today, just as one recent count has its smartphone market share down to 19.7%. Can the company ever recover?It has not been a good year (or three)...

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The Tech That Will Prevent The Next Big Foodborne Illness Outbreak

By tracking every step of the food production process, the next time people start getting sick from cantaloupes, it will be much easier to find which farms are clean, and which are responsible.Food...

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Websense Is Facebook's Bug (And Spam) Exterminator

Out of the 1-2 billion links shared each day on Facebook, plenty are bound to be spam. The social network just hired Websense to help with that. Here's what they're up to... Facebook is a tricky place...

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Google And Samsung Unveil Galaxy Nexus, RIM Shows Off BBX, Google To Encrypt...

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Google, Samsung Unveil Galaxy Nexus. Google and Samsung's newest phone comes with Google's first ever serving of Ice Cream...

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International Medical Corps Helps Haiti In Its Long Haul

International Medical Corps is a model for global not-for-profits, with a plan that goes way beyond drop-in disaster relief. In Haiti, IMC is training locals, building communities, and doing everything...

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Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble

Bill Nguyen launches startups with haste, never researches the competition, and makes the same mistakes "again and again." So why do people keep giving him so much money? td p {padding:10px...

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