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Quora Question of the Week: Why "Color"?
Thinking different?There's a simple but nagging question, and a simple answer, that went up at Quora over the weekend. Of the social photo app making a splash--nay, an explosion--over the past week,...
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The Amazon Kindle's New, Old Threat: Barnes & Noble's Nook Is Coming on Strong
Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader is in the headlines for a number of reasons at the moment, and it's prompting a big question: With no competing device from Amazon, can the Nook steal the Kindle's...
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World Health Day
We bet you can't guess the theme of this year's World Health Day. And no, that line wasn't laced with sarcasm -- really, we bet you can't. After presumably running down the list of big-name global...
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25th Annual WonderCon
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a -- scrolling, scrolling ... Comics may have made the leap from printed page to silver screen (the Spider-Man trilogy alone has nabbed $2.5 billion at the box office),...
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Apple Spends the Weekend in Court
Apple won against Nokia, but potentially could lose--big--against Kodak.Apple's legal team had a roller coaster of a weekend, winning against Nokia's attempt to block imports late last Friday, but...
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Why Is the New York Times Partnering With Shell Oil? [Updated]
The New York Times often covers Shell Oil's misdeeds and questionable choices, which in past years have included drilling in the arctic and denying human rights abuses in Nigeria. The oil industry is...
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Who You Gonna Call? FireBusters: The Electrical Blaster-Equipped Firemen
If there's something aflame in your neighborhood, you may soon call for firemen toting backpacks blasting bursts of electricity to snuff out the firey problem. You listening, Bill Murray?Remember...
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The Legend of Princeton Professor Jeff Nunokawa
An English prof gains a cult following on campus through "Jeffbook," his 3,221-entry (and counting) experiment in literary criticism, conducted exclusively on Facebook. His StairMaster mastery and Red...
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Is Apple Pushing Back the iPhone 5 Release?
Despite its mysterious PR aura, Apple is generally pretty reliable when it comes to releasing new hardware at a particular time. But now there are rumors that its hardware release dates may be pushed...
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For Some Patients, the End of the Full-Body MRI
Claustrophobics (and everyone else who hates lying in coffin-like spaces), take note: GE just introduced an MRI machine for arm and leg injuries that requires patients to stick only the affected limb...
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Q: Who's Dominating Q&A Sites? A: No One
Q&A websites are plagued with problems that few have yet to solve.Social Media Q&A is all the rage: Facebook just upgraded its questions feature, TED launched a website for its own community,...
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Coming Soon: A Massive Wind Farm to Power Kenya
There are some 700 million people in Africa without access to electricity. As the continent modernizes, those people will need power. But could African power be a perfect place for leapfrog...
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Turning Satellite Images Into Disaster-Relief Efforts
Several academic institutions are teaming up in an effort organized by the U.S. Geological Survey to help turn satellite imagery into actionable data in Japan.We've seen, by now, satellite imagery of...
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Researcher Nabs $500K to Work On "Green Software"
"Green" computer code would be increase energy efficiency in the machines running such software.A computer scientist from Binghamton University has recently scored about a half million in...
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American Express Launches "Serve" Digital Payments Platform, Paves Way for NFC
American Express is joining the ranks of old-school credit card companies that have realized they need to embrace the future of digital transactions. Its new Serve platform enables novel digital...
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Graphic: The Cities and States Doing the Best for Bike Commuters
One key aspect of creating smarter, more liveable cities is to create more complete streets that are friendlier to bikers. A pretty good indicator of how well cities are doing at this is how many...
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Jack Dorsey's Re-Tweet, Radiohead's Newspaper, eBay's Billion-Dollar Spending...
Welcome to Fast Feed, the Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--bite-sized and updated all day. Synthetic Nature on Steroids: Scientists recreate...
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Want to Be Our Photo Intern?
Our web team is in search of a photo intern. This is a support role, working with the editors and news team to find, crop, and upload images to the site. The ideal candidate has experience working with...
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Do You Know What Makes People Click? Come Work for Fast Company
Fast Company is looking for a software developer with an eye for UI/UX. This is a full-time job in our downtown New York City office. You'd work closely with designers, editors and engineers to build...
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BMW to Launch NYC Tech Incubator With $100 Million Investment Fund
Today, BMW announced the planned creation of a tech incubator in New York City to seed innovations in mobile and location-based services. The announcement follows the automaker's establishment in...
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