This Week In Bots: Self-Driving Cars, Robo-Surgeons, And Foxconn's Robot Army
France Has Self-Driving Cars TooGoogle doesn't have the monopoly on clever self-driving cars, and now France has joined the fray. Deveoped by research company IFSTTAR and engineers from the ESIGELEC...
View ArticleGeneration Flux: DJ Patil
Our profile of DJ Patil, Data Scientist at Greylock Partners. His career includes being a researcher at Los Alamos, a Defense Department fellow, a virtual librarian for Iraq, a web-security architect...
View ArticleGeneration Flux: Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmore is the CEO of Mashable. At 19, he founded the tech blog in Scotland, which has grown into a monster site for social news. Mashable has more than 2 million Twitter followers. @font-face {...
View ArticleGeneration Flux: Raina Kumra
Raina Kumra is a former documentary filmmaker, digital strategy guru at Wieden+Kennedy, and founder of Light Up Malawi, but is now a federal contractor--the Codirector of Innovation at the federal...
View ArticleGeneration Flux: Bob Greenberg
We spotlight Bob Greenberg, CEO and founder of R/GA. After founding his firm to create visual effects for movies like Alien and Zelig, he now delivers cutting-edge digital programs for Nike, Nokia, HP,...
View ArticleApple Speaks Openly, Discloses Environmental And Rights Issues Among Its...
The giant consumer technology firm revealed in its "Apple Supplier Responsibility Report" for 2012, available for perusal here, that it had carried out 229 individual audits among its diverse and...
View ArticleDanny Meyer's Magic Touch: How To Create 4-Star Experiences And Lines Around...
At age 27, Danny Meyer abandoned plans to go to law school and decided to open Union Square Cafe in New York City--a decision about which New York City's food lovers are eternally grateful. In the 25...
View ArticleGeneration Flux: Beth Comstock
A conversation with Beth Comstock, GE's chief marketing officer. She is responsible for Ecomagination and Healthymagination, GE efforts that account for billions of dollars in sales. @font-face {...
View ArticleRemain Diligent: SOPA And PIPA Must Be Squashed, Not Changed
As members of both the Senate and the House start falling back to a more defensible position by considering the removal of the DNS provision from SOPA and PIPA, many voices of opposition to the bills...
View ArticleHow To Talk To Your Boss And Fix Your Job
It's all too easy to spend long stretches simmering at your desk instead of having a straight-ahead talk with your boss. Here are a few strategies to help you start the conversation.It's easy to talk...
View ArticleHow Computers, Curators, And Users Create Pandora's Playlists
In this extended version of the talk from our new issue, we speak with Tom Conrad, the CTO and Executive VP of Product at Pandora. Why does it take so much input from so many sources for the company to...
View Article5 Tips To Turn Your Personal Profile Into A Professional Place
When Facebook launched Pages late in 2007, big brands finally had an opportunity to use the social networking platform to better connect with fans. Soon after companies signed on, well-known...
View ArticleThree Men And A Basement: How Carrot Creative Grew
How three college grads worked in a basement and lived off of ramen as they built "the best and brightest social media agency on the planet." [twistage 3322f1af891b4] Mike Germano met Chris Petescia in...
View ArticleGibson Guitar And IBM: The Art, And Science, Of Doing Well By Doing Good
When it comes to being good corporate citizens, enlightened self-interest can and should carry they day. Learn how two remarkably different companies, Gibson Guitar and IBM, are doing good for their...
View ArticleChobani Yogurt Tickles The Tastes Of Pinterest Addicts, And So Can Your Brand
There's a new social media platform every minute, it seems, and the darling of the moment is Pinterest. Here are some expert tips from Chobani Yogurt's social media team on how to get beyond flavor of...
View ArticleDisruptive Innovation, Dog-Food Edition
Believe it or not, at one point we actually fed our pets real food. That was, until people-food companies realized they could maximize their resources by mashing together all of their scrap meat,...
View ArticleFacebook Planning May IPO?, Zappos Accounts Hacked, Netflix Investors File...
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Facebook Planning May IPO? AllThingsD has heard that Facebook's mighty IPO that's expected this year may be surfacing as early as...
View ArticleHow To Reach And Influence The Connected Consumer
In 2011, the digital landscape underwent a significant shift that will have profound effects on business in 2012. The challenge is that hardly any business leaders noticed. That’s not their fault,...
View ArticleTips On Finding An Accelerator To Ignite Your Startup
Accelerators offer hands-on help from experienced mentors, sources for seed capital, and sometimes even co-working locations, and give entrepreneurs what they need to take a startup from concept to...
View ArticleBeepl Launches A Twitter-Simple, "Social Q&A Site"
People, meet Beepl. It launched to the general public yesterday in the online expertise-sharing/question-and-answer sphere after a short private test run. Branding itself as a "social Q&A site"...
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