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Kenan Samms

The Big Three Big-Top

With so many jobs in the balance and their fingers in so many pies I don't want any of the top three automakers, Chrysler, GM, or Ford, to fold up their tents.  One way or another I want them get their acts  together and turn ...READ»

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Sustainable Design Group Tops 150,000 Members, Adds Forum to Share Ideas

What kind of cardboard is best for compostable packaging? What can we do to encourage consumers to recycle? What kind of testing does the FDA do for materials toxicity? How can I convince my clients that sustainable design can ...READ»

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A Bank We Can Believe In?

Banks have gotten a bad rap recently, and for good reason. The FDIC's Failed Bank List is rife with private banks that have been flattened in the past two years, and we all know about the myriad bankrupt investment banks. But now ...READ»

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Dell Pulls Off Green IT Without Sacrifice

The phrase "going green" conjures up images of short showers, small houses, tiny cars--basically, minimal consumption. But according to Albert Esser, Vice President of Power and Data Center Infrastructure Solutions at ...READ»

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Android Developers' Meetup

Calling all geeks! Do you create Android apps in your free time? Are you dying to hear about the latest developments in mobile technology? Then head over to Fast Company’s offices at 7 World Trade Center to swap ideas with thirty of ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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The Social Media Marketing Book Club

I get it. You want to get started in social media marketing, but you're not sure you are going to keep up with it, right? Well, then join our new book club for social media types who want a support group.READ»

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Microsoft Directs TomTom to Drop Dead

At the end of February, Microsoft [MSFT] brought suit against GPS company TomTom [TOM2] for several patent infringements pertaining to TomTom's Linux-based GPS navigation software. Now the Linux community is preparing for a fight, ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Why it Took an Entrepreneur to Make America Flip Over the Flip (And Why it Would have Flopped Inside any Big Company)

Is it at all possible for simplicity to emerge from the twisted processes of the corporate mind?  I asked myself this question (again) after reading last week about Cisco’s purchase of Pure Digital, the company behind ...READ»

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In Only One Year, Hulu Becomes Fourth Largest Video Site in U.S.

Brains! That must be the secret to Hulu rocketing up to being the fourth largest video site in the U.S. in February, right? That's what Alec Baldwin told us in this creative Super Bowl ad, which may also have had something to do ...READ»

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Tata Nano: What's the Environmental Impact of 14 Million More Cars in India?

  At long last Tata Motors has started selling its vaunted Nano. [For more on the launch, read "Tata Nano: Meet the World's Cheapest Car."] Market research suggests that the Nano may bring safer, four-wheeled ...READ»