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- Ning's Infinite Ambition
- It isn't just a site where users can build their own social networks -- Ning is a model of how to create a perpetual growth machine. By Adam L. Penenberg
- Virtuous Circles
- A graphic representation of Ning's "double viral loop" maps the patterns of invitations sent and accepted by new members across its networks
- All Systems Go
- How general electric's jet-engine division in Ohio is boosting the company's business in China. A case study in advanced global strategy. By Mark Borden
- Infographic: China's Airport Boom
- To stimulate development outside of major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, the Chinese government plans to open about 100 new airports by 2020 at a cost of some $62 billion. The expansion sites -- from Mohe, the northernmost town in China, to Hainan island in the south to Bachu in the far west -- are like a treasure map for GE's infrastructure units.
- Rebel Alliance
- How a small band of sci-fi geeks is leading Hollywood into a new era. By David Kushner
- The Wide, Wide World of Heroes
- Tracking the transmedia universe of Heroes Ellen Gibson
- "Im Bad! Im Slick!"
- Oakland activist Van Jones is on a mission to bring green-collar jobs to the urban poor. His mightiest weapon: His mouth. By Linda Baker
- Medical Leave
- Your next heart surgery could well be in Bangkok -- but don't worry, it'll be "in network." How your health care is taking wing ... By Greg Lindsay
Fast Talk: The Cell Sell
- The Cell Sell
- Mobile advertising -- expected to rise tenfold by 2011, to $14 billion -- is getting more and more creative. By Cora Daniels
- Slideshow: The State of Mobile Advertising
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- Infographic: Numerology: Book It
- Twenty-five thousand publishers, booksellers, librarians, and bibliophiles are expected at BookExpo America 2008 in L.A. from May 29 to June 1. Here's a look at the business -- and consumption -- of books. By Jeff Chu
- Primer: The Big-Bang Machine
- How CERN plans to power up the Large Hadron Collider, under the Alps, to recreate energies and conditions from the Big Bang era. Theunis Bates
- Journal-ist: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
- This month, studies on advances in computer modeling for research and development, one way to become happier in the workplace, and the role of longevity in consumer choices. James Kuczmarski
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The Power of the PrizeLo and behold, contests actually work to spur innovation. So should we use them for everything? By Anya KamenetzVision Quest: Contests Throughout HistoryFrom 1567 through today, contests have spurred the creation of everything from finding a method of finding longitude at sea to developing solutions for hydrogen-powered cars. Here’s an example eight such contests.Barneys and Friend Sheldon Gilbert helps the hip department store decode the desires of its online customers. By Arianne CohenInfographic: First-Class MailThe average retailer spends $311,196 -- just 10% of its Internet marketing budget -- on email, compared with $1.8 million on banners. Email, though, is the best value online. By Ellen GibsonUnder the Sea The natural gas that powers buses and brings light to your home may come from Norway's Snøhvit field, which sets new standards for harvesting the riches of the deep. By Theunis Bates Infographic: Under the SeaA graphic representation of how the high-tech Snøhvit facility on Meikeya powers natural gas. I Just IM'd to Say "I Love You" American Greetings, the 101-year-old cardmaker, uses social-networking widgets and instant messaging to reach the younger audience it desperately needs. By Patrick J. Sauer Google's Surfing Safari The search giant is betting that it can become synonymous with the Internet in places like strife-torn Kenya. It has a long way to go. By Alex Halperin Créme de la Curator Le Meridien reinvents the art of the hotel experience.By Danielle Sacks Promised Land Whole Systems Design transforms landscapes into low-cost, productive spaces. Will your corporate campus be next? By Anya Kamenetz When the Giving Gets Tough A nonprofit startup set itself up as a watchdog -- then showed how easy it is to lose your own credibility.By Anya Kamenetz Infographic: America the Generous Americans gave $295,020,000,000 to charity in 2006. These stats reveal just how giving the country is.
Columns
- Made to Stick: Get Laziness on Your Side
- How to sway people's decisions with the gentlest of nudges. By Dan Heath and Chip Heath
- Judge the Nudge
- Three examples of how positioning your product as the default option sways decisions with a gentle nudge. By Dan Heath and Chip Heath
- The Scoble Show: How to Fix the Web
- The online world isn't always user-friendly. But it easily could be. By Robert Scoble
- Green Business: All in a Days Work
- The answer to greening business might just be working less. By David Roberts
- Not So Fast: Cheesy Goodness
- The secret history of online pizza tracking. By Bill Barol
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- A sampling of recent letters from readers in response to author Clive Thompson’s debunking of Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point.
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