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RIM's Nonsensical Year

BY Kit EatonFri Dec 30, 2011

As 2011 winds to a close and 2012 begins, we do a little bit of Fast Company drumbeating. We predict a lot of stuff around here. Sometimes we're wrong. But we also nailed a few things this year. Let's talk about shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and ... RIM's big failures...READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education

BY Anya KamenetzMon Dec 5, 2011

At universities, educational software largely means enterprise-scale, expensive, feature-stuffed "learning management systems." Blackboard has the majority of the market, but professors and students are about as enthusiastic about its ...READ»

FUTUROLOGY | Comment

RIM's Vision Of The Future Might Rely On Someone Else's Goggles

BY Kit EatonFri Nov 4, 2011

Dear RIM, If You Can't Imagine A Innovative Future Vision Of Your Own, Don't Make A Futuristic Promo Clip.READ»

FAST FEED | Comment

Groupon's $12 Billion Valuation, Google Wallet Comes To Jersey (Transit), Nokia's Losses Beat Expectations

BY Nidhi SubbaramanThu Oct 20, 2011

Breaking news, with updates all day from your Fast Company editors. READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

When Not Taking Action Is The Riskiest Action Of All

BY FAST COMPANY STAFFWed Oct 19, 2011

The year's five biggest nonrisk risks.READ»

FAST FEED | Comment

Google+ Will Support Pseudonyms In The Future, PlayStation Vita Launch Date Announced, Google And Samsung Unveil Galaxy Nexus

BY Nidhi SubbaramanWed Oct 19, 2011

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

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

BY Kit EatonTue Oct 18, 2011

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?READ»

SAYING SORRY | Comment

All Apologies: Netflix Vs. RIM In A Mea Culpa Matchup

BY Kit EatonThu Oct 13, 2011

Recently Netflix's Reed Hastings and RIM's Mike Lazaridis have had to do something unusual for big-name CEOs--apologize to customers for major letdowns. We judged the mea culpas of the two business leaders, to guess which one has a better chance at winning back their customers' love. READ»

FAST FEED | Comment

Accounts Locked Down After PlayStation Network Breach, Virgin Atlantic Will Fly On Waste Gas, RIM Server Outage Continues

BY Nidhi SubbaramanWed Oct 12, 2011

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

The Most Secure Android Phone, Ever

BY Neal UngerleiderMon Oct 10, 2011

Germans have found a way to create super-secure virtual "work phones" on Android devices. This could become a new, competitive threat to the already beleaguered Research In Motion.READ»

APPLE | Comment

The Tablet Wars: More Makers Join The Search For The Pricing Sweet Spot

BY Austin CarrWed Sep 7, 2011

How low is low enough for you to consider a non-iPad tablet? $299? $199? Zero?READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Lessons In Corporate Strategy From BlackBerry's Flawed PlayBook

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Aug 17, 2011

RIM's PlayBook is, by many counts, superior to the iPad. It is thinner, lighter, has a better camera, and it runs Flash. Yet I--one of BlackBerry's most loyal fans--threw in the towel and returned my PlayBook. The reasons I did so help explain why a company whose revenue grew by $5 billion, or 33%, last year endured a stock decline of 60%. READ»

APPLE | Comment

What Google Gobbling Motorola Mobility Means For The Way We Think About Smartphones

BY Austin CarrTue Aug 16, 2011

While the tech world focuses on the strategy behind Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, we take a look at what the move means for the way we think about our smartphones, and the way they work.READ»

LONDON RIOTS | Comment

After London Riots, Social Media Plays Janitor, Cop

BY Nidhi SubbaramanTue Aug 9, 2011

Rioters chose RIM. But Twitter and Facebook's new mob mostly carry brooms. "It's Like Hogwarts," says an observer. READ»

RIM | Comment

London Rioters' Unrequited Love For BlackBerry

BY Nidhi SubbaramanMon Aug 8, 2011

Rioters in North London have been using BBMs to rally, presuming RIM's phone-to-phone, encrypted messages won't land in the hands of authorities. But in an increasingly familiar move, RIM has now pledged to work with those authorities.READ»

DESIGN FOR ELDERLY

Simple Genius: Intuitive Tech Devices For The Elderly

BY Suzanne LaBarreWed Aug 3, 2011

The stereotype that old people are hapless Luddites who can’t distinguish an iPad from their cat’s litter box is, like a lot of stereotypes, rooted in some reality. The elderly are less likely than younger adults to own a cell ... READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Getting Away From It All Now Means Taking All Your Tech With You

BY Kit EatonMon Jul 18, 2011

British citizens get almost six weeks of vacation, and while they might still use some of this generous allotment to traverse the Greek Isles or wander slowly through the Louvre, they're also spending time on Twitter, Facebook, and generally staying firmly attached to their gadgets. READ»

DESIGN

Nokia's SVP Of Design, On Solving The UI Problems In Smartphones

BY Chris DannenTue Jun 28, 2011

The Nokia N9, unveiled last week, is a beautiful device with an exceedingly difficult job: improve upon the iPhone's UI without totally admitting that it has become a universal standard for touch phones. At its best, the N9 succeeds ... READ»

HP | Comment

HP: TouchPad's WebOS Threatens Android, Apple iOS

BY Austin CarrMon Jun 27, 2011

With the TouchPad, the culmination thus far of HP's $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm, the world's largest technology company by revenue hopes it can finally offer a formidable competitor to Apple, the world's largest technology company by market cap, in the race for tablet dominance.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Business Card-Encoded Wristbands, Developer Dumps BlackBerry, Easy Small-Biz Social Network Campaigns, And More...

BY Gregory FerensteinTue Jun 21, 2011

The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of who's breaking into and shaking up your tech space--updated all day.READ»