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. Earlier we described how Amazon's tablet plans should unfold to make it a success...READ»
"I finally cracked it." Those four magical words from the new Steve Jobs biography reignited rumors about Apple's intention to reinvent the last big screen in our daily lives: The television. Here's what that would look like--and why it should happen now. READ»
Getting executive leadership teams to understand the implications of great communication as a currency for change (and ultimately for profit) is a massive untapped opportunity for innovation in many organizations.READ»
Amazon's Kindle Fire has its hardware and software shaved down to a bare minimum and woven together in a delicate mesh. But even Fire's weakness strengthens Amazon. READ»
Ashton Kutcher's production company Katalyst has revealed its first output from new hothousing venture IdeaJam. Its partnered with Intel and 48 creative professionals for a narrative experiment that will yield "six, short, digital content units." Here's what that means. READ»
"I feel like there are a lot of bitter librarians out there," says Erin Scime. They're bitter because their profession is being democratized--but that may be a good thing for them, and for you. READ»
Did you hear? According to Dylan Tweney's twin essays in The Atlantic and Wired, the war between content and design on the Web is over -- and design lost.
Tweney applauds digital tools and trends that eschew distracting ...READ»
YouTube is serious about its experiment in streaming full-length movies, despite some previous failings in this area: It's just launched a page jammed with 400 movie titles. And they're free (in the U.K.)READ»
Google's TV project hit the headlines with a splash with big-name launch partners like Sony and Intel. But is the effort to populate the thing with content stuttering?READ»
Facebook's due to launch its official live video streaming service today, and there're no prizes for guessing its name: The Facebook Live channel.READ»
Sony just hit the news as a major manufacturing partner in the new Google TV endeavor, but now there's news it's partnered with HBO to push TV shows over its PlayStation network to PS3s and PSPs. What's going on in the TV world? From ...READ»
YouTube celebrated its fifth birthday this weekend, which means it's time for retrospection and a little bit of awe at the site's insane popularity. First big number: two billion views a day.READ»
The first time I noticed the word "Content" had changed, I was being ushered into the inner sanctum of Zappos by a woman answering phones in an Elvis costume. Why is there a content department at Zappos? Don't they sell shoes and ...READ»
As part of our continuing tour of Israeli hot startups we visit Plymedia and CEO Ben Enosh shows us how Ply adds contextual content such as advertisements, subtitles, pop-up bubbles and other layered content to existing web videos.READ»
Advertising is going through a huge sea change thanks to social networks and video networks like YouTube. This isn't your father's TV ad network system anymore. One of the most innovative companies in the new advertising spaces is ...READ»
Advertising is going through a huge sea change thanks to social networks and video networks like YouTube. This isn't your father's TV ad network system anymore. One of the most innovative companies in the new advertising spaces is ...READ»
Advertising is going through a huge sea change thanks to social networks and video networks like YouTube. This isn't your father's TV ad network system anymore. One of the most innovative companies in the new advertising spaces is ...READ»
