creativity and innovation

ComScore Sees the Bigger Picture

Tania YukiSenior Product Manager, Video Metrix comScore> New York, New York Tania Yuki, 29, works with comScore clients such as CBS, Google, Microsoft, and NBC to gauge who their online video content is actually ...READ»

• TiVo Brings Web Video to TV
• ESPN Scores With Broadband TV Network
• Google Takes on TV Ads
• Bringing Order to the World of Online Video

The Most Influential Women in Technology

Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition: They are an inspiration for everyone, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.READ»

• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs

Women in Tech: The Executives

14 executives who are shaping today's technology.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs
• Women in Tech

Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs

11 tech business visionaries.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs
• Women in Tech

Women in Tech: The Gamers

The 5 most influential women in electronic entertainment.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs
• Women in Tech

Women in Tech: The Evangelists

9 thought leaders who are changing our ideas about technology.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs
• Women in Tech

Women in Tech: The Activists

5 organizers who are using technology to change the world.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs
• Women in Tech

Women in Tech: The Brainiacs

5 of the smartest technologists working today.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech

Women in Tech: The Bloggers

11 of the Web's most talented writers.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs
• Women in Tech

GE's New Ecomagineer Spills It

GE mirrors the American economy much better than most companies -- for good and ill. Last year, the credit squeeze assailed GE Capital, its financial-services arm; the company missed an earnings prediction, driving the stock price ...READ»

• Water Desalination: The Answer to the World's Thirst?

How Green is Wireless Electricity?

Just how green is wireless electricity?READ»

• Wireless Electricity Is Here (Seriously)

Wireless Electricity Is Here (Seriously)

I'm standing next to a Croatian-born American genius in a half-empty office in Watertown, Massachusetts, and I'm about to be fried to a crisp. Or I'm about to witness the greatest advance in electrical science in a hundred years. ...READ»

• How Green is Wireless Electricity?

Geek Out: Macworld vs. CES

2009's Apple Macworld Expo and the International Consumer Electronics Show overlap again this year. So where's a geek to go? To both, if you're truly dedicated. Here's a primer on the pair.READ»

What Obama Can Teach You About Your Business

Fast Interview: John Della Volpe, founder and managing Partner of SocialSphere Strategies and director of polling at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, contends that Obama campaign marks a once-in-a-generation innovation in American politics.READ»

• How to Build a Brand Like Obama
• The Brand Called Obama
• What Sarah Palin Might Have in Common With Your Boss

Wall Street and the New Startup Economy

Why venture-backed tech hopefuls may be a haven amid the financial storm.READ»

• 10 Web 2.0 Failures
• What the Wall Street Crisis Means for Big Tech
• How Wall Street's Meltdown Will Affect Your Career
• From Wall Street to Dubai

Are Those Rebate Checks Helping?

How one website tracks the impact of George Bush's stimulus package.READ»

Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 88 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers do you recognize?READ»

• The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor
• High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrews
• Big Game Trophy Hunter
• Star Map

Summer Reading: Why More People Are Listening to Books

Fast Interview: In this Q&A, Audible founder and CEO Donald Katz talks about what's popular this summer, the business of the spoken word, how life has changed since Amazon acquired his company, and why the "no asshole rule" is a vital corporate principle.READ»

• The Best Business Books of 2007

How TerraCycle Plans to Takeover the Garbage Industry

Fast Interview: In this Q&A, TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky talks about why eco-friendly products don't have to be expensive, his quest to corner the trash market, and why his wife performed in Carnegie Hall in a dress made from recycled juice pouches.READ»

• The Global Electronic Waste Problem

The Box Score

Facebook and Myspace, head-to-headREAD»

• Myspace, the Sequel
• These Brands Are Made for Myspace
• A Place for Friends...To Get More Famous

Myspace, the Sequel

With Facebook surging, cofounders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have gone back to their roots -- music, pop culture, and a proven cash-flow ad model -- to spur a next phase of growth. Will that be enough for boss Rupert Murdoch?READ»

• MySpace: A Place for Friends...To Get More Famous
• Robert Scoble Interviews MySpace CEO
• These Brands Are Made for Myspace
• The Box Score
• The Philosophy of MySpace with VP of Product Management
• Talking Tech With MySpace CTO
• Famous Faces on MySpace

The Fast 50 Reader Favorites of 2008

You nominated companies. You rated them. You commented on them. In the end, we have the 50 companies that you, our readers, have chosen as the most innovative.READ»

• The 2008 Fast 50

Big Wind from Texas

Fast Interview: Jerry Patterson, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, on how Texas became the leader in wind power development.READ»

• Tilting at Windmills: The Unfulfilled Promise of Offshore Wind
• Jim Gordon May Have an Answer to our Energy Problems
• 10 Questions with Wind Power Entrepreneur Jim Gordon
• Texas Oil Tycoon Tackles Renewable Energy

Creativity is in the Detail, and Everywhere…

Companies need to allow employees to liberate their inherent creativity, rather than squash it as most do. Tapping one's inner creativity within a destination-driven society requires the courage to slow down and reflect inwards. READ»

Inside the Bun: The Business of Selling Hot Dogs

Americans will eat about 2.3 billion hot dogs -- eight per person -- during National Hot Dog Month. National Hot Dog Day is July 18th, but the 4th is the biggest dog day. 17 Contestants ate 576.5 hot dogs and buns at last year's ...READ»