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Dell Is Your Unlikely Tablets-Over-PCs Champion

BY Kit Eaton | 03-19-2012 | 12:14 PM | INNOVATION

Dell is a brand name intimately welded to laptops and desktops in office cubicles...and now, in a new push, Dell is saying it can sell tablets by the ton to crack Apple's grip. Squad...Attention! About-turn! Quick march!READ MORE›

Red Cross Social Media Monitoring Center Tracks Tweets To Save Tornado Victims

BY Neal Ungerleider | 03-07-2012 | 3:25 PM | RED CROSS

Take a first look inside the new nerve center, where a new high-tech system from Dell and the Red Cross will scour the Internet after disasters to find evidence of survivors needing help, making the deployment of aid much more ... READ MORE›

Apple And Foxconn's Ethics Hit Your Gadget Prices [Updated]

BY Kit Eaton | 02-24-2012 | 1:23 PM | INNOVATION

HP and Dell have warned that rising wages in their Chinese supply chain may end up being passed on to consumers. What. The. Heck.READ MORE›

Mobile DTV Brings Live Television To Cars, Buses

BY Neal Ungerleider | 02-14-2012 | 6:55 PM | ETHONOMICS

Smartphones with HDTV reception chips and in-car television sets are big business in Taiwan, China, and Brazil. Now the travel-friendly tech behind mobile DTV is making its way to the United States.READ MORE›

A Sneak Peek At The TVs Of The Future

BY Steven Rosenbaum | 01-06-2012 | 5:13 PM | INNOVATION

It's nearly time for the annual geek pilgrimage to Las Vegas for CES. It's easy to write off this massive tech trade show as an outdated, overrated, overhyped gizmo-fest, but it does provide ahead-of-the-curve marketplace knowledge. Here's what's next for TVs and other tech gadgets in 2012.READ MORE›

How Much Can Asus, HP, And Others Rip Off Apple's Designs?

BY Austin Carr | 12-14-2011 | 2:14 PM | INNOVATION

Apple's competitors are mimicking the company's designs on everything from tablets to laptops. There's short-term benefit here for consumers looking for inexpensive Apple alternatives this holiday season. But more significantly, it demonstrates how much Steve Jobs's legacy has impacted device makers--and how lost they'd likely be without Jobs's vision.READ MORE›

If I Sell You My Company, Will You Respect Me In The Morning?

BY David Gardner | 12-11-2011 | 4:56 PM | MANAGEMENT

Thinking of selling your company? Entrepreneurs at companies hoping to be acquired can learn a great deal from Dell’s best practices. READ MORE›

Infographic Of The Day: What Do People Want From A Tablet Computer?

BY Cliff Kuang | 10-26-2011 | 10:29 AM | IPAD

The typical way to figure out what consumers want is to go out and do a survey. Or stay in and conduct focus groups. But Method, the design and branding agency, set out to do something a bit more interested when Dell commissioned them ...READ MORE›

Infographic Of The Day: What Do People Want From A Tablet Computer?

BY Cliff Kuang | 10-26-2011 | 8:28 AM | IPAD

The typical way to figure out what consumers want is to go out and do a survey. Or stay in and conduct focus groups. But Method, the design and branding agency, set out to do something a bit more interesting when Dell commissioned ... READ MORE›

Dell World's App Puts Control Of Conferences In Audiences' Hands

BY E.B. Boyd | 10-10-2011 | 3:37 PM | INNOVATION

Most conference apps are just digital versions of the paper program. But Dell will use the app, created by Austin-based RED Method, to solicit real-time feedback from conference attendees and use that feedback to re-jigger programs on the fly.READ MORE›

Visualizing Success Contest Rules

BY Fast Company Staff | 09-30-2011 | 12:22 PM | CAREERS

VISUALIZING SUCCESS -- OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN. Participation in the Visualizing Success Contest (the “Contest”) constitutes Entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these ...READ MORE›

An Alternative To Plastic, Grown From Mushrooms

BY Ben Schiller | 09-16-2011 | 5:43 PM | MANAGEMENT

Evocative is taking on non-biodegradable and toxic polystyrene by mixing agricultural products with a fungus. It is already working with Dell and Steelcase on packaging materials, and with Ford on bumpers and side doors. But can it compete when it has to grow a product instead of churning it out from a factory?READ MORE›

Facebook's $1.6 Billion Revenues, Bartz Out at Yahoo, Hong Kong Apple Store Near Opening Day

BY Kit Eaton | 09-06-2011 | 5:45 AM | INNOVATION

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. READ MORE›

How Dell Has Reinvented Itself

BY David Gardner | 07-26-2011 | 8:31 PM | LEADERSHIP

Thirteen months ago, Dell formed a Customer Advisory Panel to gain customer insights as part of a business transformation effort. This month, Dell brought people from the original group back to see if they made progress.READ MORE›

Wise Up, Retailers: Smartphones Aren't Going Away

BY Will Reese | 07-25-2011 | 4:43 PM | SMARTPHONES

I recently asked an audience of technology buffs how many of them used their smartphones to help them shop in physical retail stores. Over half of the hands shot up. Now for the surprise. “Those with your hands up, please keep them ... READ MORE›

How Dell Supports Female Entrepreneurs

BY Belinda Parmar | 05-31-2011 | 12:17 PM | CAREERS

When Dell first invited me to their Female Entrepreneurial Conference (DWEN) I was filled with trepidation. An all women conference? This was something I had not encountered before. Would it be discussing maternity leave and flexibility at work?READ MORE›

Behold the iPad Effect: With PC Sales Expected to Slow, Analysts Lower Stock-Price Targets

BY Kit Eaton | 04-05-2011 | 10:19 AM | INNOVATION

The iPad is now having a measurable effect on the PC sales industry, according to Deutsche Bank analysts, who increased their price target on Apple's stock and cut price targets for stocks of PC competitors. READ MORE›

Are Apple's Competitors Trolling the iPad?

BY Kit Eaton | 03-30-2011 | 7:18 AM | INNOVATION

With curiously co-ordinated timing, a number of Apple's rivals have said the iPad is a poor product, ill-suited for particular uses, or even doomed to fail. Are they right or are they scared?READ MORE›

Macheen's "Hot" PCs Give a Whole New Meaning to the Internets

BY Chris Dannen | 03-16-2011 | 10:08 AM | DESIGN

Simpler, always-on wireless connections will make gadgets cheaper and make the Web ala carte.READ MORE›

Only Outthinkers Will Survive Today's Paradigm Shift

BY Kaihan Krippendorff | 03-09-2011 | 2:09 PM | ETHONOMICS

By dissecting the strategies of companies like Dell, Southwest Airlines, and Walmart, who over the course of the 1990s radically disrupted their industries, we found some surprising similarities in how these companies engineered breakthrough growth. READ MORE›