The game industry is entering a digital future. To maintain a place in it, retail chain GameStop has scaled the used game buy-back model that first made it a success--now it's buying used companies, too.READ MORE›
Innovation and real startup companies are front and center at the newly re-engineered HBS. The venerable institution hopes to prepare budding entrepreneurs--with inspiration from the one that got away. READ MORE›
What would you do if you were named the first-ever editor of one of the world's fastest-growing media companies and put in charge of a publishing platform with about 44 million users? Chris Mohney on taking Tumblr beyond "F*&% Yeah" memes. READ MORE›
This year's celebration includes 100-plus tips on creativity. Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun, BuzzFeed's Ben Smith, entertainer CeeLo Green, actor-artist-entrepreneur Jared Leto, and Harvard Molecular Animator Janet Iwasa are among ...READ MORE›
It helps if your organization is on the radar of one of the world's--and social media's--most influential pop stars. But for Adam Braun, founder of education charity Pencils Of Promise, Bieber was just one building block. READ MORE›
Technically it's a yapp (get it, your app?), but it still might change your life. "People want to express themselves with this new medium,” cofounder Maria Seidman says. “We’re democratizing app technology." Kleiner Perkins, North Bridge, and other backers like what they see.READ MORE›
Could Twitter have foreseen the tsunami that was the Avengers opening weekend? Fizziology uses social media to make predictions about box office success--and is doing as well or better as traditional industry predictions.READ MORE›
"The App Center will become the new, central place to find great apps like Draw Something, Pinterest, Spotify, Battle Pirates, Viddy, and Bubble Witch Saga," writes Facebook engineer Aaron Brady.READ MORE›
A chat with Kash Sree, the most restless creative director in advertising. "Often the best work" is spec work, he tells us, "because it’s not overthought."READ MORE›
After raising millions in venture capital to launch a QR code technology called Sticky Bits, Chasen pirouetted--some would say rebooted--to a whole new concept, and thus was born the social music service Turntable.fm.READ MORE›
As with all addictions, our intense fascination with life-changing tech must be managed. I found this out the hard way--when my rental car met the parking garage wall.READ MORE›
Listen to recordings of Steve Jobs from a quarter century of reporting by journalist Brent Schlender. In this installment, Jobs reflects on what it's like to see his own company go astray. At the time, he was sure he'd never get it back.READ MORE›
The Internet is always hungry. Lately it's been feasting on news of a cheeseburger-stuffed pizza served by United Arab Emirate branches of Pizza Hut. Here, some other ambitious foreign fast food creations.READ MORE›
Raj Sareen's startup, Styku, was selected as a member of Microsoft's Kinect Accelerator. He wants your game console to help make your clothes fit better--even if "no two boobs are alike." READ MORE›
It's only appropriate that Eric Ries is the subject of the first video for Fast Company's new series: The Pivot. He's the author of a best-selling book, "The Lean Startup," and the man who made the term "pivot" part of the business vernacular.READ MORE›
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