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An Illustrated Guide To Our Session At Chicago Ideas Week

Click to enlarge  For those of you who missed Fast Company's sold-out session on creativity at Chicago Ideas Week, don't worry. We've got you covered. The talented folks at Ink Factory Studio (motto: "You talk. ...READ»

Trends Shaping The Future Of Entertainment

A quick primer on the innovations and forces that are shaping the current state and future of the media and entertainment industries. READ»

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What Will You Do When They Come For You?

The nine most dreaded words in American business: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are eyeing your market. Which industries--and companies--are the Fab Four most interested in disrupting?READ»

Ticketmaster Teams With Facebook So You Can Sit Next To Your Friends

Live events are inherently social, says CEO Nathan Hubbard. Buying tickets should be, too.READ»

Hey Hollywood Moguls, Are You Following The First Social Media Agent @Kuhn On Twitter?

You might want to start. At only 23 years old, Eric Kuhn has trail-blazed many media empires into the social space--now he's eyeing nothing less than the future of entertainment.READ»

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Conan O'Brien's Guide To Creativity

Our cover comedian talks about improvising to find the funny, learning from smart CEOs--also, horse betting, surfing, and marinating.READ»

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iPads Are Mingling With TVs, While Kindles Get Busy In The Bedroom: Study

A survey reveals that 70% of slate-style computer owners fiddle with them while watching television. How long before we don't need one of those small screens at all?READ»

A Tale of Two Future Net TVs, From Apple and Microsoft

Recent moves by two of the biggest names in tech shed light on their plans for digitally connected TVs. When it comes to living-room entertainment, how will Apple and Microsoft succeed where Google and Yahoo have already hit with a thud? READ»

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How Watson's $1 Million Jeopardy Win Helps IBM's Other Supercomputer

After crushing the humanoids on Jeopardy this week, IBM's Watson computer took home $1 million in prize money. Instead of throwing it away on Tiffany diamond-encrusted circuit boards or a Lamborghini to show up other ...READ»

With Oscar Spotlight on "Sun Come Up," Film Director Launches "House-Raising" Campaign

Jennifer Redfearn is now embarking on a campaign to raise funds for the Carteret Islanders.READ»

Kinect Hack 'n Roll: An Inevitable, Awesome, Radiohead-Like Music Video

Just three years after Radiohead used pro-level laser LIDAR scanners to craft a 3-D music video unlike anything seen before, an enterprising hacker has tweaked a Microsoft Kinect to produce a startlingly similar video.READ»

China's Colonization of Hollywood: The Sequel

Officials met this week in the interest of boosting two-way investments in the entertainment and film industries--and much more.READ»

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Syyn Labs Builds Rube Goldberg Machine for Google Science Fair

After Syyn Labs' OK Go music video became a viral hit, the phone started ringing with corporate clients eager to tap Syyn's creativity to promote their projects. One company was Google. It hired Syyn to build a fun, ...READ»

Bed or Bits? Nearly Half of All Americans Would Ditch Sleeping Quarters Before Their PC, TV

According to a new survey, close to 50% of Americans would give up their bed before their TV and computer. That's something to remember as the FCC rules about the future of the Net today.READ»

OK Go's Damian Kulash: I Spend More Hours on the Business Than the Party

The frontman for the indie band talks about this month's uber-creative projects--a new video with toast animation, a street parade in L.A., and a stunt with the "Today Show" hosts--and how he focuses more on the business side than he'd like. READ»

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Amazon Studios Wants to Fund Tomorrow's Auteurs

Hollywood is just so 20th Century Fox, reckons Amazon, as it goes into the Movie BusinessREAD»

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How "The Walking Dead" Brings New Life to Zombies - Without CGI

In a nod to the classic movie Night of the Living Dead, director Frank Darabont gives a very human touch to his upcoming AMC series based on the popular graphic novel.READ»

Good-bye "What's Next", Hello "What's Now"

The advertising and entertainment businesses are undergoing seismic changes in the face of new technology that enables both business and consumers to create content at virtually no cost. This means old business models no longer apply, job titles are changing, and most businesses are being forced to become far more entrepreneurial not just to survive, but to position themselves for the future.READ»