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Instagram, Facebook, And The New Zero-Revenue Acquisitions

BY Austin Carr | 04-10-2012 | 1:32 PM | INNOVATION

Six other businesses that were acquired for millions before they ever made much, if any, money. READ MORE›

7 Social Networks Obama And The GOP Hopefuls Should Definitely Join

BY Austin Carr | 01-05-2012 | 5:40 PM | INNOVATION

When President Obama showed the power and potential of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in 2008, every politician and their chief of staff's mother jumped on the social media bandwagon. Yesterday Obama joined Instagram. Here are several other networks he--and his rivals--should be on.READ MORE›

How Google+ And Other "Little Versions Of Facebook" Solve Social Media's "Big" Problem

BY Austin Carr | 11-09-2011 | 12:37 PM | INNOVATION

Google+ guru Bradley Horowitz, Path's Dave Morin, and GroupMe's Jared Hecht talk to Fast Company about "the biggest problem in social networking"--grouping the right friends in the right ways. READ MORE›

30 Second MBA: How Do You Create A Corporate Culture From Scratch?

BY Fast Company Staff | 08-23-2011 | 11:09 AM | GROUPME

Steve Martocci, Cofounder of GroupMe, answers this business question at 30SecondMBA.com. READ MORE›

30 Second MBA: How Do You Pick A Board?

BY Fast Company Staff | 08-23-2011 | 10:49 AM | GROUPME

Jared Hecht, Cofounder of GroupMe, answers this business question at 30SecondMBA.com. READ MORE›

Skype's Acquisition of GroupMe Gives Microsoft A Social Life

BY Austin Carr | 08-22-2011 | 1:28 PM | INNOVATION

Skype plans to acquire popular group-messaging service GroupMe for a rumored $85 million. But more important than how GroupMe will benefit Skype is how it will benefit Microsoft, which is in the process of acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion.READ MORE›

Twitter's Photo Galleries, India's $99 Tablet, Skype Buys GroupMe, Apple Outsells Lenovo In China, Amazon Hints At Tablet

BY Kit Eaton | 08-22-2011 | 6:46 AM | DESIGN

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

Fring Launches Group Video-Chat App For The iPad

BY Austin Carr | 06-27-2011 | 12:55 PM | INNOVATION

Group texting is certainly popular; Fring hopes to make group video chatting just as ubiquitous. READ MORE›

Can Facebook Groups Support Its Deals?

BY Austin Carr | 04-25-2011 | 5:13 PM | INNOVATION

Facebook has only seen 50 million Groups created after six months. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called grouping friends "the biggest problem in social networking." This is the secret sauce in Deals?READ MORE›

Jack Dorsey's Re-Tweet, Radiohead's Newspaper, eBay's Billion-Dollar Spending Spree, Facebook Prof, and more...

BY Gregory Ferenstein | 03-28-2011 | 12:05 PM | ETHONOMICS

Welcome to Fast Feed, the Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--bite-sized and updated all day.READ MORE›

GroupMe the Winner at SXSW

BY Eric Groves | 03-18-2011 | 1:11 PM | LEADERSHIP

After spending a couple days at SXSW, my theory that there's a social app for everything is confirmed. While 99% of these social apps seem to add to the chaos of online living, one stood out as simplifying things: GroupMe, a free service that facilitates group texting and allows users to maintain relationships in clusters as well as one-to-one communications.READ MORE›

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