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FAST FEED | Comment

Kodak Sues Apple, Apple To Throw Education Event, Motorola Cutting Back On Phones, Google Search Shift Gets Sour Response

BY Nidhi SubbaramanWed Jan 11, 2012

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.READ»

ROBERT HOEKMAN

Improving Slowly Is Easy. Here Are 3 Keys To Making Giant Leaps

BY Robert Hoekman, Jr.Wed Nov 9, 2011

Technology designers shout the famous Einstein quote with the same frequency and urgency that a puppy relieves itself on your favorite rug: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." But how frequently do they ... READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Why Google Will Win

BY Farhad ManjooMon Oct 17, 2011

Its CEO is daring, decisive--and willing to wait for his big bets to pay off.READ»

GOOGLE EARNINGS | Comment

What Larry Page Will And Won't Reveal On Thursday's Google Earnings Call

BY Kit EatonWed Oct 12, 2011

In an era when it's competing strongly with Apple and Microsoft, and nobody knows quite how much Android is bringing to the bottom line, what will Google reveal--and what do we wish they'd reveal--on tomorrow's quarterly earnings call? READ»

SUSTAINING

There Are Three Types Of Innovation. Here's How To Manage Them

BY Jump AssociatesWed Oct 12, 2011

Whether they’re dealing in cars or cookies or computers, companies typically struggle with how to effectively and reliably create innovative products and services. Often, they discover that the greatest challenges aren’t in coming ... READ»

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | Comment

America's Supply Problem Is Keeping People Out Of Work

BY Martin WolfThu Oct 6, 2011

The U.S. doesn't have a jobs problem; it has excess capacity for producing goods and services compared to global demand, says Martin Wolf. How to fix it? Lower taxes would mean more M&A, which would mean less supply, and more jobs. READ»

APPLE | Comment

The Tablet Wars: More Makers Join The Search For The Pricing Sweet Spot

BY Austin CarrWed Sep 7, 2011

How low is low enough for you to consider a non-iPad tablet? $299? $199? Zero?READ»

APPLE | Comment

What Google Gobbling Motorola Mobility Means For The Way We Think About Smartphones

BY Austin CarrTue Aug 16, 2011

While the tech world focuses on the strategy behind Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, we take a look at what the move means for the way we think about our smartphones, and the way they work.READ»

GOOGLE | Comment

Evil Android: Google Behaving Badly

BY Kit EatonFri May 13, 2011

Google and Skyhook have been tussling over IP, and in a court filing we've learned a surprising insight into Google's protective actions over Android. Looks like Facebook didn't need to bother with its smear campaign.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Hackers Discover Google's Unreleased Cloud-Based Music Service

BY Ariel SchwartzTue Mar 8, 2011

Google's music service may already be up and running--if you know where to look for it.READ»

TABLET PCS | Comment

Deep Inside the Frustrating World of Second-Tier Tablets: Flaws, Fights, Fails

BY Kit EatonWed Mar 2, 2011

As Apple reveals its next-gen iPad (with the first edition still king of Tabletland) the high-profile makers of competing devices are squabbling, mis-stepping, and generally not delivering.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Apps to Explode to $38 Billion Market by 2015

BY Austin CarrMon Feb 28, 2011

According to a new report by Forrester Research, the app market will explode to a $38 billion industry by 2015, riding the huge growth in popularity of mobile devices from smartphones to tablets to whatever Apple dreams up next.READ»

IFIVE | Comment

iFive: Apple's New Macs, Disney Buys Togetherville, Xoom Trademark Row, Apple Shareholders Vote on Jobs, Space Shuttle Launch

BY Kit EatonThu Feb 24, 2011

Thursday's here, full of promise--so let's get you up to speed on the early news:READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Women in Technology: The Next Generation

BY Eileen SweeneyWed Feb 23, 2011

It's time to think about what the women leaders in tech can do to encourage girls to take on the challenge of changing our world through technology. Three organizations are attacking the "girl-problem" head-on: the Girl Scouts, the National Engineers Week Foundation, and the National Center for Women & Information Technology.READ»

IFIVE | Comment

iFive: Canada Hacked, Obama Meets Jobs and Schmidt, Apple Controls Touchscreen Supply, Google Music, North Korea's Digital News

BY Kit EatonThu Feb 17, 2011

As you sip your early morning cup of coffee, let us get you up to speed with the early innovation news: READ»

IFIVE | Comment

iFive: Intel-Nvidia Deal, Jobs to Intro "The Daily," Xoom Tablet's Barometer, Amazon Boosts Kindle Apps, Google Goggles Amazes

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 11, 2011

Coffee's a colorful liquid known for its accelerative effects on carbon-based life forms--it's perfect for perking you up before a day of work. But iFive, with its handy summary of the early tech news, is even better:READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Superman and STEM

BY Eileen SweeneyMon Nov 29, 2010

With the buzz surrounding Davis Guggenheim's "Waiting for Superman" film and the recent launch of President Obama's Change the Equation initiative, education once again comes to the forefront of the national agenda. This flurry of attention is a great opportunity to gauge the progress of our country in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)--and to examine how to move the education agenda forward.READ»

PATENTS | Comment

ITC Scrutinizes Apple After Motorola Complains

BY Kit EatonThu Nov 4, 2010

The merry-go-round of lawsuits about patent infringement in smartphones has just taken its latest spin: The ITC is investigating Apple after Motorola alleged it was violating 18 Motorola-owned patents in every iDevice it sells.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

No Business Plan Survives First Contact With a Customer – The 5.2 Billion Dollar Mistake

BY Steve BlankMon Nov 1, 2010

At $5.2-billion Iridium was one of the largest, boldest and audacious startup bets ever made. Conceived in 1987 by Motorola and spun out in 1990 as a separate company, Iridium planned to build a mobile telephone system that would work anywhere on earth.READ»

ANDROID | Comment

Smartphone Smackdown: Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Handsets

BY Ariel SchwartzFri Oct 1, 2010

In a sneaky late Friday legal filing, Microsoft hit Motorola with a lawsuit over the latter company's line of Google software-based Android smartphones, which Microsoft claims are in violation of nine patents. Could this be the first of many Android-based suits?READ»