IBM's $50 million Smarter Cities Challenge just picked its first round of recipients this week, and they're diverse, to say the least. Here's how they got IBM's attention. READ»
Newark's public schools, the recipients of that sum from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, are rolling out their plan. "We want to make Newark the centerpoint of education reform in the nation," David Nachtweih, spokesperson for the Partnership for Education In Newark, tells Fast Company. Here's how they plan to do it.READ»
Mark Zuckerberg's crew enlists Cirque du Soleil acrobats and the mayor of Montreal for a night of revelry before the release of Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher's less-than-flattering Facebook movie. With any luck, attendees are too hungover today to make the premiere. Fast Company enters the belly of the PR beast and finds ... cookies.READ»
Startup: Education, as the foundation is called, will be funded with $100 million of Zuckberg's own Facebook stock, and is not "an elaborate publicity stunt," says Newark mayor.READ»
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is deliriously rich--richer than the Apple CEO, even--and contrary to what a certain movie might tell you, is charitable enough to donate $100 million to Newark schools.READ»
Detroit's downfall paved the way for an urban farming revival. Now Newark, New Jersey--another ailing urban center--is aiming for an agricultural revolution of its own.READ»
As it becomes apparent that our current system of globalized food production is both unhealthy and untenable, competitions have emerged to find ways to bring local food to urban neighborhoods. Earlier this month, Redesign Your ...READ»
