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Fast Talk: How This Bartender Is Rebooting The Condom

Meet Richard Pessall, a 20-year-old British entrepreneur who wants to take the condom where no man has gone before (no, not space).READ»

It's 10 P.M., Do You Know Where Your Employees Are? 4 Steps To Set After-Hours Work Expectations

Leaders fail to clarify their personal preferences for staying connected to work with technology, and don’t share their expectations of the responsiveness with their direct reports. This leads to misguided assumptions that can wreak havoc on work/life balance--and most leaders have no idea any of this is happening.READ»

Organize Your iPhone Or Android Home Screen For Smarter Daily Use

If you think you’re tapping, swiping, and sighing over your phone more than you need to, you’re probably right.READ»

Facebook's Timeline Movie Maker, Starring Your Jacked Ego

The visualization tool brings home the point that your Timeline is supposed to be a survey of your young life so far. And it makes you want to upload more and better pictures.READ»

Fast Talk: How This Tattoo Artist Became A Tech Entrepreneur

Meet Fred Giovannitti, whose ability to tease designs out of people's brains proves useful in two very different pursuits: tattoo artistry and environmental engineering.READ»

Record For Most Records Reported In A Single Story Goes To This Story, On RecordSetter

How does a tiny upstart in the feats industry disrupt Big Record? With face rakes, a hot pink monkey suit, unicycles, hula hoops, and a Rola Bola, of course! Go inside RecordSetter.com's latest smash. READ»

How To Claw Back Privacy Under Google's New Policy

The step-by-step guide to using Google's best offerings, but spreading your online eggs into more than just one big basket out in Mountain View, California.READ»

How To Get The Most Out Of Google's Share-Happy World

If Google's going to keep tying all their services together, you may as well know how that will work, and how you can benefit from it.READ»

Fast Talk: How This 17-Year-Old's Breakup Inspired His Startup

Meet Michael Moore-Jones, ambitious entrepreneur, nostalgic ex-boyfriend, teenager.READ»

Jot Once, Remember Anywhere: The Best Tools For Universal Note-Taking

You've got a system for your documents and files, but what about your quickly scribbled-down ideas? We review the modern tools of universal capture.READ»

What Does The Perfect Mobile Interface Look Like? (Don't Ask Siri)

Why we’re still waiting for the perfect mobile interface.READ»

3 Reasons Every Extrovert Should Read The New Book "Quiet"

Up to a half of the population are introverts. In other words, they don’t thrive on endless meetings, don’t want to solve a problem by talking about it with a group for hours, and don’t want to attend lunches, conferences, and dinners all the time. The new book "Quiet" by Susan Cain can help us extroverts better communicate with and learn from the more silent types in our lives. READ»

3 Timeless Parables For Regaining Perspective

When things are going well, I am on top of the world. Yet then when bad luck hits or I see others achieving things I wish I could, I get down on myself. It's at times like these that I refer back to three parables from different cultures that help me regain perspective.READ»

Adventures With Ayla: Microsoft's Vision For Business Travel

While no one can know exactly what our business travel future will hold, Microsoft's taken a stab at envisioning it. But how much of it will become a reality--and when? READ»

How To Talk To Your Boss And Fix Your Job

It's all too easy to spend long stretches simmering at your desk instead of having a straight-ahead talk with your boss. Here are a few strategies to help you start the conversation.READ»

This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business

The future of business is pure chaos. Here's how you can survive--and perhaps even thrive.READ»

How To Work From Home Like You Mean It

Working from home requires a new mindset and a good system, not just a nicer pair of pants (but put those on, too).READ»

Footloose Flying: Better Business Travel Sans Stuff

I have to admire those minimalists who have taken the pledge to cut their stuff to just the top 100 items they need in life. Wouldn't it be great if some of these people flew? For business travel, leaving some of that gear behind might remind you that your most valuable tools are already with you.READ»

Passion Play: LockerDome Wants To Win By Building A Better Facebook For Athletes

LockerDome's social network for amateur sports clubs and professional players just got a $750,000 capital injection. Square's Jim McKelvey, one of LockerDome's backers, says passion is its competitive advantage.READ»