A British tech blog is reporting that Match.com is making its services available on select TVs starting this month through a special DVR being sold by U.K. telecom provider BT (seen below). Which begs the question: why would you want ...READ»
After posting some ugly first-quarter results last week, Yahoo was due for change. CEO Caol Bartz announced that the company would be cutting around 700 jobs, and the layoffs have begun already.
First on the docket: a number ...READ»
Is it time that we turned back the clock, figure out what made the web tick, combine it with recent innovative strategies, and then apply it to our innovation strategy? I think so. Read why. Wow, it really seems like the Web 2.0 ...READ»
Having abandoned the camera business a year ago, Polaroid
announced that it is now fleeing the film business as well. The final,
symbolic demise of the once mind-blowing technology comes as no
surprise, given that digital ...READ»
Having abandoned the camera business a year ago, Polaroid announced that it is now fleeing the film business as well. The final, symbolic demise of the once mind-blowing technology comes as no surprise, given that digital imaging ...READ»
Amy Webb (not sure if that is actually her real name :) has posted and interesting illustration showing recent mergers and acquisitions
and how they've shaped the Web landscape over the last few years. The
diagram shows who owns ...READ»
For more than a decade, Diller has been on a multibillion-dollar shopping spree that created one of the Web's busiest networks. Now he has announced a plan to spin off HSN, Lending Tree, Interval, and Ticketmaster. If the ...READ»
With our November 2005 issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review our favorite editions from the first decade.READ»
With our November 2005 issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review our favorite editions from the first decade.READ»
The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»
The startup revolution is as much about the democratization of capital as it is about the creation of new technologies. So why do women-led companies still receive only 4.6% of all venture funding?READ»
Online daters live and die by interpreting profile photographs. Sure, interests and hobbies are great, but when it comes to that crucial moment (to contact, or not to contact?) it's the photo that matters. Is it recent? Is it ...READ»
"I think everybody's just trying not to be lonely" -- Billie (Drew Barrymore) -- Lucky You
It's no news really that people are obsessed with the idea of falling in love. It's an idea that pervades popular culture like no other -- ...READ»
Struggling website Friendster recently managed to patent a general form of online social networking. The patent, which Friendster initially filed when the site still had a respectable following three years ago, covers an online ...READ»
Today marks the announcement and beta launch of Match.com's new service, Chemistry. (It's now available in Denver, Seattle, San Diego, and Washington D.C., and rolling out nationally early next year.) I'm not on the dating market (if ...READ»
About 4:00 p.m. yesterday, the skies over my Maryland office turned to black coffee and I watched a thirty-something dodge the pelting rain in a crisp, navy suit -- ten minutes early for her mock interview.
Mock interviews aren't a ...READ»
Ross Mayfield is CEO of SocialText. James Currier is founder and president of Tickle Inc., as well as consumer SVP for Monster. Dan Gillmor works as a technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News. Reid Hoffman serves as CEO of ...READ»
Jonathan Abrams is founder and CEO of Friendster, one of the leading online social network services. With more than 4 million members, the company attracted $13 million in VC money last year.
In his well-attended SXSW Interactive ...READ»
