Bowen Dwelle wants everyone to know that monsters are sexy. Not the fearsome-jawed, finger-licking, taunting monsters. Rather, those behind the scenes in the online advertising world. READ»
The iPhone and iPad app store has been a huge success for Apple. Can Steve Jobs make lightning strike a third time -- on the Mac? Here's why it may be a little more difficult.READ»
The fast-food giant unveils its i-crop soil-monitoring system to help farmers around the world manage water and CO2 emissions. What about the rest of us?READ»
Research In Motion just landed a deal to bring advanced egovernment services to the United Arab Emirates, just days after the end of a highly public spat between RIM and the Emiratis. What changed?READ»
Microsoft is bundling a bunch of its business applications into a single, easy-to-buy package. It's the latest indication that our software will soon live in the cloud, not on our computers.READ»
Last week, Google's Eric Schmidt touted the virtues of Android's "open" system over the "closed" Apple iOS. Today Steve Jobs hit back, arguing those terms are just a "smokescreen" clouding the "real issue." Jobs had some unkind words for RIM, too.READ»
It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in ...READ»
Mobile apps are hot news in the business world, and recently the evolving sales models have had a lot of media attention. So we sought out the developers behind one very successful app to ask their thoughts, and it's fascinating stuff.READ»
New data demonstrates that consumers are happy to make purchases within an app they've already bought. Indeed, that revenue is starting to dwarf advertising income.READ»
A new lawsuit alleges that Predator drone targeting software was pirated, and emails obtained by Fast Company suggest the CIA knew it was sub-par.READ»
Hiding in the logo for Apple's new press invite to an October 20th "Back to the Mac" event is a picture of a lion. Woah! That's one enormous hint it's all about the next-gen OS X. What'll it be like?READ»
At a talk I gave recently to a room full of first year graduate business school students, I was asked "what motivates me." Before I answered, I felt compelled to explain what intrinsic motivation is and used the following example to ...READ»
Microsoft is using two ideas borrowed from Apple and RIM's smartphone dominance: Business app integration; and AT&T's U-Verse to take on Apple TV.READ»
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Nowadays, moving your businesses' IT solution to a hosted cloud-based service--like Google Apps for business--is all the rage. But does it make sense for your (very) small business? In this week's episode, sole ...READ»
Last week, a jury smacked Apple with a $625 million bill in a lawsuit over Cover Flow. Alexander Poltorak, CEO of General Patent Corporation, explains why the damages could go down by two thirds -- or even increase.READ»
Music, music app, tomato, tomahto? Seems so, lately. Artists from
Metallica to Mariah Carey have created apps, offering insider
information or employing voice-recognition software to rate users'
singing ability (Mariah Carey-oke, ...READ»
Flight-information company ITA Software, featured in February's "Ready for Takeoff," is on board to be snapped up by Google for $700 million. Google says it has no plans to sell airline tickets online, but if the deal is okayed by ...READ»