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Turning Vitamins Into Aspirin: Consumers and the "Felt Need"

Dan Heath and Chip Heath explain why it's not enough to give people something they need.READ»

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Robots Are Changing the Future of Telecommuting

What does the $15,000 Anybot tell us about the future of telecommuting?READ»

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Tokyo Eco-Startup Fullcircle Innovations Is Announced as a Finalist in Red Herring 100 Asia Prize

Solving climate change is a big challenge that will require cooperation and innovation on a global scale. Tokyo startup Fullcircle Innovations is taking on this challenge with its offerings at GreenITers.com and EcoAppsFree.com.READ»

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Starbucks Digital Network Brews Up Curated Web Content

The folks who brought you CDs, books, and even DVDs while you wait in line for coffee now want to bring you content online as well.READ»

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iFive: Facebook User Privacy Abuse, Yahoo Connect, WikiLeaks' Iraq Stash, Toddlers and Smartphones, Megapixel Wars

Monday's early news, from people who've been awake for hours:READ»

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iFive: AOL-Yahoo Rumor, Apple's PC Share, Outlook for Macs, Mobile Barcodes a Hit, Feds Scanning Facebook Again

It's Thursday morning, the Chilean miners are free. And even more innovation news emerged from the depths while you slept.READ»

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One in Five Americans Have Video-Called Someone: The Future Is Now!

Mainstream video calling seems like it's just getting started, given the excitement over Apple's FaceTime iPhone app. But a new Pew survey reveals nearly 20% of Americans have already placed a call via video.READ»

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Search Wars: Is Google Losing the Battle With the Bing-Yahoo! Alliance?

Yes. Or no. It depends on which of two new reports you believe. (Both agree, though, that Google maintains a strong lead overall.)READ»

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Open Thread: How Could Blockbuster Reinvent Itself to Become Relevant Again?

Blockbuster is currently searching for a new CEO. Who should they select? How can Blockbuster remake itself to compete with Netflix, Redbox, Apple, and the whole slew of companies that caused its demise?READ»

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iFive: Nobel Peace Prize, Online Toddlers, Yahoo's FaceTime, Adobe-Microsoft Merger Muttering, London Bike Successes

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday. If you must have news, here's the early bits, in manageable chunks.READ»

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Search Engine Wars: Yahoo, Twitter Tweaking Their Code to Rival Google

Google may be the market leader, and innovating frantically, but the search engine wars rumble on all the same: Yahoo and Twitter have just tweaked their own search offerings to improve things, and some of it's pretty clever.Yahoo ...READ»

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What's Behind Yahoo's $55 Million Advertising Splurge in Israel

Yahoo's advertising war with Google and AOL has stepped up a notch with the purchase of Israeli-American firm Dapper for a reported $55 million. The move suggests that Sunnyvale is looking to hit Google where it hurts: Right in the customized ad pocketbook.READ»

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Why Pioneers Have Arrows in Their Backs

First-Mover Advantage is an idea that just won't die. I hear it from every class of students, and each time I try to put a stake through its heart.READ»

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Smartphone Smackdown: Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Handsets

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»

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AOL and Google Gobbling Israeli Startups

U.S. and European tech firms have been snapping up startups in Israel for the last few months. Here's why they're hot. READ»

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StockTwits CEO on Competing With CNBC, Jim Cramer, Google, Yahoo

StockTwits CEO Howard Lindzon is trying to create a real-time financial news network. How does he expand his influence with competitors as big as CNBC, Google, and Yahoo?READ»

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Yahoo's Green Data Center Is Designed Like a Chicken Coop

Sometimes the most energy-efficient solutions are also the simplest.READ»

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Yahoo's Three-Year Plan to "Bring Cool Back"

Yahoo's new set of goals hit all the company's beats: A revamped Yahoo Mail, an iPad app, connected TV, better search, and more social networking. READ»

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How to Unleash Your Human Potential

Intuit founder Scott Cook explains why rapid experimentation and customer-centric ideas can change your business. READ»

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Students Find $350 Million in Savings at Bloomberg, eBay, McDonald’s

Major corporations can save millions with simple energy efficiency tweaks--if they know where to look. That's where this group of MBA students can help. READ»

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We're Number Two! Bing Blasts Past Yahoo

"Bing bing bing!" You can bet Steve Ballmer is singing that ditty at Microsoft HQ today. A survey has placed his upstart search engine ahead of Yahoo. How long until Google feels the heat?READ»

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How Google Instant's New Rules Turn a Sneeze Into Ad Impressions

Analytics guru Dr. Sid Shah discusses how the search giant has quietly and massively changed the online ad game again--in favor of big brands. READ»

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iFive: AT&T Facebook Protest, Craigslist U.S. Defeat, Yahoo Brain Drain, Alzheimer's Drugs, BP Spreads the Blame

Having survived destruction at the hands of two asteroids yesterday, the world spun on through the night and more news happened READ»

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Google's TV Previewed at IFA, Suddenly Not the Smartest Kid on the Block

Google seemed to have stolen a march on the smart Net-connected TV market when it revealed is integrated Google TV a few months back. Now we're seeing prototypes at the IFA show ... and suddenly Google's offering is looking lost among the competition.READ»

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Next New Networks Takes Grassroots YouTube Talent to the Next Level

Catches rising YouTube stars -- and makes them legit.READ»