After pulling down millions in boardrooms, a number of former CEOs are
spending gobs to get into government: Carly Fiorina from HP spent $5.5
million on the California Senate primary, Meg Whitman from eBay is
making a $119 million ...READ»
Americans donated $304 billion in 2009, down 3.6%, and this year some are pledging more. We spoke to seven philanthropists of all different incomes, from billionaires promising half their wealth via Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, to regular folks earmarking a slice of their salaries.READ»
Nike's Playbook
With someone like Mark Parker at the helm, it is no mistake that Nike is head and shoulders above the competition ("Artist. Athlete. CEO"). He embodies all of the great qualities necessary to distance yourself from ...READ»
Twitter dominated talks big and small at last year's BlogWorld -- and the conversation landed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Attendees at the Las Vegas social-media mecca were challenged to tweet
the hashtag #beatcancer, and ...READ»
VIDEO: Gal at ComicCon, the place where toy lovers collideThank Buddha it's Friday. A playful day, when meetings should be light 'n' easy, decisions fully reversible Monday and it's okay to occasionally flip back and forth between ...READ»
eBay has long been the leader in online auctions, but the venerable giant is facing rising competition in emerging economies from indigenous companies on a mission.READ»
Old school charity and "philanthropy" once referred exclusively to financial contributions to nonprofits. Today, Omidyar Network (ON) takes a more innovative and inclusive approach, called "flexible capital." As a philanthropic ...READ»
The much-hyped startup behind the fuel cell device known as the Bloom Box has kept quiet since its February launch. Now, in the wake of a $10 million deal, it's powering a third of Adobe's HQ. Will a consumer version be next? READ»
For the rest of the week, eBay is hosting charity auction TwitChange, the first ever celebrity tweet auction, which is raising money for Haiti. But how much influence will it really spread?READ»
Google Instant is not necessarily the first to do what it does. But it has inspired a clutch of copycat applications from passionate coders. The latest, courtesy of a 15-year-old coder, is iTunes Instant. What's next?READ»
Think about your iPhone's New York Times or Facebook app. They don't feel like an installed program--they're much less clunky--nor a website, which is anything but native. Apps are some lighter in-between. Now Microsoft is trying to bring that same concept to Windows 7.READ»
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»
A is for AOL. B is for Bank of America. C is for Craigslist. Say what? Presenting the default search results of New Google -- in rhyming couplets.READ»
EBay is perhaps the ultimate online destination for used goods, so it only makes sense that the site is taking its hand-me-down sensibilities a step further with the eBay Box: a shipping container designed to be sent from sellers to ...READ»
Paul Allen: billionaire, philanthropist, industrialist, Microsoft co-founder...litigator. Today Allen, who rocketed to fortune with Bill Gates, filed suit against Apple, Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook...breathe, breathe...Netflix, ...READ»
