Drastic HP Pivot: Axes TouchPad, Acquires $10B Autonomy Software, May Spin Off PC Business Only a month on the market, and the device that HP said would give Android and Apple a run for their money is already finished. Rumors were confirmed today that HP will discontinue its TouchPad tablet as well its WebOS phones. Reports indicate the company plans to instead focus on software and services, while distancing itself from hardware.
Updated Wed May 16, 2012
Exclusive: New Google+ Study Reveals Minimal Social Activity, Weak User Engagement Larry Page recently called Google+ the company's "social spine." But a new report from RJ Metrics shows that the average public post there receives less than one +1. Just how weak is this spine?
Updated Tue May 15, 2012
Seamless Makes Smooth Food Deliveries Despite Dealing With 3,500 Fax Machines Seamless CEO Jonathan Zabusky says roughly 50% of the restaurants his service works with are still taking orders via fax machine. But a new iPad app could make the online food-ordering process even more, yes, seamless.
Updated Tue May 15, 2012
American Express Leverages Spending History, Location For Mobile Deals You Actually Care About My Offers taps what AmEx calls the "spend graph" to give cardmembers access to deals and discounts at nearby merchants. And it knows your mom couldn't care less about getting 50% off tickets to a three-day electro-fest.
Updated Mon May 14, 2012
The Startup Scarlet Letter Claiming your product will revolutionize the industry? Dissing your competitors? Comparing yourself to Steve Jobs? If you don't live up to your own hype, you might end up permanently scarring your business. Take it from Color's Bill Nguyen and Blockbuster's Jim Keyes.
Updated Mon May 14, 2012
Bill Nguyen Announces Color's Partnership With Verizon The video-sharing firm improves its service by adding audio. Will it be enough to bring it back from the dead?
Updated Tue May 8, 2012
MasterCard Opens Up: "No Single Wallet Will Rule Them All" “We realize that when it comes to payments, no single wallet will rule them all," says Ed McLaughlin, chief emerging payments officer at MasterCard, which today launched its PayPass Wallet Services.
Updated Mon May 7, 2012
The Yelpification Of Foursquare The feature that's most driving this evolution is Explore, a simple, well-designed tool that enables you to find nearby restaurants, bars, and other venues recommended by friends and tastemakers.
Updated Fri May 4, 2012
Design, Teamwork, And Leadership Lessons From Gen. Stanley McChrystal: Must Watch McChrystal shared the lessons he learned as leader of the Joint Special Operations Command and talked about how they translate to business at Fast Company's recent Innovation Uncensored conference.
Updated Fri May 4, 2012
Foursquare's Mid-flight Fatigue Foursquare has entered the mostly uneventful period between takeoff and landing. And one of its earliest employees, Tristan Walker, has left the comfort of its cruising altitude in search of the next rocket ride.
Updated Thu May 3, 2012
Airbnb By The Numbers: 85% Of Users Inactive? Airbnb has rocketed to more than 5 million bookings and a reported $500 million in transactions. But a report out this week suggests that roughly 85% of listings are inactive. What does this mean for Airbnb?
Updated Fri Apr 27, 2012
HP's TouchPad App Magazine "Pivot" Cuts Through The Clutter Of App Stores Today HP announced Pivot, a monthly digital magazine for the TouchPad designed to showcase apps and cut through the clutter common of most app stores.
Updated Wed Apr 25, 2012
Apple CEO Tim Cook Downplays Threat Of Windows 8 PC-Tablet Convergence "Anything can be forced to converge," Apple CEO Tim Cook said of PC-tablet convergence. "You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are not going to be pleasing to the user."
Updated Wed Apr 25, 2012
Netflix's Big, HBO-Inspired, 10-Year Bet On Original Content On Monday, the company released its first-quarter financial earnings, and beyond the immediate results--26 million global streaming users, $870 million in revenue, an $0.08 loss per share--Netflix spent time touting the benefits of its original programming efforts.
Updated Tue Apr 24, 2012
Reddit Cofounder, The Band's Ex-Tour Manager Debate SOPA, Antipiracy, And Levon Helm's Legacy [Video] At Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored conference, things got heated between Reddit and Y Combinator's Alexis Ohanian and USC professor Jonathan Taplin, director of the Annenberg Innovation Lab, former tour manager of The Band, and friend of its drummer Levon Helm, who died the day after this debate.
Updated Fri Apr 20, 2012
Square Vs. NCR: Disruptive Innovation In Action Who will win the future of mobile payments? "We think Square is a great solution if you're a hobbyist," says Christian Nahas, NCR's VP of specialty retail.
Updated Wed Apr 18, 2012
Dallas: Culture, Front and Center [Fast Cities 2010] What would a city be without culture? No place we'd want to live. Yet most attempts to seed thriving centers are fraught with stumbles. The new AT&T Performing Arts Center solidifies Dallas's arts district by bringing a red-hot heart to the city's downtown, already home to a symphony hall and sculpture museum. The center, which opened in October and includes the Wyly Theatre and Winspear Opera House, attracted more than 100,000 visitors its first season. "It's not just the number of facilities but the nature of the facilities," says center CEO Mark Nerenhausen.
Updated Mon Apr 16, 2012
The Enterprise Wants iPads, Not Windows 7 Slates OEMs are depending on outmoded Windows-based enterprise systems to drive sales of their hardware. But for how long?
Updated Mon Apr 16, 2012
Amazon Massively Inflates Its Streaming Library Size Amazon counts individual episodes, not whole series, as "TV shows," which makes its Prime streaming catalog seem 10 times bigger than it actually is.
Updated Thu Apr 12, 2012
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