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Where Does Your Project Have The Best Shot At Success?To Encourage Fitness, An Attempt to Reach the MoonHow Jeff Bezos Can Make the Kindle Work for The Washington Post (And Vice Versa)Samsung Channels Apple And Google With Its First-Ever Developers ConferenceA Microsoft Mini-Store Is Coming To A Best Buy Near YouNow There’s A Google Glass App To Remind You To Drink WaterComing Later This Month: A Chevy Volt With A Big DiscountSeven Rare Steve Jobs Videos That Show How To “Think Different”An $85 Hack That Could Hide Your Smartphone From Prying EyesHaagen-Dazs Presents a Mini Augmented Reality Concert Atop Your PintJapan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant is Still LeakingAfghanistan: The World’s Most Complicated Consulting GigComputers Can Write Jokes Now, TooFacebook’s Graph Search Open To All U.S. English UsersThese Data Science Mercenaries Will Make The World A Better PlaceYahoo Is Redesigning Its Logo, But Keeping The Three Worst Things About ItWomen Leaders Cause Drama?AOL Just Spent $405 Million On Adap.tvThis Solar-Powered Home Built By Millennials Will Make You Feel Better About The FutureDebate: Is The World’s Greenest Skyscraper Green At All?Debate: Is The World’s Greenest Skyscraper Green At All?See The “Mini Lisa,” A Famous Painting At A Molecular ScaleSocial Music Soundwave Gets Personal With New Discovery TricksThe Art of the Cliffhanger: “Broadchurch” Creator Breaks Down Britain’s Most Tweeted ThrillerHow To Create Meaningful Work Relationships While Working From HomeThinking Short Term and Long: Lisa Gans’ Two-Generation Approach to Urban Issues250 Pastas You Should Eat Before You DieChina Cracks Down On Flipboard, Making It Even Harder To Get Outside NewsWhatsApp’s New Voice Messaging Challenges Phone Networks6 Surprising Tips To Cut Household Chores In HalfHow Keeping Your Options Open Undermines Good Habits3 Ways To Create Value That LastsSuccessful Founders Share 4 Must-Have Skills To Bolster Any CareerWhy Companies Are (Finally) Falling All Over Each Other To Become Best Places To WorkAs MLB Scandal Unfolds, An Unlikely Leader Emerges On And Off The FieldWhat Your Brand Can Learn From Today’s Biggest CelebritiesHacking Hollywood’s Contributors On Martin Scorsese’s Courage, Mel Brooks’s Rebellious Creativity, And MoreTumblr Tumbles: Did Yahoo Cool Tumblr’s Hot Streak?About 9% Of You Would Have Sex With A RobotHow Facebook Plans To Make Its News Feed A Little More Like TwitterThis Ingenious Table Demonstrates The Space-Time ContinuumCelebrate Andy Warhol’s Birthday With A Continuous Video Of His GraveChampagne’s Bubbles Were A Happy AccidentEli and Peyton Manning Rap Exactly As Well As You Think They Would In This DirecTV SpotA Friendlier Google Maps? 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Use This New, Cheaper, More Effective, DIY, Low-Cost Trap To Find OutJason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms, Will Forte, Mumford, Sons, Earnestness–All In One VideoBestagram: See Photos That Capture The Single Greatest Moment Of People’s LivesThese Sneakers Come With A Built-In Tent, For When You Need A Private MomentHow Disney Made “Planes” FlyVietnam, Thailand Act To Suppress Social Web Activity We Take For GrantedTo Get Users To Make Smarter Choices Now, Show Them Their FutureWill Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley Finally Get It Right?The List Of Things You Can Get Through Amazon Now Includes Fine ArtHow Much Influence Does Twitter Chatter Have On TV Ratings?Let This Crazy Squirrel Show You How To Tweet Funny–And Why Your Company ShouldMonotasking Is The New MultitaskingHow To Tease Out Great Ideas From Every Person On Your TeamThe Scarcest Resource You Don’t Even Know You’re SpendingHow To Be Totally Persuasive, But Not At All SleazyFinding A Company’s Unique Voice Starts With Listening, Says The Pinterest WhispererFor $60,000, You Can Store Your Stem Cells in This BankCan Innovation Actually Be Measured?Does Your Customer Service Rock Or Suck?Pro Golfer Rickie Fowler Trick-Shots His Way Through A Trippy Sci-fi LandscapeNow That Climate Change Cleared The Way For Arctic Shipping, We Just Need A Better IcebreakerThis Middle School Production of Breaking Bad Is Over 99% PureWe Need To Treat Antibiotics As A Natural ResourceThe One Thing We All Thought Un-Hackable Has Just Been HackedAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos Agrees To Buy The Washington Post For $250 MillionStylish Shoes Made Without Glue Or StitchingWhy Aren’t People Buying Tablets Right Now? Because Apple Didn’t Release OneTime Matters To Your Startup–But Not The Way You ThinkEmotion-Sniffing Is The Next Bizarre Trick Your Phone Is LearningAiming To Bring DNA Sequencing To The Masses, 23andMe Launches TV Ad CampaignThe Contest For Social Entrepreneurs With No New Ideas Comes Up With New Ideas After AllWatch: A Painting Robot Teaches Us About The Creative ProcessFor The First Time, Americans Are Consuming More Digital Media Than TVFeedly Frustrates Users By Making Them Pay To SearchDon’t Apologize To Him: Have This App Do It For You!Secretive DEA Surveillance Unit Makes NSA Look Like Happy HourThe World’s First Lab-Grown Burger Just Entered The First Human Mouth And It Tastes … Okay.JetBlue Unveils First-Ever Business Class “Suite Seat” With Sliding DoorIt’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s…An Uber Boat That Will Take You To WorkMaking Friends With YouTube Superstar iJustine At VidConWines for Dummies: A Book-Inspired Brand Whose Time Has ComeDesigners Challenge Bucky Fuller’s Geo WorldviewFilmmakers Release Interactive “Shaun of the Dead” ScreenplayPenelope Cruz Is Now Designing Sexy Underwear And Directing Videos About ItNBC Sports Wants You To Love The “Other” Football, Enlists Jason Sudeikis To Make It HappenCreating An Alternative Economy For Underpaid Artists With A Brand New CurrencySee The White House Listed On ZillowPew Internet: Nearly One In Five Internet Users Are Now On TwitterUpgraded 3-D-Printed Rifle Shoots 14 Times Before BreakingWatch A Beatboxer Go Nuts With A Leap MotionSpinlister, The “Airbnb For Bikes,” Gets An IPhone AppThis Concrete Can Charge Your PhoneArt That Shows Abe Lincoln and Chewbacca As You’ve Never Seen Them–PinkStartups Don’t Run On Halibut: Domino’s Backs Innovation With “Powered By Pizza” CampaignLock Your Doors: As Climate Change Increases, So Does ViolenceJapan Has Put A Tiny Humanoid Robot In SpaceAdding This Kind Of Skeuomorphism To Your App Could Make You More MoneyIt’s Time For Apple To Start Manufacturing Bluetooth Headsets AgainCasting Decisions That Changed History (Or Could Have)Corporate Activism Doesn’t Require Lots Of Cash, Only CreativityRange: An iPhone Thermometer From The Maker Of TwinePatent Images Show Potential Samsung Smartwatch DesignWhy You Should Be Your Own PlatformWhat To Think About When You Choose A Blog ToolPredictions About Our Google Glass Future From The Old Generation Of LifebloggersThe World’s First Test-Tube Burger Tastes Like “A Cross Between A Boca Burger And McDonald’s”Inside The Meatpacking Plant Being Turned Into An Enormous Vertical FarmStories That Jump Off The Page: See Stunning Art Made From BooksCan Computers Write Music That Has A Soul?Going For A Run? Now, There’s A Spotify Playlist For ThatDamage Control: Microsoft Slashes Surface Pro Tablet Price By $100The Heart Of The Deal: Why Jay Z Really Hooked Up With SamsungThe Ultimate Guide To Pinterest For Every BrandPasswords Won’t Die. Should They?Solving Brainstorming’s Loudmouth ProblemThe Rise Of Storydoing: Inside The Staggering Success Of Toms ShoesWhy Productive People Stick To Their Strike ZoneLegendary Designer George Lois’s Surefire, NSFW Secret For SuccessHow Funny Tweets Win You New CustomersConference Calendar September 2013The History of Edible TablewareFour Entrepreneurs on Overcoming FearSNL Has Made Lorne Michaels (And Many Others) Very RichSpin Of The Month: PayPalWhat Makes a Great Tumblr a Great Book?The Limits of 3D Printing: What’s Been Done and What’s Still Out of ReachAre Specialized MBA Programs the Cure for Sickly Enrollment?London Bridge Is Getting a New SloganQuiz! Which Future Thinker Had Which Future Thought?Tune In, Turn On, Tweet: NBC’s Million Second Quiz Show And the Race to Capture Viewers’ Online AttentionWant To Design The Perfect Watch? Kickstarter Has The AnswersCircle Media Connects Fans With Sponsors By Listening To The DataThe RecommenderCurated Packages That Anticipate Your Next Purchase3 Products That Stoke Demand For Global ArtisansFloDesign’s Jet-Engine Turbine Will Change The Way You Think About Wind PowerEvery Child Is An ArtistRetail’s Game Of ThronesAmazonFresh Is Jeff Bezos’ Last Mile Quest For Total Retail DominationSites like Hipmunk and Routehappy let you be your own travel agent. Is this really a good thing?Jamba Juice Tweaks Its Formula To Get Into Your School LunchroomAdapt Your Business To Social Change, Or DieHow Ben Rattray’s Change.org Became A Viral Consumer WatchdogSmart Talk: Lisa Gans, Fuse Corps; Jay Nath, San Francisco Chief Innovation OfficerLessons From A Civic-Minded Startup: Lily Liu Founder and CEO, PublicStuffRecovers.org Is Making Donations More EfficientHow South Bend, Indiana Saved $100 Million By Tracking Its SewersRachel Sterne Haot’s User-Centric Approach To New York CityCatching The WavePanelCon 2014 Is Almost Sold Out!Foursquare Cofounder Naveen Selvadurai Opens Up About His Exit: “I Wanted To Stay”In A Blow To Samsung, Obama Vetoes Ban On Apple Products11 Desk Objects That Will Make Your Co-Workers Think You’re A Total LunaticFrom Xbox To ZyngaBenjamin Hubert’s Container Lamp Is A Case Study In Minimalist Assembly