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Cellphonometry: Can Kids Really Learn Math From Smartphones?

BY Elizabeth Svoboda

Schools are partnering with mobile-phone companies to help kids conquer math. Are smartphone-learning initiatives more than a corporate gimmick?READ»

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PET INDUSTRY | 1 comment

Raising the Woof: 13 Eye-Popping Pet Projects

BY Zachary Wilson

The $45 billion pet-care biz is changing -- and extending -- lives.READ»

FC CALENDAR | Comment

The Princess and the Frog

BY Fast Company Calendar

The Princess and the Frog is Disney's first traditionally animated feature film since 2004's Home on the Range, which eked out just $50 million at the domestic box-office; the first fairy tale we've heard of in which a princess ...READ»

FC CALENDAR | Comment

ICSID World Design Congress Singapore 2009

BY Fast Company Calendar

For its 50th anniversary, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design is going cross-disciplinary, inviting experts in fields as varied as architecture, technology, and global energy to delve into areas that you ...READ»

TIFFANY JEWELRY | Comment

buyers should be alert about owning your own part of designer tiffany earring

BY tiffanys jewelryMon Nov 23, 2009 at 12:30 AM

Jewels for queens, not Park Avenue princesses LVMH, meanwhile, have full a different tack. It is well offer the Tiffany 1837 Loop pendant, even arrogant a bid of $50 a stake, or a nearly 25% premium, still has a very deluxe ...READ»

LOGOS | Comment

Aol. A Shrunken New Logo for a Shrunken Company

BY Alissa WalkerMon Nov 23, 2009 at 12:13 AM

In preparation for its spin-off from Time Warner, AOL changes its look...and it may have just changed its name, too.READ»

BROWSER | Comment

Jawoco.Com Search Index page gets the Major Update

BY Sheikh Imran AhmedSat Nov 21, 2009 at 2:59 PM

Jawoco.Com has updated the Website with new faster and safer programming source, Project Nos. Project Nos was in works since 2008, and was a update to the website as whole as back then it there was no search engine of Jawoco.Com.CEO ...READ»

MICHAEL ECKERMAN | Comment

Michael B Eckerman

BY Michael EckermanSat Nov 21, 2009 at 6:28 AM

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AL GOMES | Comment

Al Gomes and Bignoise

BY Al Gomes Al GomesSat Nov 21, 2009 at 3:23 AM

Selection of testimonials:D.U.I. Mark Jachimczuk: "You both have done an amazing job. I really cannot thank you enough for everything. Bless you both." Adam Balawender: "Thanks for everything you do. You continue to open up the ...READ»

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE | Comment

Does your incentive system work?

BY Bruno AzizaSat Nov 21, 2009 at 1:00 AM

I recently had the opportunity to talk with executives about the issues they experience with incentives implementation, and what we call in Drive Business Performance, the multiple "currencies" of performance. We ...READ»

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE | Comment

Are you the victim of "decisional set-up"?

BY Bruno AzizaSat Nov 21, 2009 at 1:00 AM

In a recent Harvard Executive course I took, our decision making class instructor said - "it's not the information you HAVE that clouds your decision making, it's the information you DO NOT have".What a brilliant way to summarize the ...READ»

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE | Comment

Does your organization have too much data, too little of the right one or both?

BY Bruno AzizaSat Nov 21, 2009 at 12:59 AM

Great WSJ article on the issue of information management and decision making. Although the article is specific to the scientific community, the same issues exist in the business world (see article @ ...READ»

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE | Comment

Is Green the new Red?

BY Bruno AzizaSat Nov 21, 2009 at 12:58 AM

In a recent conversation on KPI management, I came up with, what I hope, could be a catchy soundbite: “is your green the new red?” The idea behind the sound bite is that, while many organizations focus on the red KPIs on ...READ»

COMMUNITY | Comment

James Galbraith's Rx for Wall Street Reform

BY Michael E. DourouxFri Nov 20, 2009 at 6:25 PM

"The post-op on the great crash of 2008 continued in Washington Thursday as the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) held a hearing on financial reform. 'Unfortunately, the regulatory regime that failed so terribly leading up to the ...READ»

2012 | Comment

The 12 Best and Worst Digital Characters

BY Kevin OhannessianFri Nov 20, 2009 at 5:15 PM

With the coming release of James Cameron's sci-fi epic, moviegoers are focusing anew on digital characters. It's tough to fashion from mere pixels believable beings that walk and talk and seem to feel the same emotions of real humans. Here are the virtual actors that lived up to their living colleagues, and those that fell flat on the screen.READ»

TGIFC | Comment

Drive a Mercedes with Your iPhone and Nine Other Mind-Blowing Stories This Week on Fast Company

BY Kate RockwoodFri Nov 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM

"Interferometric modulation," driving your Mercedes with an iPhone, driving your computer with your mind, Minute Maid's juicy new packaging, locavore Thanksgiving, a next-gen activity monitor to help you burn it off, and other great stories on Fast Company this week.READ»

FUNNY | 3 comments

Friday Fun: Eight Ways to Kill an Idea

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 4:13 PM

Don't do it!READ»

ADVERTISING | Comment

The Importance of Brands

BY Louis LounaFri Nov 20, 2009 at 4:12 PM

People often ask, ‘‘What is brand equity?’’ There are many ways to answer this. Some say it’s everything associated with the brand that adds to or subtracts from the value it provides to a product or service. Others emphasize the financial value of the brand asset. READ»

GLOBAL WARMING | Comment

Ad With Dying, Computer-Animated Polar Bears Stirs Controversy

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM

What does shock marketing do for a problem as big as global warming?READ»

BRAINS VS. BEAUTY | Comment

Infographic of the Day: The Brains vs. Beauty Quandry

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 1:35 PM

Everyone understands the various categories displayed in this Venn diagram.READ»

ROBERT A.M. STERN | 1 comment

What Do Presidential Libraries Say About Their Namesakes' Legacies?

BY Alissa WalkerFri Nov 20, 2009 at 12:42 PM

Laura Bush revealed Robert A.M. Stern's design for the George Bush presidential library this week. Our approval rating (low), plus the architectural legacies of six of his presidential predecessors.READ»

NENDO | Comment

Nendo Brings Minimalist Magic to New Issey Miyake Shop

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 12:26 PM

The shops furniture evokes shopping carts, in a beautifully funky way.READ»

DAVID CHRISTENSEN ACCOUNTANT | Comment

DEADBEAT - David Christensen Cpa

BY David ChriFri Nov 20, 2009 at 12:12 PM

DEADBEAT - David Christensen Cpa David Christensen CPA Hired our company to hide his negative links in Google and create multiple websites and after we did the work he refused to pay for the services. Stay away from this deadbeat.READ»

DESIGN | Comment

Tim Burton at the Museum of Modern Art

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM

Tim Burton has built his career on a personal aesthetic and vision, which drips from every film he makes. The Museum of Modern Art is giving him a blow-out, blockbuster retrospective, which opens this Sunday and runs through April 26. Here's a sneak peak.READ»

MUJI | Comment

Design Nirvana: Lego Teams Up With Muji

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 10:38 AM

Lego has launched thousands of young designers into a lifetime of tinkering; Muji is a paragon of clean, ingenious design. So naturally, the two have paired up for toy sets that blend elements from each powerhouse. The kit comes ...READ»