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Microsoft Sells Razorfish for a Whopping $500+ Million
Did you know Microsoft owns one of the largest online interactive ad agencies in the world? Razorfish has had some big clients, including AT&T, Kraft, and Best Buy. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 as part of a larger deal for its parent company, aQuantive. And now, its history of being acquired and sold will get another chapter, as Microsoft has agreed to sell Razorfish for between...
Need a Cheap Location Tracker? Try a $99 iPhone
Location tracking is only recently reaching the affordability level of the average Joe, but it's still not ideal. So when Chris Molnar's girlfriend wanted to track her stuff during a recent house move, he came up with a plan: A $99 iPhone.
Instead of a GPS-based uplinking dedicated tracker with a costly monthly fee, Chris opted for a cheap iPhone 3G from Best Buy. As a new AT&T user he was eligible for the...
A Car that Puts the Blind in the Driver's Seat
The thought of having blind drivers on the road seems like a disaster waiting to happen, but the Blind Driver Challenge team at Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory aims to safely put the blind in control of steering wheels. The team's retrofitted buggy, which has been tested by blind volunteers on a closed course at Virginia Tech, uses a voice command interface, laser range finders, and other sensory technology to guide drivers in the...
A Tour of America's First Zero-Impact, Supergreen "Living Building"
The Omega Center for Sustainable Living is designed to make a LEED Gold structure look like a Superfund site. The $3.2 million Rhinebeck, New York, structure, which opens in July, will be the nation's first certified "living building," having no negative environmental effects. The centerpiece of the project -- designed by Kansas City, Missouri-based BNIM and John Todd Ecological Design of Woods Hole, Massachusetts -- is a revolutionary system that will clean...
Frog Design's Latest: A Postcard App for iPhone
Postcard Express lets you send geotagged e-postcards everywhere you go with your iPhone.
Postcards are sweet, but they also kind of suck: If you're like us, you buy a ton and never send most of them, because of the hassle of trying to find a stamp and post office from wherever you are. Frog Design has created a far more elegant solution for iPhone users. Postcard Express, an iPhone app, lets you...
15 iPhone Apps to Tame the Kids
Summer (which has just begun for half the world) is a time for road trips and vacations. That means lots of family fun, but it also means long boring car or airplane rides for the kids, layovers, and waiting in line. Thankfully for parents at their wits end, if you possess an iPhone, you also possess potentially countless hours of free or cheap entertainment to...
100 Most Creative People in Business
There are no rules about creativity. Which made constructing our list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business a tricky task. We looked for dazzling new thinkers, rising stars, and boldface names who couldn't be ignored. We avoided people we've profiled in the recent past. We emphasized those whose creativity addresses a larger issue -- from the future of our energy infrastructure to the evolution of philanthropy to next-generation media and entertainment. So...
Palm Pre vs iPhone 3.0: A Feature-by-Feature Comparison
The Palm Pre is going to be a hot item when it launches this summer--possibly hot enough to tackle the iPhone. One reason it's gaining so much traction is that the Pre's features weren't designed to compete against the current iPhone, but the next generation. And today Apple took the battle to Palm, with an updated software package that's designed to fight right back.
Search. The first feature people wondered...
The 10 Commandments of Social Media
As an author of The Social Media Bible, I am often asked, "What do I need to do engage my company, my products, and myself in social media?" The answer is easy: participate. Get out there and get involved. If you aren't in the game, you can't win. Here's your Ten Commandments or things you need to be doing to get in and win with social media. Thou Shalt Blog (like crazy).
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