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8 iOS Developers Who Revolutionized The App Store
Loren BrichterTweetie wasn’t the first iOS Twitter app, but it did connect with users in a way the others didn't. Clean, simple, and intuitive, the app was so compelling Twitter acquired it, rebranded,...
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Why do we have companies? I get why you have a business, and I get that having a business is about making money. I drive a Tesla, I get it! I’m not trying to live an ascetic lifestyle, but I think the...
View ArticleWhy You Should Find Product-Market Fit Before Sniffing Around For Venture Money
Many early-stage entrepreneurs who come to me for advice love to brag about how fast their companies are growing. To the consumer-focused entrepreneur that usually means tons of traffic, and to the...
View ArticleHow Interactive Product Placements Could Save Television
I have a lot of friends who work in Hollywood, and a fair number who work in advertising. When I talk about television with any of them they all tell me the same universal fact: People love television...
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What If 3-D Printers Had An “Undo” Button?
True time travel may be a dream confined to Hollywood film scripts and Hermione Granger, but a group of grad students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles have harnessed...
View ArticleWhy The New IP Address System Might Be A Spammer’s Worst Nightmare
Spam may be the bane of our cyber-existence, but there are geographic considerations that go into producing it. One way security companies guard clients against junk mail and other attacks is by...
View ArticleThe Lessons From Telepresence On A Shoestring
Telepresence is the coming thing, so we've heard and said pretty often by now, because though Marissa Mayer prefers her Yahoo developers developing code at the office instead of at home, telecommuting...
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Top 10 Iconic Data Graphics
Photographers have created many iconic images, but Biostatistics professor Roger Peng recently asked “What are the iconic data graphs of the past 10 years?” FastCoLabs called in Andy Kirk of...
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A Practical Guide To Hiding Your Online Activity
Why I'm On A Mission To Teach The World EncryptionI'm not a terrorist. Or out to break the law. But I am a little creeped out by the idea of the government reading my chats, texts, and emails. So, one...
View ArticleWhat Happens When iOS Apps Can Access Health Records
Optical character recognition and image recognition have spawned all sorts of amazing mobile apps. They can help users identify trees in the forest, identify business cards, and even measure heart...
View ArticleHow To Become One Of Our “Labs Rats”
Dear FastCo.Labs Reader,All day long, we talk to you, monitoring your tweets and comments for reactions. Now we’re asking for you a straight shot of feedback. That’s right--a survey. So what do you get...
View ArticleWhat A Fingerprint Sensor Means For iOS
Fragments of code hidden in the latest beta release of Apple's iOS 7 contain several lines of text that have the tech world up in arms. The strings make specific mention to an built-in fingerprint...
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Here Are 8 Killer Single-Purpose Design Utilities
Screensiz.esScreensiz.es is a site that makes it easy to find the physical size, aspect ratio, and pixel dimensions of smartphones, tablets, and monitors. The resource is a quick and easy way to get...
View ArticleWatch This Guy Hack His MacBook Air Into A Gaming Beast
In exchange for effortless portability, MacBook Air users accept that their sliver-thin machines will never be able to play graphical powerhouses like Borderlands 2 or Crysis...unless they stitch...
View ArticleYes, You Can Monetize Your Own Social Data--Here's How
There are two ways to make money on the web. You can buy and sell stuff--also known as "e-commerce," a la Amazon or eBay. Or you can sell ads--the chosen profit engine for Facebook, Google, Twitter,...
View ArticleHow To Save Your Startup From The “Spotlight Effect”
In the beginning of 2010, when daily deals site Groupon was really hitting its stride and copycat businesses were popping up left and right, a small startup called Yipit was just getting off the...
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How Vice Hacked Google Glass To Tell Crisis Stories
When I spoke with Tim Pool on the phone, the Vice reporter and media innovator (first to pioneer the use of drones for reporting on demonstrations, for instance) was having a typically busy week. Just...
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You Are Probably Underestimating The Value Of At-Home 3-D Printing
Few people expect 3D printing--particularly in the home--to be as much of a revolution as it actually could be. Whether it's Foxconn's boss or industry journalists, people seem to think this is some...
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The 8 Audio Apps That Will Slowly Destroy FM Radio
Let's be honest: FM radio is not what it used to be. Of all the music, news, commentary, and other audio content available in the world, the FM dial only captures a tiny--and bland--percentage of it....
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Automate Your House Like A Boss With This Smart-Thing Platform
The dream of a connected home, where smart devices communicate like technologically advanced Toy Story characters, still feels far off to most of us. In a fragmented market cluttered with devices...
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