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December 30, 2015
Are You Overscheduling?
It's time to take control of your calendar.
Feeling overwhelmed? It's time to take control of your calendar. Find out what you should consider before you say "yes" to an opportunity, when you should squeeze something into your schedule, and what kind of calendar you should be using. Do you use any of these tips? Tell us at #WorkSmart.
A U.N. Agency's Radical Experiment In Addressing The Refugee Crisis
The Hive, an initiative of the U.N. Refugee Agency, has bold ambitions: Solve the refugee crisis, and use data to transform nonprofits.
When I meet Brian Reich at a restaurant in Manhattan, I ask him what's new. "Just trying to solve the refugee crisis," he says casually.
December 28, 2015
See Every Apple Product Ever In Prague's Unofficial Apple Museum
The collection boasts 472 private exhibits spanning Apple, Pixar, and NeXT.
Though you can't yet visit an official brick and mortar Apple Store in Prague, you can go to the next best thing: an Apple Museum.
Hard To Believe, But FedEx Actually Did Better This Holiday Season
Delivery tracking firm ShipMatrix says on-time performance at FedEx was up this holiday season, though UPS had an off year.
Despite widespread criticism, FedEx appears to have had better on-time performance this holiday season than in either of the past two years, according to delivery tracking firm ShipMatrix.
The First Look At The Second Google Glass
Pictures on the FCC website show Glass for Work's foldable hinge. Reports suggest hundreds of companies are already testing it.
It might surprise you to know that after the widespread derision aimed at the first version of Google Glass, the tech giant is readying a second iteration, and now we know what it will look like.
Data on 191 Million U.S. Voters Was Leaked Online, Says Security Researcher
The same researcher has reported more than two dozen data leaks this year, from insurance and security records to a list of Hello Kitty fans.
A security researcher with a knack for uncovering data breaches says he's discovered a trove of information including names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth for more than 191 million U.S. voters on a publicly available server.
What Amazon's Holiday Report Reveals About Our Weird Shopping Habits
We sure do love Gummi Bears, and Cards Against Humanity is an urgent purchase.
It wouldn't be the holiday season without revealing year-end press releases from major corporations, especially retailers. The king of online retail, Amazon, just issued a 3,000-word report of holiday shopping, watching, and listening stats that says a lot about us. Much of the data comes from users of Amazon Prime, the $99-per-year subscription service that provides free and discounted deliveries, plus access to Amazon's video and music collections. Amazon picked up more than 3 million Prime members in the third week of December alone. (An estimate from June already had Prime at about 40 million subscribers.)
December 24, 2015
The 2015 Fast Company Yule Log
Happy holidays from Fast Company!
As we bid farewell to 2015, it's time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the crackling of a very special Yule Log.
6 Leadership Skills To Help You Navigate Family Holidays
The leadership skills you use every day can help ease holiday friction.
You've made it this far, but there are still a couple more days of gatherings and get-togethers before January gets here in all its promise and austerity. Between now and then, you likely have family gatherings, reunions, and cocktail parties. And while that all seems merry and bright, very often these gatherings—coupled with holiday stress, family dynamics, and perhaps a few cocktails—end up tense and awkward.
These 3 Entrepreneurs Started Companies To Help Their Grandparents
Silicon Valley isn't quite as "youth-centric" as you might think.
Kai Stinchcombe's grandmother Ruth got swindled out of $40,000 of her savings through credit card scams.
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