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September 29, 2015
Google, Microsoft, And Others Commit To Improving Workplaces For LGBT Employees
A new global coalition will work to advance workplace equality for LGBT employees.
The Human Rights Campaign announced a new global coalition of companies at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative on Tuesday committed to making workplaces around the world fair and equal for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. The founding members of the coalition include Google, IBM, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and AT&T.
GE CEO Jeff Immelt On How The Industrial Internet Is Helping Slash Downtime
At the company's Minds + Machines event in San Francisco today, GE unveiled a range of new Industrial Internet offerings.
In a video touting General Electric's new initiative to get more than 20,000 people building for Predix.io, the company's new dedicated cloud environment for app developers, we see a young engineer telling his friends he's going to work for GE. His friends are utterly flummoxed.
Today in Tabs: What if Tabs, But Too Much?
It passes the test if two named MacArthur geniuses have a conversation about something other than puppetry.
a.footnote {vertical-align: super; font-size: 0.8em; text-decoration: none;}It's cool that there's water on Mars but Apple Music still sucks.
Google's New Nexus Phones, Pixel C Tablet, And More: Your 2-Minute Guide
Google's newest gadgets include the Nexus 5X smartphone, the Pixel C tablet, and an upgraded Chromecast.
Not to be outdone by its competitor down the road in Cupertino, [url=http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/google]Google unveiled its latest gadgets today in San Francisco[/url], with meaty upgrades to its smartphones, a new tablet, and a leap forward for its Chromecast streaming technology.
Google Will Let Marketers Target Ads Based On Users' Email Activity
Marketers can tailor ads to your interests if you use Google search, Gmail, or YouTube while signed into your email.
Google may soon start showing you ads that you actually want to click on, just in time for Advertising Week. The tech giant has introduced a new addition to its arsenal of tools for advertisers: Customer Match will let marketers—only those to whom you have already provided your email address—show you relevant ads if you are signed into your email while browsing Google search, Gmail, or YouTube.
Product Hunt Pushes Into Podcast Discovery
After delving into games and books, Product Hunt just launched a new vertical aimed at letting people nerd out about podcasts.
If there's one thing nerds adore in 2015, it's podcasts. And if there's one place tech-obsessed geeks love to congregate online, it's Product Hunt, a site that offers daily recommendations for new apps, websites, and tech. It's fitting, then, that Product Hunt's newest vertical is all about podcasts.
Google's New Chromecast Is The Anti-Apple TV
Chromecast has been redesigned to fit your TV, and your viewing habits, in a way Apple TV never will.
Today, Google has revealed two new Chromecasts. One is for your TV. One is for your speakers. Both cost $35. And a new app can suck in all of your streaming subscriptions, search them, and get you watching them in seconds.
The Google Nexus Announcement: Live Coverage
At 12 p.m. ET today, Google will introduce its new round of Nexus phones, and possibly more. Join Fast Company's live coverage here.
Google is hosting a live event in San Francisco today at 12 p.m. ET during which it is expected to unveil the newest members of its Nexus smartphone family. There is also talk that Google will use its stage time to announce a substantial update to the Chromecast streaming device as well.
Why Airbnb Just Bought A Quirky Russian Industrial Design Firm
Airbnb has acquired the lauded industrial design firm Lapka. And we have a few good guesses why.
Airbnb has acquired the five-person Russian industrial design firm Lapka. It may seem like a strange pairing: the $24 billion room rental platform buying a tiny, foreign company known for cult-classic objects, like an environmental sensor that fits on your iPhone, or a breathalyzer shaped as a stark, black ceramic tube.
The North Face Goes For Epic Adventure In First-Ever Global Ad Campaign
The new spot shines a light on a variety of explorers to inspire the rest of us.
Last year, The North Face enlisted My Morning Jacket to invoke Woody Guthrie's classic "This Land Is Your Land" for some inspiring outdoor exploration. Now the brand is launching its first-ever global campaign, and is moving its lens from the land to focus on the people adventuring out in the world.
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