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June 20, 2014
Why Don't Big Tech Companies Release More Diversity Data?
Weeks after Google released a breakdown of its workforce, other companies did the same--but are these honest numbers?
This story contains interviews with Telle Whitney, CEO of the Anita Borg Institute; and Torsten Kolind, CEO of YouNoodle.
Can A Sensor-Laden Mouthguard Detect Dangerous Football Impacts?
Scientists at Stanford University are working on a smart mouthguard which uses sensors to detect dangerous football impacts.
In a few years, college and professional football players could be using smart mouthguards to detect dangerous head impacts.
Viral App Yo Has Already Been Hacked
Meanwhile, some top VCs were convinced that Elon Musk yo'ed them.
The new, ultra-simple, Poke-like app Yo has seen its first real security breach after catapulting past Facebook's Slingshot app on the App Store and raising more than $1 million in venture capital.
June 19, 2014
To Get More Done At Work, Just Say No To Tabs
Those millions of tabs open on your task bar represent an endless rabbit hole of distraction. One solution? This guide to Tabless Thursdays.
In our brutal tab-plagued existence, distraction constantly lurks in the browser window next door. To combat the temptation, the Atlantic has suggested Tabless Thursdays, a way for the multitasking work force to escape the shackles of digital distraction and focus on just one thing at a time.
Facebook's Slingshot App Gets Trumped By A Yo
Looks like we would rather Yo than Sling.
Facebook just got beat out by a single, resounding "Yo."
Twitter Acquires Live Clipping Service SnappyTV
Twitter has agreed to purchase SnappyTV's platform for sharing live video content.
Today, Twitter announced its plan to buy SnappyTV, a live video platform that allows broadcasters to clip, edit, and share content in real time. The acquisition will build on their existing relationship and make it easier for Twitter users to watch big events unfold right in their timelines.
Netflix Nabs Chelsea Handler, Begins "Reimagining" Late Night Talk Shows
The salty-tongued comedian is leaving E! this summer, will debut on Netflix in 2016.
Netflix has already proven itself to be a content-producing player, pumping out hits like House Of Cards and Orange Is The New Black.
Inside The New Generation Of Coworking Spaces For Hardware Hackers
Can a new kind of coworking space solve the most elemental human-computer problems of our time?
This story contains interviews with James Patten, founder and director of Patten Studio and founder of hardware coworking space Dark Matter Manufacturing Collective.
Fast Company Is Hiring An Ambitious Associate Events Editor
Do you attend events and feel energized by what you learned and who you met? Then this may be the job for you.
Do you attend events and feel energized by what you learned and who you met? Then this may be the job for you.
The Curious History Of The World Cup Soccer Ball
The design history of the world's favorite ball, from leather clunkers to the nostalgic Buckyball to the most spherical ball in the world.
The soccer ball has evolved pretty rapidly in the past 50 years. Most of us grew up with the soccer ball known as the "Buckminster Ball, or Buckyball," made by the American architect and designer Richard Buckminster Fuller in the 1960s.
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