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Handing Out Laptops in School Isn't Enough—Teachers Need Training, Too
Computer literacy is a necessity in the 21st century, so schools and governments around the globe have been eager to participate in the One Laptop Per Child program, a nonprofit initiative that...
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Etsy Narrows the Gender Gap with a Coding Scholarship for Women
Etsy may be better known for knit products than coded ones, but the company just announced that it’s teaming up with Hacker School, a three-month coding program in New York City, to give out...
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Facebook Returns to Its College Roots With 'Groups for Schools'
Remember when only students with an .edu email address could have a Facebook account? Now that your mom spends all her spare time playing Words With Friends and Farmville through Facebook, it's hard...
View ArticleGOOD Ideas for Cities: Creating Pride for Public Parks
St. Louis is a city known for its great parks. But recent budget cuts have slashed funding for public spaces, putting maintenance and educational programming in jeopardy. How can a city encourage its...
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Spring Cleaning: Tourist Doesn't Have to Be a Dirty Word
This challenge is in partnership with Levi's ® According to the National Resources Defense Council, average temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world, resulting in...
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How India Jump-Started Its Solar Economy
This month, the chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat announced that the world’s largest solar plant had started producing electricity. The plant’s solar panels fill thousands upon thousands...
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Infographic: What's Wrong with Our Food System?
This post is in partnership with Oxfam Australia. To find out more about what's being done to fix our food system, visit the nonprofit's website here. Around the world every night, one in seven people...
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Can Bike Shows Become the New Auto Shows?
Valet parking at the New Amsterdam Bicycle Show is free, and less than two hours after the show has opened, the lot is filling up with all varieties of bikes—stylish bikes, utilitarian bikes, bikes...
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People Are Awesome: The Georgia Army National Guard’s Real-Life Captain Planet
You might think 20 years of military service, two war deployments, and recycling enough trash to raise thousands of dollars for his church might be enough to wear one man out. But Andrew Lane, who is...
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'Spaces to Ramble': Why Cities Need More Central Parks
Last weekened, on a perfect day in New York City, Jon Cotner led a small group of participants on the second of two interactive walks through Central Park. Cotner is an artist whose work centers on...
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Thirsty? Ditch the Plastic Bottle With This Drinking Fountain App
Plastic water bottles are an easy target for environmentalist ire, and for good reason. The marketing and selling of bottled water has been one of the most successful commercial campaigns of the past...
View ArticleInfographic: Americans Say 'Drill, Baby, Drill'
As gas prices rise and some traditional sources of energy are depleted, Americans' opinions on where the nation should get its fuel have shifted considerably. The emphasis on funding solar, wind, and...
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How the Greenest Cities in the World Clean Up Their Trash
The greenest city in the world, depending on who you ask, might be San Francisco, California, or Curitiba, Brazil, or Copenhagen, Denmark, or Vancouver, Canada. These cities and others like them have...
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In Florida, an Ecological Disaster Becomes an Artistic Statement
Nearly 2 million decaying Goodyear tires lie submerged off the coast of South Florida, decrepit hunks of rubber that have gradually succumbed to the pressures of tides and tropical storms. The steel...
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The White House Is Backing the Bioeconomy—But What Is It, Exactly?
In theory, the bioeconomy sounds amazing. The White House’s Office of Science and Technology, which released a blueprint boosting the idea yesterday, says the bioeconomy can help us “live long and...
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A Social Entrepreneur Links Affordable Housing to the Green Economy
Shane Gring grew up playing with Legos and building tree forts; there was no question that he would study architecture when he arrived at college. But after he graduated in 2009, the collapse of the...
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'Green Ribbon Schools' Educate America's Future Environmental Leaders
For the past 30 years, the U.S. Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon Schools program has given a stamp of approval to schools that succeed academically. But other kinds of performance matter too, so...
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'Hall of Shame' Calls Out the Terrifying Chemicals in Your Household Cleaners
When I first moved into my apartment, I bought one cleaning product: a big bottle of a lemon verbena-scented, environmentally friendly cleaner called Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day. It served me well for...
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Spring Cleaning: Fresh Start for Your Fridge
This challenge is in partnership with Levi's ® All hail that life-sustaining shrine, the refrigerator. But have you truly paid homage lately? Make sure the goodies within aren’t outnumbered by food...
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While the Weather's Weird, Talk About Climate Change
President Obama isn’t talking about climate change. Although his campaign used the occasion to ask environmentalists to join up, the president signed an official Earth Day proclamation this year that...
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Cheap Shrimp, Funded by Human Trafficking and Environmental Destruction
Forget cheeseburgers and French fries—the new American meal of choice is shrimp. American shrimp consumption has increased by more than 300 percent since 1980 [PDF]. Jumbo-sized bags of the...
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Nielsen: In the U.S., white men carry the dumbest phones
Among ethnic groups, Asian Americans are the most likely to pack a smartphone Click to enlarge. FORTUNE -- The move from so-called feature phones to smartphones continues apace. As of March 2012, 50.4%...
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The market values Apple's earnings growth at $0.00
The only thing that seems to matter to Wall Street is how much cash it has in the bank Click to enlarge. Source: Asymco.com FORTUNE -- It's been a year since Asymco's Horace Dediu -- mystified by the...
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Apple's roller-coaster ride on the Fortune 500 list
From Jobs to Sculley to Spindler to Amelio to Jobs (again) and Cook Click to enlarge. Source: Fabio Zambelli from Fortune data FORTUNE -- It's been seven months since Fabio Zambelli retired SetteB.IT,...
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Why the father of disruption theory is worried about Apple
One hundred and two minutes with Clay Christensen and Horace Dediu Christensen on TCTV, via TechCrunch FORTUNE -- About 40 minutes into the interview with Clay Christensen that Asymco's Horace Dediu...
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Why Warren Buffett wouldn't invest in Apple or Google
The Oracle of Omaha has a second rule: Don't buy companies you don't understand Buffett with University of Nebraska cheerleaders Saturday. Photo: Lane Hickenbottom/Reuters FORTUNE -- Some 18,300 people...
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Was Amazon's Kindle Fire just a flash in the pan?
Sales of the Kindle e-readers have apparently also fallen off a cliff Data: IDC FORTUNE -- Thursday was bad-news day for Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle line of tablets and e-readers. IDC released first quarter...
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iPhone owners least likely to switch when service sucks
Blackberry and Android users are quicker to drop both their phone and their carrier Click to enlarge. FORTUNE -- A new survey of smartphone users doesn't speak well for the quality of the cellular...
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J.P. Morgan: No full-blown TV set from Apple anytime soon
Apple's next big thing, an analyst speculates, is more likely to be mobile payments FORTUNE -- If I didn't already agree with him, Mike Moskowitz's note to clients Thursday would have convinced me. "We...
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With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits
Among the major vendors, Samsung captured 26%, HTC took 1%, and the rest lost money Source: Asymco.com FORTUNE -- Asymco's Horace Dediu on Thursday updated his quarterly review of mobile phone profits,...
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Gumroad Gets $7 Million Series A From Kleiner Perkins For Indie E-Payment...
Gumroad, the startup that lets individuals receive e-payments through a simple URL link, has received $7 million in new funding led by Silicon Valley venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins Caulfield...
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Disrupt NYC Hackathon – More Details
We’re less than two weeks away from 24 hours of sheer hacking bliss. We’ve also released the final batch of tickets for the event, so if you’re planning on hacking, this is your final chance to get...
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The Quiet Mobile Gaming Giant: Storm8 Passes 300M Downloads, Has Reached 100M...
While it seems like mobile gaming companies are getting acquired left and right this spring, there are still plenty that are staying independent and doing just fine. Storm8, which is totally...
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Study: Our Smartphones Are Turning Us Into “Real-Time Information Seekers And...
Do you regularly use your cell phone to coordinate meetings, solve an unexpected problem, decide which restaurant to eat at, look up the score of a sporting event, check traffic, call help in an...
View ArticleUnified Hires Googler Brian Murphy To Run Sales
Unified, a company offering tools to help agencies and brands manage their social advertising campaigns, has lured someone from Google to run it sales team. Specifically, it's announcing the hiring of...
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Want To Broadcast Live On YouTube? You’ll Need A Google+ Account For That
This morning, Google officially rolled out Google+ Hangouts On Air to all users worldwide, following the feature's limited introduction back in September. At the time of its initial release, this live...
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RichRelevance Raises $20M From Crosslink, Greylock To Help Manage...
Exclusive: RichRelevance, a company that powers personalized shopping experience for online retailers, has raised $20 million in funding led by Crosslink Capital with Greylock Partners, Draper Fisher...
View ArticleColor Partners With Verizon To Bring Livestreaming Audio and Video to iPhone,...
After a disastrous launch and a not-so stellar pivot, Color may finally have found its stride and a rather large core user base. Today, Color and Verizon Wireless have entered a three year deal to...
View ArticleNielsen: Smartphones Used By 50.4% Of U.S. Consumers, Android 48.5% Of Them
Nielsen today became the latest analyst house to call it for smartphones outnumbering more basic devices in the U.S. The company says that in March 2012 smartphones were in use by 50.4 percent of...
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RIM Launches The Most Boring Anti-Apple Campaign I’ve Ever Witnessed
In one of the most anticlimactic (and likely ineffective) marketing campaigns in history, RIM has today launched its "Wake Up. Be Bold." campaign in Australia. It began with a group of "protestors"...
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uTest’s AppGrader Scores Mobile Apps, Helps Developers Squash Bugs
uTest, a company known for providing a variety of testing solutions for desktop, web and mobile, is launching a new solution designed to grade mobile apps' performance under real-world conditions, and...
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A Closer Look At Chorus, The Next-Generation Publishing Platform That Runs...
The modern online newsroom is a 24/7 operation. It needs power tools to work efficiently, like modern carpenters need electric drills to build houses. The problem is that most content management...
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Evernote Buys Penultimate. Next Stop: Enhanced Digital Handwriting
Hot on the heels of its $70 million round, Evernote is making quick use of the new funds: today it announced that it has bought Penultimate, a digital handwriting app designed for the iPad. Financial...
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Online Invitations And Stationery Startup Paperless Post Raises $6M From RRE,...
Design-friendly online invitations and stationery startup Paperless Post has raised $6 million in funding from RRE Ventures, SV Angel, Tim Draper and others. This brings the startup's total funding to...
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Fathom Travel Site Taps Kate Spade To Guide You Through Your Next Vacation
There are plenty of travel sites out there, but have you ever noticed that almost all of them help you get where you're going and then leave you all alone in the dark once you actually arrive there?...
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Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Launches Agency Platform; Touts Customers...
Social loyalty platform PunchTab, which raised its $4.4 million Series A in November, is rolling out its new platform for agencies, allowing them to run customized incentives campaigns to promote...
View ArticleHTC Reveals The Verizon-Bound Droid Incredible 4G LTE
When we first took a look at the HTC One S, we felt that it was just another Android phone, despite the quality hardware. With today's introduction of the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE, the same...
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comScore: Google Sites Top Facebook On Mobile; 4 Out Of 5 Mobile Media...
Online and mobile research company comScore just released its newly rebooted and retooled Mobile Metrix report this morning, which examines mobile media usage across both apps and mobile web browsing....
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AT&T Reveals The $49 Samsung Focus 2, Their Cheapest LTE Windows Phone Yet
Well, this morning seems like it's going to be all about sequels. Not only do we have a shiny new Droid Incredible to wait for, AT&T has just pulled back the curtains on a new device in their Focus...
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Beyond The Daily Deal: Groupon’s 170M Deals And 33M Users; Aims To Be ‘The OS...
Groupon's CEO Andrew Mason today posted a letter to shareholders with some updated figures on how the company is doing, and a more specific outline of what Groupon plans to do to to move beyond daily...
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