She helped create Flickr in 2004, and now Caterina Fake is starting a new service called Pinwheel, which lets users leave public or private posts on a map. Flickr/Joi Tweet It has been a year and a half since Caterina Fake, who helped create Flickr in 2004, left her second [...]

Industries such as residential construction, mobile games, and big data will provide the best business opportunities in 2012. Courtesy Company GREEN LIVING: Eco Tec Insulation foam does not emit chemicals and improves the air quality inside houses, according to the companys website. Once sprayed into the wall, ceiling or floor, [...]

What was buzzing at this week’s mega-event? Here are comments from the conference-goers Couldn’t make it to Internet Week New York? Feeling left out? We’ve been there. That’s why we roamed the event and asked conference-goers to tell us what they’ll remember most about their trip to this Web wonderland. [...]

Incredibly counter-intuitive research out of Harvard suggests a novel way to make your employees feel more free: Give them more to do. Huh? Getty Tweet Sometimes scientific findings of such head-slapping obviousness–talking on the phone makes you a worse driver and men generally favor large breasts, for example–that they make [...]

Ring the bells: It’s a landmark day for Wall Street and Silicon Valley as the world’s biggest social network becomes a public company. Joel Saget/Getty Tweet David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., smiles during a town hall event at Facebook [...]

Marisa Wong of 360i and Mike Murphy of Digitas are going to Cannes! The points have been tallied and the judges have made their decisions—Marisa Wong of 360i in New York and Mike Murphy of Digitas in Chicago are winners of the 2012 Yahoo! Young Media Stars competition. Marisa and [...]

How to stick out in the minds of your colleagues and customers–no gimmicks required. shutterstock images Tweet In order to succeed, almost everyonewhether business owner or employeemust be memorable. While you don’t have to be The Most Interesting Man in the World, being known is one of the main goals [...]

Want to feel more confident that you’re making the right decisions? Check out how a few simple steps can dramatically improve your decision process. shutterstock Tweet It’s not often that a CEO sends a public note to key constituents taking responsibility for a bad decision. But Netflix CEO Reed Hastings [...]

Senior industry analyst says marketers are “awash in more data than ever before” Big data has been on the mind of Joanna O’Connell, senior analyst at Forrester, a lot lately. On Monday, she moderated “Big Data, Big Solutions,” an industry panel sponsored by Yahoo! featuring senior leaders from Acxiom, Citibank, [...]

Facebook’s tour to meet with investors before its initial public offering was like no other IPO roadshow. Here’s what you can learn from it. Getty Image Larry Yu, spokesman for Facebook Inc., speaks with members of the media outside the Crowne Plaza hotel before a Facebook Inc. initial public offering [...]