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4 Innovations Apple Should Tackle in 2013

Apple hasn't created an innovative product in years. Here are some ideas.  Read more

Top 5 Business Books of 2012

The best (and bestselling) business books of this year were mostly about exposing corruption.  Read more

Are You a Fearless Leader? 3 Questions

Fearless leaders know how to face reality, take decisive action, and accept responsibility for the outcome. Are you one of them?  Read more

2013 Trend: Plastic Will Be Passé

Without credit cards, getting paid will get a lot quicker, easier, and cheaper.  Read more

8 Major Tech Predictions for 2013

On tap for next year: Big changes are coming to everything from e-commerce and hardware to incubators and VC funds.  Read more

A Great Way to Get Market Insight

New analytics tools have made crowdfunding sites an excellent source for feedback on your business.  Read more

Tech Trends: New Tools for Networking on the Road

Check out services that help make road trips more social--and budget-friendly.  Read more

5 Things Not to Do in the New Year

Getting rid of old habits and old ways of thinking is just as important as committing to new ones.  Read more

Filling That Social Media Job: 7 Ways to Get It Wrong

Hiring someone to manage your company's social media? Don't make the same mistakes everyone else is making.  Read more

Foursquare's Dennis Crowley: 'Our First Instinct Was That We Broke Something' 

The Foursquare co-founder describes how he adjusted the app in response to the way people used it (differently than he expected).  Watch video

Why Predicting Customer Behavior Is Problematic

Using data to predict your customers' moves is a tricky art and science--and it's not for the uninitiated.  Read more

6 Ways Business Could Change in 2013

At long last, the fax machine may finally die. Read on for more shifts next year that may change how you do business.  Read more

Mashable's Pete Cashmore: 'I Obsessively Looked at the Numbers' 

Pete Cashmore founded Mashable in 2005, when he was 19 and lived in Scotland with his parents. Today, the social media news site is read by millions of peopl...  Watch video

How Warby Parker Reinvented Retail

Warby Parker will finally get a conventional storefront in 2013. Here are four retail experiments that helped the brand get there.  Read more

3 Apps That Made My Life Better in 2012

Lots of apps over-promise, under-deliver, and then fade into oblivion. Inc.com columnist Minda Zetlin highlights three with staying power.  Read more

Gain More Digital Market Share in 2013

Focusing on these four major trends next year can up your credibility online and on mobile devices.  Read more

Hardware Wants to Be Free

Technology is getting cheap--so cheap, in fact, that gadgets alone may cease to be the moneymakers. Tech start-ups, take note.  Read more

2013 Trend: Social Media Will Get Bigger

Facebook just hit 1 billion users. Brace yourself for the backlash.  Read more

New LinkedIn Profile Changes Made Easy

LinkedIn keeps changing things up. Frustrating? Maybe. But if you want a power-profile make sure to check out the most recent changes.  Read more

Start-ups Set Out to Solve Mobile Data Crunch

Need a good start-up opportunity? The mobile space is primed for anyone who can figure out how to relieve cell networks of data overload.  Read more

5 Tips to Become a Click Magnet

Living on the edge of the Web is no place for an ambitious start-up. Get noticed and boost your pageviews with these tips.  Read more

Exclusive: Inside the Mind of Google's Greatest Idea Man, John Hanke

Serial entrepreneur John Hanke created the first iterations of Google Earth, Maps, and Street View. For his second act, he's now re-imagining the world throu...  Read more

Cars: The Next Big Advertising Platform?

Connected cars are taking mobile marketing to a whole new level. Here's what to expect.  Read more

5 Epic Tech Fails in 2012

These products and innovations once seemed so full of promise. Not so much anymore.  Read more

How to Get More Social Media Followers 

Likeable Media founder Dave Kerpen says one group of people is more important--and more readily accessible--than any other.  Watch video

2013 Trend: Customers Will Get in Your Face

Used to be you had to please your customers, your investors, and the press. What happens when your customers are your investors and your press?  Read more

5 Critical LinkedIn Optimizations That Take 5 Minutes or Less

Does your LinkedIn profile make it look like you're hiding something? Five quick, essential updates.  Read more

Want to Predict the Future? Get a 13-Year-Old Mentor

Inc. asked future-focused experts how to make money in 2013 (and beyond). Intel's in-house futurist says you'd be wise to look in junior high school.  Read more

5 Good Holiday Gifts for Your Employees

Your business is nothing without your people. How will you sufficiently thank them this year?  Read more

Rise of the Microserver

Go ahead and keep your data in-house. Thanks to some of the macro names in computing, servers are going micro and getting more efficient.  Read more

2013 Trend: An App for Every Waking Minute

Do you have a mobile strategy? Even if you do, you probably need a new one.  Read more

9 Mistakes You're Making on LinkedIn

What separates the master networkers from the amateurs? The former tend not to make these mistakes.  Read more

Biggest Tech Trends of 2012

After a year's worth of hardware and software news, these six developments are the ones to remember.  Read more

3 Ways the Holidays Put Your Company at Risk

Between the shopping madness, boozy eggnog, and harried traveling, this season presents plenty of threats to your business.  Read more

Get More Out of Windows 8 or RT: 4 Tips

Ease a transition to a Windows 8 or Windows RT device with a little advance preparation.  Read more