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Periscope's Wide Lens

Periscope was acquired by Twitter for a substantial eight-figure sum in January, two months before it launched - and attracted nearly a million users in its first 10 days. Cofounder and CEO Kayvon Beykpour thinks it offers the interactive media experience that users have been waiting for.

The New Business Rivalries

Ten of the fiercest, most unexpected business battles that are changing the future of technology, culture, and commerce.

How A Princess Is Opening Doors For Women In Saudi Arabia

In a country where women can't legally take the wheel of a car, one dynamic leader is moving quickly (yet gently) to offer them other tools toward engagement. It doesn't hurt that she's a princess.

Beyond Roommates - Apartments For Startups

Krash and other startups take the coworking phenomenon to its logical, intimate extreme.

Inside Hulu's Bold Effort To Reinvent Itself

Inside Hulu's bold effort to reinvent itself via Seinfeld, Mindy Kaling, and a host of buzzy original shows.

The Better Burger - America Shacks Up

How Shake Shack has customers (and many investors) salivating for its burgers and unique brand of hospitality.

The Craziest CEO In America

T-Mobile CEO John Legere is the profanity spewing shock jock of corporate America. Is this the future of leadership?

Lee Daniels Is Just Getting Started

As Empire, Fox's high-octane, King Learesque prime-time smash about the ascendance to superstardom of a musical family, returns for its second season, creator and executive producer Lee Daniels explains why the show resonates with viewers and what's happening below the surface.

Anatomy Of A Micro Lung

How a series of thumb-drive-size chips may revolutionize pharmaceutical development.

Is Crowdfunding The Future Of Investments?

It won't be long before anyone can fund - and get equity in - a startup. Is that a good thing?

Fit To Be Sized

Actress Melissa McCarthy wants to fix plus-size fashion.

Swipe Right For Work Happiness

Startups are finding colorful ways to bring employee-engagement surveys into the smartphone age.

Dyson: The House That Suction Built

Can the pioneering vacuum maker transform itself into a full-blown tech company? An exclusive peek inside the house that suction built.

What Hot Sauce Says About American Consumers

Where once was Tabasco, there is now sriracha, gochujang, and more. What the condiment aisle says about American consumers.

The Key To Oprah Winfrey's Success: Radical Focus

After revamping her once-struggling TV channel, Oprah Winfrey has figured out how to make time for the projects she cares about most.

Snapchat's Untold Story

Snapchat boasts 100 million daily users, has captured the rapt attention of the media and advertising worlds - and is wildly misunderstood. Heres what everyone is missing.

How Malala Is Turning Her Life Story Into A Targeted Mission

How Nobel Peace Prize–winning education activist Malala Yousafzai is turning her compelling life story into a targeted mission.

Why Marvel Rules The Universe

Every company wants to dominate its industry the way the superhero factory has taken over Hollywood. A guide to finding your cape and taking flight.

Tyler The Creator, Why Big brands Trust This Wild card

Tyler, the creator is an exuberant rap star and a thoughtful polymath working across fashion, animation and film.WarnerMedia, Nike, and sony have hopped aboard. Are you ready to ride?

Forget Your Phone! Palm Is Back With A Device To Break Your Tech Addiction

When the co-founders of the revived Palm brand needed a hand with their ground-breaking new device, they drafted one of the NBAs most relatable stars. An exclusive look at the making of a rookie product.

Tech Workers Revolt!

Employees at big tech companies are discovering their power to bend the trajectory of multibillion-dollar corporations.

How 'Mr Robot' Creator Turning 'Homeocming' Into A TV Show!

How Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail is adapting the hit podcast Homecoming into an utterly original TV series.

How Big Data Is Revolutionizing Farming

Farmers have access to more information today than ever. Will they be able to make sense of it in time to feed the world of tomorrow?

The Slow Death Of Open Offices

Employees don’t like them. Research proves they’re ineffective. Why is it taking so long for us to get rid of them?

Can Netflix Get Serious About Movies Without Alienating Filmmakers?

Can the streaming giant get serious about movies without alienating filmmakers?

A Smarter Bot

Robotics pioneer Anki gave its new toy an AI mind of its own.

How Legendary Entertainment And Tech Executive Barry Diller Recognizes Potential

Legendary entertainment and media executive Barry Diller talks to Fast Company’s editor-in-chief about his instinct for spotting talent, his appetite for creative conflict, and why insiders should get the top jobs.

Finding Stars In A Post-Resume World

Fifteen years after Billy Beane disrupted Major League Baseball by applying analytics to player scouting, the corporate world finally has the technology to rewrite its own rules of recruiting.

Elon Musk Has No Fear!

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of his cousins’ sustainable-energy company, solarcity, is totally logical—and hugely risky. Will Musk pull off another miracle?

'I Don't Think Anybody Would Say The Urban Audience Is Some Tiny Niche Now'

The hit-making film and television producer talks about breaking into entertainment, the cultural importance of Atlanta, and “the new American mainstream.”