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Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks
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Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks

Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive...

Desperate, Hockey Fans Root For Virtual Team
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Desperate, Hockey Fans Root For Virtual Team

Pat Hickey, who covered his first Montreal Canadiens game in 1968 for the now-defunct Montreal Star, and who has chronicled the team's exploits over the past 22...

The Workday After Tomorrow
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The Workday After Tomorrow

What happens when business as usual is impossible?

An Overseas Push For Video Software For Sports Teams
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An Overseas Push For Video Software For Sports Teams

In 2006, football coaches at the University of Nebraska approached Jeffrey S. Raikes about ways to improve the Cornhuskers’ game with technology. Raikes, then president...

Japan's Once Mighty Tech Industry Has Fallen Far Behind Silicon Valley
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Japan's Once Mighty Tech Industry Has Fallen Far Behind Silicon Valley

In the 1980s, Sony co-founder Akio Morita fired a verbal missile across the Pacific at Silicon Valley: Japan's supremacy in business and technology would overwhelm...

Jeff Brennan's Anatomy-Based Industrial Design Software
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Jeff Brennan's Anatomy-Based Industrial Design Software

Most people look at the cross section of a human bone and see an incomprehensible tangle of sponge-like scaffolding. Jeffrey Brennan sees a secret mathematical...

Facebook's 'Next Billion': A Q&A With Mark Zuckerberg
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Facebook's 'Next Billion': A Q&A With Mark Zuckerberg

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dorm room, hoping to see what his classmates were up to on campus. The following eight years...

China: For Many Expats, It's Not Worth It
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China: For Many Expats, It's Not Worth It

Stay or go? That question has erupted in a public way among China's large population of expatriate businessmen, entrepreneurs, journalists, and academics, who the...

Pete Koomen: The Quest For More Clicks
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Pete Koomen: The Quest For More Clicks


The Acer Smartphone That Never Was
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The Acer Smartphone That Never Was

It was going to be the big mobile-phone breakthrough Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba needed.

With Iphone 5, Apple Again Raises the Smartphone Bar
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With Iphone 5, Apple Again Raises the Smartphone Bar

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook took the stage Wednesday to unveil an eagerly awaited revamping of the company's flagship products, including the iPhone, iPod, iTunes—all...

Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions
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Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions

When high-frequency traders defend themselves against criticism that they're screwing up the stock market by distorting prices or making it more volatile, their...

Would German-Style Apprenticeships Work in the ­.s.?
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Would German-Style Apprenticeships Work in the ­.s.?

In a world of high youth unemployment, where the supply of skilled labor often fails to match employer demand, Germany believes help can be found in its Dual Vocational...

In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again
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In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again

Since the mid-1990s Liam Casey, PCH International's chief executive officer, has helped technology companies with the nastiest task in Silicon Valley: building...

H-1B Visas Hit the Cap, Sending Companies to Plan B
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H-1B Visas Hit the Cap, Sending Companies to Plan B

For Silicon Valley, a day of ritual disappointment came on June 12: The U.S. announced that the slots for 2013 H-1B visas had all been filled.

Apple vs. Google: Starkly Different China Experiences
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Apple vs. Google: Starkly Different China Experiences

In China, sometimes having the first-mover advantage is often no advantage at all. Case in point: Apple vs. Google.

Bre Pettis: 3d Printing's First Celebrity
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Bre Pettis: 3d Printing's First Celebrity

Bre Pettis looks like a throwback. He’s got an Elvis Presley-meets-Buddy Holly thing going on with his chunky sideburns, thick-rimmed black glasses, and sculpted...

Older Entrepreneurs Start Companies Too
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Older Entrepreneurs Start Companies Too

As the Baby Boomer generation continues to age, older Americans are getting into the entrepreneurial mix. The share of new businesses formed by 55-to-64 year olds...

The Rise of the 'brogrammer'
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The Rise of the 'brogrammer'

Danilo Stern-Sapad writes code for a living, but don't call him a geek.

What Makes Valve Software the Best Office Ever?
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What Makes Valve Software the Best Office Ever?

Valve Software is good at three things: developing first-person shooter games, such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike, digitally distributing its games on its 35...
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