Peter Shapiro Executive Producer Green Apple Festival New York, New York The Connector PETER SHAPIRO, 35, who produced the movie U23D, organized the largest Earth Day event in the United States, this year's Green Apple Festival, which spanned eight cities including Washington, D.C. (pictured).[...]

In Robert Scoble's latest column in Fast Company, "Stream of Consciousness," a few of his tweets from microblogging service, Twitter, were arranged in streams to express the conversations he had with others while using the tool. In this week-long glance at his tweetstream, Scoble said, "Twitter is the public square. [...]

The Power Of Twitter -I am using RSS less and less lately. Mostly due to FriendFeed, but also because of Twitter ... -People worry about companies starting to use Twitter for marketing. If companies misuse Twitter, block or unfollow them. Problem solved. Remember, it's who you follow that defines you [...]

Will blockbuster escapist flicks like the Dark Knight see a resurgence as the economy tanks?[...]

When you walk around the Bangalore campus of technology-outsourcing giant Wipro, something feels familiar. Sure, it's India, so the sun is too hot and the women float by in a rainbow of saris. But there's still a sense of d??j?? vu. At lunchtime, young employees (average age: 27) swarm into [...]

On a prematurely springlike day in Cincinnati, Len Sauers's workday begins as it often does -- with a meeting. On the 11th floor of Procter & Gamble's corporate offices, seven members of its Sustainability Leadership Council huddle around a table in a small conference room. Ten others listen in by [...]

Could basic cable's recent Emmy nods be the beginning of a trend that makes premium cable channels like HBO less lucrative?[...]

Although Toyota's Prius has peaked interest, SUVs are still selling. "Surprisingly, there is still a good majority of people buying full-sized pickups and SUVs," Mark Bruschi, general manager at Shore Toyota, told The Press of Atlantic City. "We are off about 15 percent for those vehicles from where we were." [...]

Flashy and innovative, concepts offer auto designers the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild. From beginning to end, designers can spend anywhere from six months to two years bringing a concept to market. Some have already gone into production; others we can only cross our fingers about. BMW GINA [...]

Recently, at the E3 games summit in LA, Microsoft announced its redesign for Xbox Live, which places more emphasis on social games like its social karaoke game, Lips. Playstation has its own similar social karaoke game called Singstar. The emphasis on social gaming comes at a time when the video [...]

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Some guy in Japan just bought the farm by working too hard. You heard right. He was 45, the lead engineer for a Toyota hybrid car division. While he was helping us reduce our dependence on oil, the poor guy ran out of gas. And he didn't even live as [...]

In providing a pay-per-vew video streaming service, could Amazon become a serious alternative to iTunes?[...]

Facebook shares seem to be on a downward spiral. Michael Arrington reports that Bill Dagley, Managing Director of Private Wealth Partners, "has been sending out feelers to venture capitalists and wealthy individuals who may be interested in buying stock from a Facebook shareholder at a value far less than $15 [...]

The Web is an extremely fickle place. A Web service can be hot today, and dead in the water tomorrow. While there's no true science for determining exactly what makes one stick while another languishes, there's a lot to be learned after one fails. Considering a startup? Here are 10 [...]

Will Twitter ever rival Paypal, with money transferred via tweets?[...]

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Pfizer devises a new kind of outsourcing--just for the time-wasting parts of your job.[...]

Chrysler, Morrison Knudsen, Bethlehem Steel--in crisis, all called Steve Miller. In The Turnaround Kid, out February 5, the Delphi chairman writes about working for Lee Iacocca and saving some of the old economy's oldest companies.[...]

Duncan Watts's research tells advertising execs precisely what they don't want to hear: All their clever (and lucrative!) targeted viral campaigning may ultimately be less effective than good old mass marketing.[...]

Since 1997, Endeavor Global has been nurturing promising entrepreneurs to build companies that help support emerging markets across Latin America and Africa.[...]

Apple is a notoriously secretive company. But it can't hide public filings such as patent applications. Adam L. Penenberg takes a look below at recent examples that may shed light on Steve Jobs's next move. After all, an Apple patent published in March 2005, "Handheld electronic device with multiple touch [...]

Just how vulnerable is your iPhone if someone wants to intercept your email or record your conversations? Pretty vulnerable.[...]