The app is monetizing its replay feature: You can now watch three replays for 99 cents.
Apparently Snapchat is just a little too much of a good thing—and the company is now using that fact to develop a new revenue stream.
Here’s How Many Gigs Are In The Gig Economy
If you want to measure the 1099 economy, it makes sense to count 1099s.
The increasing number of independent contractors in the “gig economy” is quickly becoming a political issue, with presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush weighing in on opposite ends of the debate over whether it’s indicative of a return to sweatshop labor or innovation. The politician asking the more pertinent question, however, is Senator Mark Warner from Virginia.
DTE opens solar power facility on Domino’s Farms land
More than 4,000 panels expected to produce 1.1 megawatts of power, enough for 185 homes
Read More Cheesecake Factory in Novi reopens after fire
The fire at the Cheesecake Factory reportedly occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Monday
Read More How To (Gently) Crush Your Client’s Dreams
When clients have unrealistic goals, how do you bring them back to reality without convincing them to take their business elsewhere?
“We want to be on the Today show!” That was the response Jennon Bell Hoffmann heard when she asked some new clients what their goals were for their project, an educational video series that needed to crowdsource funding.
The 13 Inspiring Winners Of Our 2015 Innovation By Design Awards
In the eyes of our esteemed judges, these projects represent the year’s best design.
After hundreds of hours mulling over the best design work in the world, Fast Company is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Innovation by Design Awards. This year’s entries were as strong as we’ve ever seen, with over 1,500 projects from across the globe. In the eyes of our esteemed judges, the projects you’ll find below were the best of the best. There were only 13 winners anointed in the entire competition. Each of them represent what’s best about design today: Big ideas, meticulously thought out details, and a clear viewpoint about how we live now—and how it could be better.
What’s In A Refugee’s Bag? See What People Carry As They Flee
Heartbreaking photos of the things people take when they have nothing left.
When Iqbal, a 17-year-old, fled the fighting in Afghanistan, he took a single bag. One change of clothes, $100, some Turkish lira, and SIM cards for Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey. A comb, a few bandages. He also brought face whitening cream and hair gel.
The 2015 Innovation By Design Awards: 3-D Printing
From amazing new bricks to designs that help people walk again, here’s what changed the world in 3-D printing in 2015.
This year, Fast Company gave 3-D Printing it’s own category in the Innovation By Design Awards, to recognize all the ferment in the industry. The finalists and winner below all use 3-D printing to rethink major categories, from the way our buildings are constructed to the way movies are made. Congratulations to everyone, and a big thank you to our judges: Andrew Dent, vice president of materials research at Material ConneXion; Bre Pettis, cofounder of MakerBot and founder of Bold Machines; and Bradford Shellhammer, founder and CEO of Bazar. And finally, a sincere thank you to everyone who entered and supported Fast Company‘s commitment to elevating the design profession.
20 Lessons Of Design
Once upon a time, design was considered unimportant among most top business leaders, a secondary realm prowled by precious egotists and aesthetes.
At best, design was an afterthought, like slapping a coat of paint on an already-built house or adding a cool tail fin to a finished product.
