Fast Company

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fastcompany.com — Ultimately, Zuckerberg did an end run around the administration. He set up the Facebook template and let students fill in their own information. The new project consumed so much of his time that by the end of the first semester, with just two days to go before his art-history final, he was in a serious jam: He needed to be able to discuss 500 images from the Augustan period.

fastcompany.com — "I'm just lucky to be alive." Mark Zuckerberg, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of social-networking site Facebook, is talking about the time he came face-to-face with the barrel of a gun. It was the spring of 2005, and he was driving from Palo Alto to Berkeley.

fastcompany.com — The 2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV is a futuristic cop car with 4G communications and a Knight Rider-like voice interface. It also automatically scans every license plate in its line of vision for warrants and unpaid tickets. Police cars have come a long way since Car 54.

fastcompany.com — Maria Popova is a self-proclaimed "curator of interestingness." Her blog and Twitter feed is read by the Who's Who of the media, marketing, and ad worlds. Here's how Popova shapes her daily output:

fastcompany.com — The appeal of Pinterest is hard to understand for those who have yet to post anything to that great pinboard in the cloud. And then once your pin addiction is in full effect, it can be even harder to figure out exactly why you are sinking so much time into the endless stream of neat-looking stuff.

fastcompany.com — "We didn't set out to help penguins, but we did start on ice. Advantix began in the 1980s as Forkor, an air-conditioning system for Israeli skating rinks. Our innovation is simple: We use a saltwater system, rather than a traditional vapor compression system, which naturally absorbs moisture and cuts down on electricity, saving money.

fastcompany.com — You know the picture of Hillary Clinton on the plane, texting with shades on? The behind-the-scenes image became an Internet meme in part because it was so unexpected, speaking volumes about a new era of American power abroad: cool, technologically cutting-edge, and female.

fastcompany.com — Click to enlarge XBOX KINECT GAMES: STAR WARS / MICHAEL PHELPS: PUSH THE LIMIT One asks you to dance DDR-style with Stormtroopers. The other has you mimic swim strokes while standing up.

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