[Fast Company] Student debt reformer Alan Collinge has brought a clear set of demands–and little patience for general assembly dickering–to Occupy Wall Street. He belongs to a large–but not unified–contingent of pragmatic policy wonks in the movement. [Read the rest of One Tent-Dwelling Wall Street Occupier’s Quest For Something Concrete]… Read the rest
[Fast Company] A new study, shared exclusively with Fast Company, offers insight into participants. They span age and income groups, are largely apolitical, and are mostly white. They are also getting more active. [Read the rest of Infographic: Who Is Occupy Wall Street?… Read the rest
[Laptop Magazine] Even before Apple’s iCloud came along, the idea of “the cloud” was, well, nebulous. Apple’s definition is a method by which you can synchronize all your data – such as photos, music, calendars, address books and ebooks – wirelessly between all your devices over the Internet.… Read the rest
[Fast Company] Occupy Wall Street is meant to be a leaderless movement. But that hasn’t stopped some people from trying to identify leaders. And some activists charge that organizations are trying to co-opt their message. How can a phenomenon with no central authority exercise authority over its brand?… Read the rest
[Fast Company] Students are a big contingent at Zuccotti Park and other occupations. But a new study shows that online support crosses age, income and political boundaries. Look out for the rich, nonpartisan mobs. [Read the rest of The Demographics Of Occupy Wall Street]… Read the rest
[Fast Company] So far, the hacker collective known as Anonymous–or those claiming the name–has failed to live up to threats made via YouTube and social media. But they have brought a lot of buzz to the Occupy Wall Street movement. [Read the rest of The Real Role Of Anonymous In Occupy Wall Street]… Read the rest
[Fast Company] Can a leaderless, agenda-less movement also survive without a home base? With the specter of eviction looming, Occupy Wall Street tested their “organized chaos” approach to protesting and wound up on Wall Street proper. [Read the rest of Wall Street Actually Occupied]… Read the rest
[Fast Company] A New York City translation tech venture, Smartling, today released a host of new features and services to help users translate their websites, mobile, and other digital content into many languages, quickly, affordably, and accurately. [Read the rest on Fast Company]… Read the rest
[Fast Company] Frustration, doubt, chaos, and failures dominated the early days of Occupy Wall Street. So how has it lasted so long, grown, and spread around the country? Fast Company reporter Sean Captain was at the occupation from day one and looks back on a series of moments that made the movement feel different than any other action he’d covered or participated in before.… Read the rest
[Fast Company] For most of the 16.4 million Americans with an iPhone 4 or iPhone 3Gs, according to ComScore, as well as iPads and recent iPods, the real news from Cupertino today is what they’ll get for free by downloading the new iOS 5 software.… Read the rest
