In this digital and mobile age, the idea of carrying around a weekly or monthly magazine in anticipation of flipping through its ink-stained pages is about as antique a concept as the word “periodical.” So I feel like Andy Rooney going on about how I pre

At a conference in Philadelphia last October, a Wharton professor noted that one of the country's biggest economic problems is a tsunami of misinformation. You can't have a rational debate when facts are so easily supplanted by overreaching statements, b

Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: I have several friends who think the Facebook IPO is the next Microsoft. I think it's more likely the next Research in Motion. Or perhaps the next Sony, Kodak, or Eastern Airlines--all of which were once world-class brands that

Etsy represents the best and worst of the world’s creativity, or lack thereof (old doesn’t equal kitschy). With the magic of the internet, you can buy original handmade crafts and vintage treasures from all over the world. It’s a beautiful thing, but we

As New York Giants fans crowded into lower Manhattan for this morning’s ticker tape parade celebrating the Super Bowl champions — covered live on all of the local TV stations — one of their most loyal fans was watching from above. Here’s a “60 Minutes” f

Woody Harrelson plays with social media fire, gets burned Well, my friends, we have another addition to the growing list of social media marketing disasters. This one stars Woody Harrelson! To promote his new movie Rampart — about “the most corrupt cop y