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Dining Dialog Wins $50,000 MillerCoors Grant

Dining Dialog, a startup based in Bolingbrook, IL, recently won the 2012 MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneur…

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Chicago Techweek Gets New Executive Director; Pasky Out

Arabella Santiago has been appointed the new Executive Director of Chicago tech conference Techweek.  The…

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SXSW: Gawker VP Talks About The Next Generation of Publishing

"A lot of the stuff you see a few days later in mainstream media, you…

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Instagram May Soon Be Valued At $500 Million

Instagram, the mobile image sharing app, is rumored to soon secure $40 million in financing.…

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Foursquare Hours – The Yelp Killer?

Foursquare announced a new feature for merchants this week just in time for SXSW: hours.…

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SXSW: “Don’t Cut Your Toenails During Pitch,” And Other Advice by Oren Jacob

As an ex-"entrepreneur in residence" with August Capital, and the current CEO of  ToyTalk, Oren Jacob…

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Don’t Go To SXSW; Crush Your Competition Instead

SXSW kicked off on Friday, but you already knew that if you signed into Facebook…

SXSW: Meet Clarence, The Homeless Hotspot

SXSW definitely has its cast of characters running around Austin this week, most of whom…

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10 VC Blog Posts A Founder Can’t Miss

Entrepreneurship is a lonely road. Ask any entrepreneur and they'll tell you about the doubt,…

New iPad Games Treat Visual Impairment In People With Brain Conditions

Tablets are ushering in a visual-based learning revolution thanks to inventive games and interfaces. Visual…

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Boston Dynamics’ Cheetah Robot Runs 18 MPH

Boston Dynamics is working on a cheetah robot that can run up to 18 mph.…

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Don’t Gamify News

As if you needed more reasons to chase around digital badges on the internet, this…

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Adding Texture To Touch Screens

[youtube id="5X-9-57qG9Y" width="600" height="350"] Feel it to believe it? Finnish developer Senseg says they're sitting…

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Game Engine For An Entire Planet

[youtube id="ODPPNWXN1nc" width="600" height="350"] You've got the whole world in your hands,  at least according…

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Everything Is Awesome and No One Is Happy: Best Quotes From The Apple Event

The media reports leading up to the Apple event this week felt a little like…