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Update: Towncar Service Uber Threatened By DC Legislation 2

By Jon Christian July 9, 2012

Update: The amendment was shelved today at a breakfast meeting "in the wake of a rampant backlash," according to DCist.  Classy town car service Uber has became a darling of the startup world since its inception last year due to an appealing reservation system, slick marketing and a swift...

Ticketing Service Tikly Aims To Respect Bands, Venues 3

By Jon Christian July 9, 2012

Twenty-two-year-old band manager Emma Peterson founded online ticketing service Tikly to give...

Groapp Helps Startups Stay Organized 4

By Irina Papuc July 9, 2012

Young entrepreneurs face many challenges. Wading through the ocean of web apps that come with...

St. Louis Arch Grants Competition: Finalist Fun Day 5

By Edward Domain July 9, 2012

Who said raising money is all work and no play? With the competition portion complete, the...

Crowdfund Your App Idea With Appsplit 6

By Techli Team July 9, 2012

Do you want to build an app, but need a way to pay for it? Well, there's an app for that. How...

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Startup StyleSeek Raises $1M To Be ‘Pandora For Men’s Fashion’ 7

By Edward Domain July 9, 2012

The assumption in e-commerce has always been that women spend time shopping online for clothes and...

Become A Game Designer, No Coding Required With GameSalad 8

By Techli Team July 8, 2012

Thanks to the explosion of mobile and social media games like Angry Birds and Farmville in the past...

For Shiftgig, A Smart, Dedicated Dev Team Is The Key To Success 9

By Corey Cummings July 8, 2012

What’s in a team of developers? For one Chicago startup, having a highly knowledgeable and...

CEO Sundays: 3 Disruptive Startups That Are Revolutionizing Traditional Industries 10

By Guest Post July 8, 2012

A new crop of startups have emerged to dethrone certain industries that have gone...

Fetchnotes Grows To 18,000 Users With Stream Of Steady Updates 11

By Corey Cummings July 8, 2012

Fetchnotes co-founders Alex Schiff and Chase Lee / Image credit: AnnArbor.com Fetchnotes, the most...

DARPA: Look To Muscle, Sinew, Viscera For Robot Innovation 12

By Jon Christian July 8, 2012

It's extraordinary to consider how much humans and other animals are able to do with energy their...

Comedy Service Lolflix Continues Louis C.K.’s Distribution Revolution 13

By Corey Cummings July 7, 2012

It looks like Louis C.K.’s digital distribution revolution is continuing to make waves in the...

Finding Higgs: CERN Physicist Dishes Out What’s Next 14

By Irina Papuc July 7, 2012

Physicists had good cause to celebrate this Fourth of July. In what marks a milestone in physics...

Def Leppard Circumvents Unfair Digital Rights 15

By Corey Cummings July 7, 2012

Since the advent of digital music, the Recording Industry Association of America has been...