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SingleHop Snags $27.5 Million Investment To Expand Hosting Services 2

By Techli Team April 25, 2012

Chicago startup scene darling SingleHop, which provides web-hosting services for small businesses, has completed its first ever institutional financing, securing a $27.5 million round led by Battery Ventures. When we interviewed  SingleHop's founders Zak Boca and Dan Ushman last November,...

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Entrepreneurs, Advocates, Politicians Circle The Wagons Against CISPA 3

By Jon Christian April 25, 2012

A diverse, growing group of entrepreneurs, privacy and security advocates, and high-level...

Excelerate Labs Chooses 10 Startups 4

By Corey Cummings April 25, 2012

Excelerate Labs, a Chicago-based startup accelerator, has gone global this year with its selection...

Wireless Providers: Asking For Warrants Would Be Too Much Work 5

By Jon Christian April 25, 2012

Earlier this month, I wrote about research by the ACLU that found in many cases, police departments...

10 Greatest Startup Failures Of All Time 6

By Techli Team April 25, 2012

With all of the billion dollar valuations for startups being thrown around these days, it's easy...

Google Drive: Watch Out Dropbox 7

By Jon Christian April 25, 2012

On Tuesday, Google confirmed rumors that the company has been working on an online storage system...

Planetary Resources Announces Astroid Mining Program 8

By Corey Cummings April 24, 2012

In a move that sounds more like the plot of Armageddon than a plausible space endeavor, newly...

Minecraft Creator Settles Piracy Dispute With Deathmatch 9

By Corey Cummings April 24, 2012

The indie developer behind mega hit Minecraft is known both for his Swedish quirkiness and showing...

New York Announces NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress 10

By Techli Team April 24, 2012

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Nimble TV: Hasn’t This Been Tried Before? 11

By Jon Christian April 24, 2012

Startup NimbleTV will launch a beta “TV everywhere” service next week that will be the latest...

Submit Your Startup To Win $25,000 Worth Of Free UX/UI Design From AKTA 12

By Corey Cummings April 24, 2012

AKTA, a Chicago-based design and innovation web studio, has recently launched a contest where...

Most-Feared Bogeymen: IT Professionals 13

By Jon Christian April 24, 2012

Anonymous hacktivists, cyber criminals, and nation states top the concerns of IT security workers,...

Microsoft Sells 650 AOL Patents To Facebook For $550 Million 14

By Corey Cummings April 23, 2012

In a press release today Microsoft announced that it has sold 650 of its recently-acquired AOL...

Do Enterprise Social Media Platforms Actually Help Productivity? 15

By The Young Entrepreneur Council April 23, 2012

How do enterprise social media platforms like Yammer help your team stay on task and...