Northwest Missouri State University released a report this month that shows the favorable effect that the Northwest Small Business & Technology Development Center has had on area businesses in 2012. The report found that the center played a role in creating 21 new businesses and helped to increase sales across the region by $15.8 million.
A new law goes into effect in 2013 in Illinois that bans employers from demanding credentials and access to their employee’s social networking accounts.
This month St. Louis company Mobile Rhino released a new app that will allow iPhone and iPad owners to take an insurance plan on their coveted Apple devices.
Chicago startup Payment Over Mobile Solutions (POMS) is gearing up for a big year, with plans to introduce its new convenient platform that gives the banking underserved a way to send payments.
Chicago artist Brittany Ransom has hacked the control circuit on a bionic cockroach to crowdsource the insect’s movement via Twitter.
Jim Carrington, the president of the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, confirmed today that the center will continue to invest in lab procedure automation robots.
Startups like Lyft and SideCar are subverting the municipal nightmares and lawsuits that personal driver startups like Uber have been battling in many cities. That’s because Lyft and SideCar connect riders with friendly folks who are willing to give rides in their personal cars, no taxi medallion required.
Whimseybox, a Houston, Texas based startup that delivers monthly DIY projects and craft subscriptions to your door, shared their new year’s resolutions this week. Because the team is a naturally crafty bunch, most of the team’s resolutions center around starting and finshing DIY projects.
If you were afraid that the temporary Microsoft kiosk at the St. Louis Galleria would pack it in and head back to Washington after the holidays, fear not. St. Louis is one of the cities in the U.S. that has hosted a temporary store that will transition to a permanent retail location in 2013.
In April, high school students from abound the country will convene at America’s Center in downtown St. Louis to compete for glory. They won’t by using their sporting skills, but rather their engineering skills to decide who will come out on top.
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