Facebook And Our Brave New World

Google’s unofficial slogan is “Don’t be evil.” I don’t think Facebook has a slogan. In this and myriad other ways, Facebook is post-Google.

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Mayor Emanuel to Dedicate New Chicago Tech Center

Earlier today we reported that Chicago is going to be opening a new technology center for startups. A technology center to bring Chicago’s entrepreneurs together has long been a wish.

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Chicago to Build a Technology Center for Startups

News broke today that four of Chicago’s technology leaders — including J.B. Pritzker — are launching a Chicago technology center for startups. While more than 100 people have been involved.

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[Video] The Imperial March on Disk Drives

“Floppy Disk Drive?”  You know, the things you used to put low density (or High Density) floppies into to load your sweet warez you downloaded from a BBS site back.

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What Baby Boomers Taught Millenials About Business and Life

My generation of young professionals — the Millenials, born mostly to Baby Boomer parents between 1975 and 1995 – is largely stereotyped by our elder predecessors as a hapless army.

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Study Predicts 41% of North American Mobile Users Will Buy the iPhone 5

An inMobi Smartphone study released on Wednesday announced that a whopping 41% of North American mobile users will buy the iPhone 5. If you already have an iPhone and were.

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TaskRabbit Interview: From Pet Owner to Entrepreneur

Earle Dickson’s wife was an awful cook — always cutting her finger. Annoyed by the long process of bandaging her wounds, Dickson, a doctor  with Johnson & Johnson, started preparing.

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Utellit Is Taking The “Lameness” Out of Text Messages

“How you doin’?” That phrase sounds a lot cooler when Friends character Joey Tribbiani says it than it does when I type it. This is the problem that a two-month-old.

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Heavy Rain with a Big Glass of Vodka

When I loaded up Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain and began to tread through its odd introductory prologue, I was confused. Simultaneously entertained and annoyed with having to enter complex button.

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Google Is Dead

And I think Mark Zuckerberg is inviting all of the Valley over for a dance party on GOOG’s grave.And I think Mark Zuckerberg is inviting all of the Valley over for a dance party on GOOG’s grave.

A few months ago, I published a piece on Tech.li about my purchase of seven shares of Google stock. Well, I figured that it’s only right to set the record straight: Google punched right through a protective trailing stop in July. I made money on the trade, and I’m rather contented by this.

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