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Dare to Wear New Technology

Anyone else out there a techie and fashionista all in one? Well have we got the find for you! A company based out of London, England, called Cute Circuit, sells.

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Interview with Fred Hoch of Illinois Technology Association (ITA)

Recently I sat down to talk to Fred Hoch, President of the Illinois Technology Association to discuss the organization’s short yet successfully history and the state of the technology scene.

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“Return on Engagement” by Tim Frick gets it right

Tim Frick is the author of ‘Return on Engagement’ and the founder of Chicago based agency Mightybytes, which just won an ‘Award of Excellence’ from the 16th Annual Communication Awards..

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Shift Happens at HaveMyShift.com

HaveMyShift.com is a Chicago startup, founded by Sean Corbett, that provides an online exchange for hourly shift workers.  The concept is simple.  As an hourly employee, such as a barista.

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University Multimedia Boot Camp Utilizes Social Mapping Platform

Incoming master’s students, at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, took part in a six-week news writing and reporting course resulting in the Secs in the City website.

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How Kris Peterson Created A Successful Daily Deals Company From His Kitchen Counter

Kris Peterson was simultaneously training for the Chicago marathon and buying tons of Groupons. He couldn’t use all the Groupons he was buying and ended up losing the money he.

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In-Game Sponsorship – The Way of the (Mobile Advertising) Future

Tap Me Inc. is revolutionizing the mobile gaming experience, providing an attractive solution for both advertisers and gamers. Currently, most mobile advertising is done through banner ads or other web technology which link to an outside website. If a user chooses to click on the advertising, his or her gaming experience is interrupted while he or she is connected to an outside site. Tap Me Inc. provides a seamless user experience by integrating advertising directly into the game, using what they refer to as an “in-game sponsorship and rewards system”.

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Google announces Instant search

On Wednesday Google announced its latest enhancement called Instant. Instant is a smart feature that predicts what you’d like to search and displays results as you type. For example, if.

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Adventures in Epublishing: Step 2

If you’ve been following me here on Flyover Geeks, you may have seen the initial Adventures in ePublishing article. I’ve been following epublishing genius J.A. Konrath as I’ve traveled down.

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Watch out Twitter, PingGadget Is Coming For You

PingGadget hit my radar last week and I immediately thought to myself, “Oh great, a twitter clone that isn’t Twitter but wants to be. Lame.” Being dedicated to reporting on all the tech news in Flyover Country requires me to investigate and report on every story that I think would interest our readers and so I checked out PingGadget just to see what, exactly, made them think they could take on twitter.

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