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Fighting Game Parody DiveKicks Onto Kickstarter

Due to overwhelmingly positive feedback and a growing fanbase, DiveKick, a fighting game that started out as a parody, has begun a Kickstarter campaign.

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Scholastica: Where Academic Journals Meet The Internet

Scholastica is a platform that allows academic journals of any size to manage their publishing efforts in an affordable, centralized cloud-based platform.

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Cards Against Humanity: The Party Game for Horrible People

Self-described as the “party game for horrible people,” Cards Against Humanity is a dark-humored, MadLibesque card game alternative not for the faint of humor.

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Uncorkd Demystifies The Wine List, Without The Snobbery

Chicago-based startup Uncorkd is focusing on demystifying the wine ordering experience for average diners by providing an interactive iPad menu to restaurants.

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Kwangala Project Bridge And SolarCubed Bridge The Digital Divide In Developing World

Techli caught up with two emerging social enterprise projects aiming to bridge communication with the developing world.

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Mocial is the New Social: Picking Howard Tullman’s Brain

How do we even begin to describe “mocial” to our grandparents? Could we ever really expound it? A mix of mobile + local + social, the term encompasses universal human concepts (“social,” “local,” the like) with vastly different connotations than their historical predecessors.

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Techweek Chicago 2012: This Year in Conference Swag

Let’s face it: the only perk second to learning about awesome new startups at a tech conference is the swag, and Techweek had plenty of it. How do the goodies stack up, and what hidden messages do they reveal about the companies they represent? Also, who had the coolest swag?

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Semi Truck-Sized Camera Set to Capture Vanishing Cultures

When we reflect on our childhood dreams, visions of Wild West exploits, adventures with exotic people, and working with cool magical contraptions come to mind. Dennis Manarchy is getting ready to do just that.

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CityMaps Now Charting The Chicago Area

After adding Boston last week, social mapping startup CityMaps has now expanded the service into the Chicago area.

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Chicago Tech Academy: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic And… Programming

With only three years under their belt the Chicago Tech Academy, or CTA, teachers and administration have been working hard to educate their students in the fast growing technology world.

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