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St. Louis Startups

Material Mix Founder Gives Tips On How To Recycle Holiday Waste

December 28, 2012

Material Mix founder and CEO Allison Carmen gives her tips on how to recycle holiday waste between now and the new year.

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Startups

How The Chicago Startup Scene Is Giving Back This Holiday Season

December 21, 2012

The Chicago startup scene has been especially generous this year. From collecting toys for kids to helping you look extra fly in your ugly sweater, here are four players in the Chicago startup scene that are giving back this holiday season.

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Flash Is Not Dead (Yet) And Other Lessons From Adobe’s Create The Web Tour

December 14, 2012

As the final leg of Adobe’s Create The Web Tour draws near, one question remains in the front of web designers’ minds around the world: is Flash dead? The answer is no, according to Adobe team, as the crowd snickered during the company’s last U.S. presentation before heading overseas.

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Editorial St. Louis

4 St. Louis Startups Making Black Friday Weekend Bearable

November 23, 2012

If you do decide to go out and shop this weekend, here are four St. Louis startups making products that can help you bring a little bit more sanity back into your life.

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Editorial

Microsoft Vs. Apple: A Tale of Two Stores

November 5, 2012

Last weekend, I wandered into the Microsoft store with my husband and a friend to witness the fanfare of the Windows 8 release on Microsoft’s home turf. What I found was unexpected.

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Peapod Brings Virtual Grocery Store Concept To The U.S.

October 2, 2012

Virtual grocery stores have been popular in Asia long before we considered launching them here in America. Thanks to internet grocer Peapod, cities across the U.S. will soon have virtual grocery stores in hundreds of commuter rail stations in Boston, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Chicago.

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What Ever Happened To The Space Elevator?

September 29, 2012

What ever happened to the Space Elevator, every science fictionist’s guilty pleasure, and a once promising venue to bring the masses to space?

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Teensy Techli Tweets: iPhone5

September 21, 2012

Happy iPhone 5 launch day! To celebrate, check out this iPhone 5 Teensy Tweet by the creator of the hilarious “Goodnight Burbank” TV show, Hayden Black.

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Celebrating Ingenuity At Portland’s Mini Maker Faire

September 17, 2012

The Mini Maker Faire events happen in cities across the world as part of the larger Maker Faire movement based on the original faire held in San Mateo, California in 2006. Unlike art fairs where the work is available to purchase and not to touch, Maker Faires are meant to be experienced.

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Smart Cars Go Mainstream With Car2go

September 14, 2012

If you’ve ever seen a smart car zipping around town, it can be hard not to point and laugh. But a new service called car2go is actually making smart cars look cool thanks to their technology forward user experience.