Illinois – Page 10

How to Launch a Web App in 3 Minutes with Bloc

December 7, 2011

The programming education space is heating up as Jared Tame and Roshan Choxi launch Bloc, a site that lets you build and launch web applications in the browser

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Calling All n00bs – Learn How to Code with Code Academy

December 2, 2011

Code Academy is 12 week course that teaches you how to program. Founded by non-programmers and taught by experts, it teaches people who have never programmed.

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Chicago Startups

Energy Deregulation Startup Power 2 Switch Raises $1.3 Million

December 1, 2011

Chicago startup Power2Switch has raised $1.3 million dolars in financing. The energy deregulation startup allows individual and commercial electricity customers choose the electricity provider that powers their home or business.

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Don’t Lose Fido: Tagg Launches On CloudCraze Platform

November 28, 2011

Chicago- Qualcomm subsidiary Tagg launched its new ecommerce site today selling it’s GPS enabled pet location system on EDL Consulting’s CloudCraze platform. CloudCraze is the Ecommerce platform developed by Chicago’s.

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Chicago Editorial

Chicago And Champaign Spur Illinois Startup Growth

November 28, 2011

CHAMPAIGN, IL — It’s barely dawn in Champaign, and Yi Chen, 27, is in University of Illinois professor Logan Liu’s Nanobionics lab, poking delicately at gleaming blue wafers and crunching.

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Editorial

Editorial: Social Media Scares Off Condoleezza Rice And Hank Paulson

November 26, 2011

Chicago, Illinois- Here’s some old news: protesters use “media”, like leaflets and pamphlets, bullhorns and posters, to rally support and raise awareness for their cause. However, when people speak of.

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“Find & Replace” Function For Cells Speeds Up Genetic Research

November 21, 2011

ArborVita Associates (AVA), wants to disrupt the current process for performing genetic experiments on mice in order to facilitate faster genetic research that will lead to more discoveries and break-throughs.

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Chicago Startups

Impact Engine â€“ A New Chicago Accelerator for Social Startups

November 19, 2011

Last week I found out about a really cool program that excited me, as someone interested in social entrepreneurship and social enterprise in general, Impact Engine. Impact Engine is a.

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Chicago Editorial

Founder Stories From Kris Petersen

November 19, 2011

Entrepreneur and good human being Kris Petersen started his career as a cog in the wheel of corporate America. His dark-side experience includes over five years of technology consulting for.