Chicago startup Payment Over Mobile Solutions (POMS) is gearing up for a big year, with plans to introduce its new convenient platform that gives the banking underserved a way to send payments.
Jim Carrington, the president of the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, confirmed today that the center will continue to invest in lab procedure automation robots.
If you were afraid that the temporary Microsoft kiosk at the St. Louis Galleria would pack it in and head back to Washington after the holidays, fear not. St. Louis is one of the cities in the U.S. that has hosted a temporary store that will transition to a permanent retail location in 2013.
In April, high school students from abound the country will convene at America’s Center in downtown St. Louis to compete for glory. They won’t by using their sporting skills, but rather their engineering skills to decide who will come out on top.
Where Grindr, a geolocation mobile app for gay males that pivoted into Fab.com left off, Stagg is picking up. The new dating app has been in stealth for a year, and it launched this month to help gay men in cities across America find, rate, and date each other.
The cab-alternative startup has been kind enough to get together a few helpful tips for anyone looking to Uber their way across town on the busiest cab night of them all: New Year’s Eve.
Washington University in St. Louis is gearing up for a big influx of students in 2013, but the school won’t have to expand campus resources. Instead, students will be able to take for-credit classes at Washington University online thanks to a new program that is launching in 2013 called Semester Online.
CORTEX, St. Louis’ growing bioscience research park, has just closed a deal that will push the tech district toward completing Phase II of its 20 year plan.
The accelerator is now on track for a final demo day on January 8th, showcasing its first class of companies to the Chicago community to prove that startups can be both socially conscious and profitable.
The idea for Text Reject, a contemporary spin on the popular rejection hotlines, happened as most good ideas do: at Steak’N Shake over college break. In just a few short months, the concept has grown from a weekend project to become a semifinalist in the SXSW Student Startup Madness Competition.
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