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.
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.
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 systemâ€.
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.
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.
Social media provides a great vehicle for marketers, thought leaders, and individual contributors who share information organically. Despite the myriad of social media applications, many communicators still struggle to communicate accurately and effectively to their target audience. Meanwhile, the intended audience is left to their own devices to sort through mounds of superfluous information on a daily basis. n2, a new social media optimization and recommendation tool, offers a solution to those facing information and conversation overload.
by Benjamin J. Pavlovic Toasts were made, bongos were played and PuPus were consumed as Drink Deck held an exclusive media preview last Thursday at Trader Vic’s in Chicago. Entrepreneur.
JunoWallet is a San Jose based start-up whose co-founder, Chris Sweis, lives here in Chicago. JunoWallet is an app available for Android, iPhone and iPad devices that literally is giving.
If you are new to the city, looking to build new friendships, or just plain love food, there’s a new social networking group for you! Grubwith.us takes the social networking concept and turns it inside out. The website, whose tagline reads “the social dining experimentâ€, seeks to bring your social online network, offline.
Hello Flyover Geeks! This is my inaugural post so go easy on me. I’m the geek that will cover technology related social gatherings such as happy hours, social clubs, tech.
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