tech news from the flyover states – Page 3

Apple’s problem – $elling Mac$

September 3, 2010

Written by: Dario D. STILL, less than 4% of computers worldwide are Macs. I dislike that fact, because Macs are just as good as PC’s, in my opinion (not better,.

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Drink Deck hits Chicago- App to Follow?

September 1, 2010

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.

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Facebook Sues Teachbook – Blast from my Past

August 25, 2010

Today Wired magazine is running the story “Facebook Lawsuit Throws the -book at Social Networking Site for Teachers” (Its also here on Newser: “Facebook Sues Small Teacher Community Site” Here’s.

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JunoWallet: A 21st Century Spin on Gift Cards- “Must Have App”

August 25, 2010

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.

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IndyGeek.net Announces Rock Band 2 Competition!!!

August 25, 2010

Today I was contacted by a very cool guy by the name of John Fox. John is the brains behind the site IndyGeek and he was curious if I would.

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The Great Summer Tour that Wasn’t

August 20, 2010

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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Three September Events- FG looking for participants

August 19, 2010

September is going to be a BIG month in Flyover Country Flyover Geeks is having three separate events and we are hoping to continue having the community’s support. Dates are.

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Queue the Thunderdome

August 18, 2010

A couple of interesting things happened today: My weekly column launched on Crains: “A case for Chicago as SIlicon City” and, according to the editor, got “LOTS” of traffic. While.

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Chicago is the 21st Century Motown of Startups

August 17, 2010

January 12, 1959: Berry Gordy founds Motown Records at 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit and arrogantly puts a sign above the window that reads, “Hitsville U.S.A.” He had no customers.

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Why you need to be Really Mad, Right Now, about Net Neutrality (1789 Style)

August 13, 2010

Being in Flyover Country is interesting. On the one hand there are some amazing people doing some amazing things. This was true of my time in Silicon Valley, of course,.