Google Is Dead

And I think Mark Zuckerberg is inviting all of the Valley over for a dance party on GOOG’s grave.And I think Mark Zuckerberg is inviting all of the Valley over for a dance party on GOOG’s grave.

A few months ago, I published a piece on Tech.li about my purchase of seven shares of Google stock. Well, I figured that it’s only right to set the record straight: Google punched right through a protective trailing stop in July. I made money on the trade, and I’m rather contented by this.

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Find Venue Sociability With SceneTap

SceneTap is a Chicago startup. The provide venues with a way to track their sociability. Users are able to find out gender demographics and how filled a venue is.

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RedRadius Launches Beta Geo-Locating App

RedRadius will be launching their beta 1.0 version geo-location application through local Chicago events at the end of September.

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Taxi Share and Finch Beer Partner for Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign

In 2009, serial entrepreneur and branding guru Ben Fench needed an escape from the client-service world. Finch is the co-founder of The Killswitch Collective, a digital marketing agency that boasts.

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Uber Brings Its On-Demand Car Service to Chicago

You might have seen Uber’s fleet of town cars roaming the streets of Chicago over the past month. The on-demand car service has been quietly testing in the city, and.

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Shortlist: Helping Smart People Meet Faster

In 2009, what is now Shortlist was called A Space Apart, an internal facing social network run through coffee shop WiFi networks. When logging in to the network, patrons could.

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DailyDac: Find the Best Investment Deals in One Spot

For investors, the most important thing is finding the next project to get your hands onto. DailyDAC, a business deal aggregator in Chicago, can help you find new projects and investments in one easy place.

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TaskRabbit Hops into the Windy City

Today TaskRabbit — the service platform that connects neighbors to get things done — is launching in Chicago. The collaborative service makes it easy to post anything you need done.

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Chicago Tech Talent: The Series

My first article for Tech.li — “Chicago Tech Talent – What’s the Problem?” — got some great traction and comments. I want to say thank you to all of you.

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Health IT is Broken & A Revolution Is Needed To Fix It

Would you trust your healthcare to electronic medical record systems that were developed using old technologies with a goal to simply replace paper, not improve on that paradigm?  Right now,.

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