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Groupon shares top $5 for first time in months

May 21, 2019 at 1:42 a.m.

Groupon shares topped $5 in early morning trading Thursday, following a late-Wednesday earnings report that beat expectations. Shares of the Chicago-based e-commerce marketplace have not touched $5 since early March....

Groupon stock jumps 25 percent on earnings news

May 21, 2019 at 1:42 a.m.

Groupon stock jumped 25 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected news from the second quarter. Chicago-based Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN) beat analyst estimates on earnings per share...

MailControl raises $1 million to protect employees’ email

April 23, 2020 at 2:15 a.m.

Email has always been vulnerable, but a relatively new technique that lets senders track when and where emails are opened could ratchet up the threat. MailControl, a Chicago startup founded...

Can a viral video get Modobag off the ground?

May 21, 2019 at 1:40 a.m.

Modobag, a Chicago-based maker of motorized luggage, has finally landed a taste of crowdfunding success. It passed its $50,000 goal one day — and one viral video — after launching...

Users can use their fingerprint to unlock an iPhone.

3D-printed fingerprints could unlock dead man’s phone

May 21, 2019 at 1:39 a.m.

Is it possible to unlock a smartphone with a 3D-printed fingerprint? Michigan police hoping to get into a murder victim's phone have enlisted Michigan State University computer science and engineering...

Pokemon Go dating service is this startup’s Hail Mary

May 21, 2019 at 1:38 a.m.

Pokemon Go has prospective lovers bumping into each other all over the place these days. Project Fixup, an online matchmaking service, wants to take a more intentional approach to love...

AT&T will be the wireless network provider for Chicago's upcoming Array of Things sensor network.

AT&T to power Array of Things sensor network

May 21, 2019 at 1:37 a.m.

AT&T will provide internet access for Chicago's upcoming Array of Things sensor network, the company said. Five hundred nodes that will include technology to collect environmental, pedestrian and traffic data...

Illinois companies raised more money in Q2 thanks to one major deal

May 21, 2019 at 1:35 a.m.

Illinois just had its best second-quarter haul of venture capital in years thanks to a single deal, according to one national scorecard. SMS Assist, the Chicago-based technology company that helps...

Golchi reusable bottle doesn’t make you choose between hot and cold

May 21, 2019 at 1:35 a.m.

Coffee or ice water? A Kickstarter campaign from Evanston-based Golchi is pitching a reusable bottle that won't make you choose. Backers have already poured nearly $192,000 into the campaign as...

Former Match CEO Sam Yagan takes the helm at ShopRunner

May 21, 2019 at 1:34 a.m.

Former Match Group CEO Sam Yagan has a new job: CEO of members-only online shopping service ShopRunner. Chicago-based Yagan ? stepped down from running Match, a Dallas-based online dating group...

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