Motorola touts battery life, ‘relationship status’ of updated phones
Motorola Mobility on Tuesday unveiled three smartphones — a beefed-up budget Moto G and two new versions of its higher-end Moto X — that it says will feature all-day battery...
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Motorola mystery event prompts speculation on Moto G, Moto X, more
Chicago-based Motorola Mobility has invited the media — and anyone who wants to tune into its livestream — to a mystery announcement Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. CT. Journalists recently...
Twitter may censor your funny tweet — no joke — if you stole it
I tweet at @aminamania and call my Twitter followers Aminamaniacs. OK, not really. But if I did call them that and failed to credit @MusicAdamT, who suggested the idea in...
BauBax shatters Chicago Kickstarter record, heads toward $3 million
Step aside, Floating Record. Chicago has a new Kickstarter champion. The BauBax travel jacket has raised more than $1.9 million on the crowdfunding platform — putting it well past the...
SpiderOak raises $3.5 million to store data with ‘zero knowledge’
Is encryption enough? Ask Ashley Madison users, and they might say it's a bare-minimum security requirement. But data breaches aren't the only reason individuals should care about online privacy, said...
Google Geek Street Fair gets Chicago kids acquainted with STEM
Ask STEM advocates how to increase participation in science and tech and they're likely to say, "Get kids interested early." Many cite studies that show middle school as the age...
Tipsy? Luxe will drive you home, even to the suburbs, in your car
Out late and had too much to drink? On-demand valet startup Luxe will drive your car home — with you in it. San Francisco-based Luxe on Friday expanded its Drive...
Nicole Yeary to guide WiSTEM, 1871’s women-in-tech program
What does 1871 Chicago's fledgling initiative for female founders need to make an impact? A partnership with one of Chicago's leading connectors of women in tech could be one thing....
Groupon buys OrderUp food delivery service
Groupon announced Thursday it has acquired OrderUp, an on-demand food delivery startup based in Baltimore, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition gives Chicago-based Groupon — known for its deals at...
Civis Analytics takes Obama data lessons to next level
Dan Wagner, CEO and founder of Chicago data science startup Civis Analytics, thinks he can make crunching big data cheaper and faster than anyone. As chief analytics officer of the...