Gadgets to keep an eye on your dog — and your dog’s walker
Adoring pet owners saw their worst fears realized last week when news reports shared video that showed the owner of a Chicago pet-care company violently kicking a client's beagle in...
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Elon Musk
Beginning Monday, the National Geographic Channel delves into the competitive rivalries that propelled great innovative minds. "American Genius," an eight-part series, will feature re-enactments of historical figures of innovation who...
National Restaurant Association taking strongly to technology
Respect the tech. That sentiment's growing in the food service industry, where restaurants are using it to bring in customers, offer better service and help run their operations more efficiently,...
Cleantech Innovation Bridge connects 16 startups to 3 industry giants
Wind Secure aims to protect anchor bolts in wind turbines from corrosion. Spider9 provides what it considers smarter energy-storage control systems for a variety of customers. SparkCognition works to, among...
Küdzoo app: a Chicago resident’s attempt to spur academic engagement
Chicago entrepreneur Trevor Wilkins remembers when his parents would give him $10 for an A and $5 for a B in high school. He used that as inspiration for a...
Blue Sky Live event: How to recruit and challenge innovative employees
Here's one way to seek out innovative talent for your company: Give job candidates two hours and 40 bucks, send them outside on a cold winter day in Chicago, and...
Clean Energy Trust report touts increase in Illinois ‘clean’ jobs
Illinois' clean-jobs sector now employs more than 104,000 people, an increase of 7.8 percent since 2013, the Clean Energy Trust said Tuesday as it released findings of its second industry...
UberEats launch misses mark for us on both delivery time, food
UberEats launched Tuesday in Chicago, promising lunch delivery to the Loop and River North in less than 10 minutes. But we found the service and food quality disappointing. Blue Sky...
YouTube’s 10th birthday and 5 videos that rocked Chicago
Ten years ago today, on April 23, 2005, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded the website's first video. A decade later, the grainy 19-second clip has reached almost 20 million views....
Chicago Public Library gives an ear to 6 companies on ISTC Demo Day
Electroninks says its conductive silver ink rollerball pens could reinvent circuitry classes that the Chicago Public Library offers, and Youtopia says its badge system could supplement a merit-based learning system...