SingleHop cloud-storage center reveals focus on security – and air conditioning
If you're looking for the Internet, it's in a warehouse off Grand Avenue in Franklin Park, near 25th Street and the train tracks, not far from O'Hare. Or at least...
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Technori Pitch: E-commerce and the ‘hybrid model’ of store, cyber
The future of e-commerce won't only be online, as bricks and mortar merchants use apps and other online tools to improve their businesses and online sellers add services generally associated...
NuCurrent, Molex announce deal on wireless charging technology
Chicago-based wireless charging startup NuCurrent is teaming with Molex, looking to embed its antenna technology into a growing portfolio of platforms for mobile devices, the company announced Wednesday. NuCurrent, which...
Chicago-based companies get in on the business of online giving
At her 2013 gala fundraising event, which included a silent auction, Jayne Drew noticed people checking their phones as they sat down to dinner. Rudeness? Certainly not to Drew, who...
Google’s purchase of Nest Labs shows potential in Internet of Things
Big exits this year are loosening venture capital cash for Internet of Things startups, even as the growing sector for tech-infused interconnected devices remains largely controlled by big-industry players. Hyde...
Chicago’s trending gift searches on Google: Ouija boards, Uggs
Consumers' use of smartphones to find holiday gifts continues to surge, and earlier marketing of Black Friday deals is boosting pre-Thanksgiving online traffic, according to November search data and consumer-survey...
A day of Internet of Things: Smart cars, health care, data security
Several panels of experts tackled everything from cars that will order your morning coffee to houses that will greet you as you walk in the door — offering congratulations for...
Chicago healthtech company Novaerus announces $10 million in funding
Novaerus, a Chicago-based company that specializes in air sterilization for health-care facilities, announced Wednesday $10 million in funding from two Boston-area investors. The investors are Polaris Partners, based in Waltham,...
Healthtech incubator Matter announces $4.4 million in private funding
Matter, a healthtech-focused startup incubator set to open early next year in Chicago's Merchandise Mart, announced Wednesday $4.4 million in private funding. Twenty-two local companies, most in the tech and...
New app aims to guide you through the college-application process
NextTier Education wants to turn applying to college into a game, sort of. The Chicago-based startup is fighting for a spot in the crowded field of digital platforms that help...