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Tanvas, an Evanston-based startup developing technology that lets users feel images on their tablet and smartphone screens, announced a $5 million Series A funding round Tuesday. The company, formerly known...

The folks who scored a Kickstarter hit by hacking an antique gramophone horn into a Bluetooth speaker system are looking to turn the turntable on its ear. The Floating Record,...

IBM Chief Executive Virginia Rometty on Friday welcomed nearly 6,000 Northwestern University graduates into a world that she said will be defined by massive amounts of digital data being collected...

Chicago Kickstarter and design star Scott Wilson raised more than double his crowdfunding goal for a new Apple Watch kit in a campaign that ended this week. But it fell...

Techstars, a global startup accelerator that has operations in Chicago, on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Seattle-based UP Global, which runs startup events such as Startup Weekend in cities around...

Amanda Lannert ? and the company she leads enjoyed a big night Thursday at the fourth annual Moxie Awards. Lannert, chief executive at Chicago-based multimedia production company Jellyvision, won CEO...

Annie Mohaupt doesn't need a channel guide to know when the Science Channel's "How It's Made" is replaying an episode about her River West shoe company. She just checks her...

A Web application that puts powerful economic-modeling software in the hands of planners in poor countries won the University of Chicago App Challenge on Tuesday. Open Macro took home a...

Sprig, a popular meal-delivery service so far only available in San Francisco and Palo Alto, Calif., launches in Chicago on Tuesday, promising healthy, cooked meals in an average delivery time...