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After $1B sale, Fieldglass founder Jai Shekhawat to leave company

May 20, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

A year after selling software company Fieldglass to SAP for more than $1 billion, founder Jai Shekhawat ? has announced he is departing the company. Shekhawat founded Fieldglass, which makes...

Caitlin Winner, a design manager at Facebook, posted an entry on her website called <a href="https://medium.com/@caitlinwinner/how-we-changed-the-facebook-friends-icon-dc8526ea9ea8" target="_blank">"How we changed the Facebook friends icon (and put ladies first)."</a>

New Facebook ‘friends’ icon moves female out of male’s shadow

May 20, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

Facebook is rolling out a new "friends" icon that puts women first. The redesign also remedies a chip on the shoulder of its former female icon. The makeover was done...

KnowledgeHound adding staff after $1.2M seed round

May 20, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

Market research data retrieval company KnowledgeHound said Tuesday it had closed a $1.2 million seed round led by Chicago investors to grow its staff. The Chicago-based company, founded by Kristi...

Don’t Judge Challenge: Why teens are getting ‘ugly’ for social media

May 20, 2019 at 9:54 p.m.

Teenagers across the country are applying fake eyebrows, acne and blacked-out teeth — for a new viral social media trend called the "Don't Judge Challenge." The videos — posted to...

Table tennis company Killerspin has launched a partnership with an Italian resort to offer "Killerspin Paradise," a table tennis package complete with training at a skills academy and a $2,000 table.

Killerspin launches table tennis ‘Paradise’ on Mediterranean island

May 20, 2019 at 9:54 p.m.

For golf die-hards, there's Scotland. For surfers, there's Waimea Bay. And for table tennis players, one Chicago company hopes they'll think of Sardinia. Table tennis company Killerspin says it has...

ChicagoNext chief Phil Nevels leaving to join NextGen Angels

May 20, 2019 at 9:53 p.m.

Phil Nevels, executive director of the World Business Chicago's tech council ChicagoNext, has announced he is leaving the role to lead a Chicago offshoot of an angel network based in...

Northwestern’s Garage aims to be engine for student entrepreneurs

May 20, 2019 at 9:53 p.m.

A new student incubator was designed to get a little messy. Northwestern University's new on-campus innovation facility The Garage, which opened this month, has been billed as a hub for...

Online grocer Peapod is partnering with FarmLogix to sell seasonal and local produce to consumers.

Peapod, FarmLogix pair to deliver produce boxes from local farms

May 20, 2019 at 9:53 p.m.

Grocery delivery company Peapod wants to bring the farmer's market to your doorstep. Peapod has teamed up with Evanston-based Farmlogix to offer local produce boxes to customers this summer in...

Techweek talks: Chicago dreams and venture-funding realities

May 20, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

Techweek Chicago returned to Merchandise Mart this week, compressed and reformatted but as frenzied as ever. As always, it featured many of Chicago's business and civic leaders, who trumpeted Chicago...

Groupon wants to pay you $100K to do the ‘world’s easiest job’

May 20, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

Do you consider yourself really, truly talented at doing absolutely nothing at all? Do you prefer the inside of your eyelids to the exhausting company of others, and do you...

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