New Bang & Olufsen speaker tower carries $39,000 price tag
Bang & Olufsen is making noise at CES. The company, whose U.S. operations are headquartered in Deerfield, on Wednesday touted its new wireless BeoLab 90, a speaker that allows users,...
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AT&T to launch smart cities initiative in Chicago
Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas will get an AT&T smart cities network of free services that could help city officials more efficiently manage and give tools to residents to avoid some...
Turkish import Monument at CES with personal cloud photo storage
One of the newest companies on Chicago's tech scene is at CES with a personal cloud photo storage device it says will eliminate the need for subscription services. The Monument...
Groups gear up to boost Chicago’s black tech community
The Code2040 Entrepreneurs in Residence program is leading an effort to map all the black and Latino tech founders in Chicago so investors can find them, while other initiatives are...
CES increases security, bans rollerbags for 2016 electronics show
CES, the nation's premier consumer tech show, has announced increased security measures that will place restrictions on bags and subject attendees to body patdowns at the Jan. 6-9 expo in...
Gesture-control tech of ‘Minority Report’ may reach your conference room
Futuristic tools in the Tom Cruise blockbuster "Minority Report" and the "Iron Man" series are now a reality: The designer who brought that gesture-based technology to life now sells it...
Blogger, Web strategist Luvvie Ajayi has made a brand for herself
Chicago's Luvvie Ajayi reaches a pop-culture savvy audience of black women and others with her blog Awesomely Luvvie, and some of the nation's biggest brands have taken notice. Comcast hired...
U.Pitch competition shows off a harvest of student startups
Leave it to a Midwestern entrepreneur to take seed capital literally: Iowa inventor Joshua Doering's Seed Slide farm gadget took first place at a Future Founders pitch event in Chicago....
‘Tis the season for package-delivery startups to show their stuff
Few things dampen holiday cheer like a porch full of sleet-covered packages. As e-commerce shopping rises, a new fleet of package-focused startups has cropped up, letting shoppers have a little...
Chicago’s Da Lobsta turns down ‘The Profit’ investment
Chicago quick-service lobster roll restaurant Da Lobsta rejected a lifeline from entrepreneur-investor Marcus Lemonis on CNBC's "The Profit" Tuesday in an episode that brought some sharp words from the series...