Aug 31, 2011

The winners of the Apps for Metro Chicago have been announced and smart phone users city-wide rejoice. Previous Tech.li feature SpotHero was deemed the winer with a $5,000 prize. SpotHero is an app used to bridge the gap between the have’s and have-not’s of the ever-elusive Chicago parking spot. The disgruntled Chicago metro-area driver can reserve a spot...

Aug 31, 2011

Yesterday Flickr announced a new feature called Geofences that will help you to better manage your geo privacy settings for your photos. Geotagging the location of your photographs can add context to images, but it can also expose your location to anyone viewing your photos. A geofence is a special location that allows you to set up restrictions on who can see...

Aug 31, 2011

When I walked into the DePaul Student Center last Saturday for Social Dev Camp, I expected to see hoards of scrawny 20-something guys with iPads and flannel (forgive me if I’m jaded). Alas, this was definitely not the case. The ages of attendees ranged from early twenties to mid-sixties. People had traveled from all over the country to attend SDCChi,...

Aug 30, 2011

“You guys are evil. Canada’s the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don’t need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you’re broke because of medical bills.” – Justin Bieber via Rolling Stone Those words may be from a young pop star, but even he knows there is something wrong with the American...

Aug 30, 2011

Chicago Tech Talent – What’s the Problem? Let's not just talk about the perception or reality of a developer shortage in Chicago, let's solve it.

Aug 29, 2011

(Disclosure: Tech.li was a media partner of SocialDevCamp) I had every intention of writing a full guide on the two-and-a-half day goodness of SocialDevCamp this past weekend. I felt, however, that those who wanted to be there were, and those who didn’t wouldn’t be interested enough to read the article. So for those who wanted to go but didn’t or...

Aug 29, 2011

A beverage company solves a problem that is easy to understand – they quench people’s thirst. However, St. Louis-based Hexagrid focuses on a rather complicated problem: providing infrastructure for the cloud. Hexagrid is a software company that specializes in cloud enablement. They provide what is called Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), allowing...