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Top Five Reasons NOT to Hire a Green Business Consultant

Top Five Reasons NOT to Hire a Green Business Consultant

The website I founded, GreenTechBuyer, matches homeowners and property managers with top local companies for appropriate green technology projects. There’s open access to basic

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Apps for Metro Chicago Announces Winners

Apps for Metro Chicago Announces Winners

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

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Flickr Introduces Geofences

Flickr Introduces Geofences

Yesterday Flickr announced a new feature called Geofences that will help you to better manage your geo privacy settings for your photos. Geotagging the

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Social Dev Camp 2011: A Proverbial Melting Pot

Social Dev Camp 2011: A Proverbial Melting Pot

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

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Why You Should Know Health 2.0

Why You Should Know Health 2.0

“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

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Chicago Tech Talent – What’s the Problem?

Chicago Tech Talent – What’s the Problem?

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

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SocialDevCamp: 5 Awesome Things and 5 Things You May Have Missed

SocialDevCamp: 5 Awesome Things and 5 Things You May Have Missed

(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

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Hexagrid Keeps Cloud Infrastructure Simple by Focusing on End Users

Hexagrid Keeps Cloud Infrastructure Simple by Focusing on End Users

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

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After the Smoke Clears: What the London Riots Said About Social Media

After the Smoke Clears: What the London Riots Said About Social Media

A couple of weeks ago, the London Riots were a mystery to a lot of people, including myself. How did they start and why

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Vignature Releases Android App, Hopes To Make Paper Signatures Irrelevant

Vignature Releases Android App, Hopes To Make Paper Signatures Irrelevant

[Dallas, TX] Vignature, an image-based electronic signature provider, released its consumer-facing Android app, SimplySign, earlier this month to complement its iPhone and web offerings.

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Sharethrough: Defining Video Distribution in a Digital World

Sharethrough: Defining Video Distribution in a Digital World

Two years ago, I had my first interaction with a fairly unknown startup, named Sharethrough, that tossed a lofty promise my way: the ability

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Steve Jobs Resigns From Apple

Steve Jobs Resigns From Apple

On an otherwise peaceful Wednesday afternoon, Twitter is all a-flutter as news of Steve Jobs’ resignation hits the web. Apple’s CEO has stepped down

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