Information Technology
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You won't be typing the rifle emoji into a text any time soon
Jun 25, 2016 7:11 am - If you prefer emoji to actual words, you can now read classic works like "Moby Dick," the Bible and Shakespeare's plays - adaptations include "YOLO Juliet" - in pictogra...
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How to find bad drivers on the road near you
Jun 25, 2016 7:10 am - The idea behind app Nexar is ambitious: create a type of air-traffic control system for the road. Catalog the cars in a given location, track dicey behavior and help dri...
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Google aims to make searching medical symptoms less terrifying
Jun 25, 2016 7:00 am - Even if you're not a hypochondriac by nature, jumping on Google to do some research when you have a mysterious headache or cough has been enough to make you one. For yea...
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Why this year's iPhone may be kinda lame
Jun 25, 2016 7:00 am - Rumor has it that Apple's going to seriously shake up the way it updates the iPhone — and you probably won't like it that much. For nearly a decade, Apple has alternated...
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Dropbox adds document scanning, creation tools in corporate push
Jun 25, 2016 7:00 am - Dropbox Inc. unveiled tools for scanning documents using a smartphone camera and for creating new Microsoft Office documents with the click of a button, as the file-stor...
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Analysis: The British frantically Googling what the EU is, hours after voting to leave itJun 24, 2016 1:00 am - The whole world is reeling after a milestone referendum in Britain to leave the European Union. And although leaders of the campaign to exit Europe are crowing over thei...
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MetroNet begins building fiber network in RomeovilleJun 24, 2016 1:00 am - ROMEOVILLE - Fiber-optic communications service provider MetroNet has begun construction of a multimillion dollar, 100 percent fiber network in Romeoville. Crews will be...
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INCubatoredu expands into 60 more schoolsJun 23, 2016 1:00 am - BARRINGTON - High school entrepreneurship program INCubatoredu is doubling in size, an expansion that includes more than 60 schools and more than 2,000 students across e...
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Molex to sponsor team in "BattleBot" TV showJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - LISLE - Molex will be a sponsor of Team Fast Electric Robots in season two of BattleBots, a television series airing this summer on ABC. The team's bot, "Splatter," will...
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COD students compete in NASA robotic mining competitionJun 21, 2016 1:00 am - GLEN ELLYN - For the second year in a row, College of DuPage was one of two community colleges invited to participate in the 2016 NASA Robotic Mining Competition held at...