Information Technology
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Like the sun, the use of solar is rising
Apr 23, 2016 5:34 am - Installing solar panels on your roof is not just for tree-hugging environmentalists. The increasing ease of the process and the financial returns have made going solar p...
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It's not just Snapchat's Bob Marley lens: Every face-swap app has a 'blackface' option
Apr 23, 2016 5:33 am - Wednesday, Snapchat launched an arguably racist Bob Marley filter that's making lots of people on the Internet mad. In a nutshell, the feature lets you wear Marley's fac...
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Prince had a complicated relationship with the Internet
Apr 23, 2016 5:33 am - People tend to look at a couple of things when considering what relationship Prince, who died Thursday, had with the Internet: His 2010 declaration that the "Internet's ...
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How Uber is trying to attract more hearing-impaired drivers
Apr 23, 2016 4:32 am - Wendell Pratt can't hear what his Uber passengers say about him, but he is used to reading their reactions when they learn he is deaf. Some stare at him through his rear...
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Analysis: Amazon's new strategy to steal Netflix customers - and keep them
Apr 23, 2016 4:31 am - Editor's note: Amazon chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos also owns The Washington Post. Amazon is rolling out two new offerings for would-be customers that could rad...
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Northwest suburban special ed group's technology helps all students learnApr 21, 2016 5:33 am - Bailey Burak may not be able to form sentences on her own, but using just her eyes she can direct her computer to tell her teacher when she's had enough to eat, ask ques...
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Infutor Data Solutions: Jeff BeardApr 21, 2016 1:00 am - PLAINFIELD - Infutor Data Solutions, a privately-held on-demand data solution provider, has named Jeff Beard Chief Operating Officer. Beard will oversee and drive all p...
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Magenium solutions achieves select certification from CiscoApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - GLEN ELLYN - Magenium Solutions announced today it has achieved Select Certification from Cisco. The Select Certification recognizes Cisco resale channel partners that ...
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Champion Medical Technologies debuts new name, websiteApr 19, 2016 1:00 am - LAKE ZURICH - Champion Medical Technologies, a provider of systems that help hospitals better manage implantable devices and tissue, has renamed itself Champion Healthca...
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Bioscience firm is first announced tenant for Innovation Park Lake County in LibertyvilleApr 18, 2016 1:00 am - The first announced tenant for the former Motorola Mobility campus along Route 45 in Libertyville is a village-based bioscience firm that plans to invest $27 million in ...