The SEED Conference has announced
student scholarships and still has a few tickets left for non-students as well.
Digital mapmaker
Navteq said Tuesday it expanded its agreement with AOL-owned MapQuest to provide it access to all of the 73 countries in its map database, as well as future country releases.
Ogilvy Chicago was
awarded the task of redesigning Chicago2016.org should the city make the next round of cuts.
Planypus, the site that allows you to make and share plans with your friends, has just given a teaser of their upcoming
site overhaul.
A nice
writeup on Steve Misetic and
SaveChicago.org a fledgling database of hyper-local deals in Chicago that donates 50% of its revenue to area non-profit organizations.
Threadless has been known to do some pretty cool things and this Saturday they’re holding a huge Pinewood Derby
race in which
TechCocktail has an entry.
BarCamp Minnesota happened last weekend and the
MinneBar wiki does a pretty good job of making you feel like you were there and catching you up on what went down.
Several companies with Illinois ties made the
Aberdeen Group’s list of the 100 Most Influential Technology Vendors
Kevin Kometer has been
appointed Managing Director and CIO of CME Group, the company behind the CME and CBOT. Former CIO James Krause is retiring after 23 years.
Inkling Markets (YCombinator Funded and Finalist for ITA’s newcomer award) is getting ready for a relaunch with a
nice new look.
FeedBurner has started rolling out
Google Account Integration, one of the most anticipated features since the company was acquired by Google last year.
And we’re live…
On Twitter, check us out!
Footage from the ITA CityLights Awards held at Union Station
Orbitz has
announced its first quarter 2008 results, bookings were up 41% and the company posted a $15M Net Loss on Revenues of $219M for the quarter.
New program head Bill Myers
discusses the future of Motorola’s technology accelerator
Video from TechCocktail 7 at John Barleycorn
