Author: Katherine Leonard
Ready to stray from your personal food norms and get a bit adventurous with restaurant choices? This selection of free apps will help you explore new cuisine types, browse …
If you attended Techweek 2012, chances are you’ve heard a thing or two about TaskRabbit. The online and mobile marketplace lets users outsource errands to people nearby so that …
A recent study from BtoB Magazine found that the number of business-to-business marketers engaging in content marketing nearly doubled in the past year, jumping from 18% in 2011 to …
Recent data from comScore shows that four out of five U.S. smartphone users visit retail sites from their mobile device. The study looked at mobile retail visitors throughout the month of …
Social media adds yet another wrinkle to the job search process. But why not turn your digital presence into a boon rather than a bane? You already know the …
These days the lonelybrand calendar is an ever-expanding a rainbow of afterwork Chicago tech community events. One shining star among the many is App Challenge Chicago, a hackathon that takes ideas …
A new report from Google shows that – surprise surprise – a mobile-friendly site is the key to a mobile visitor’s happiness and wallet. The survey asked 1,088 US adult …
You know that search engine optimization is important, but do you ever wonder what SEOs actually do on a day-to-day basis? SEOMoz provides biennial answers to this question with …
You’ve probably come across a TED Talk or two at some point in your Internet explorations. Whether it’s a subject of interest shared by a friend or a mind-boggling …
We know that luxury brands are turning to digital to reach affluent audiences, but do we know what these consumers actually want from a luxury brand’s digital properties? The Luxury …
Response to Apple’s iOS 6 Maps app hasn’t been pretty. The Web is ringing with cleverly critical headlines and, surprise surprise, an ironic Tumblr site has popped up, called …
While substantially underwhelmed by Apple’s latest hardware release, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the 200-plus new features in iOS 6. It’s a lot to sift through, …
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced yesterday that the 140-character platform is following suit with the rest of the social gang by incorporating a large cover photo into user profiles. The …
Next time you give a gift, wouldn’t it be nice to support a startup at the same time? That’s exactly what iOS app Just Because does. Pay just $1 …
Web users these days have an incessant hunger for visual content. Photo-based networks Pinterest and Instagram have filled the tech news pipeline for months now, and recent data proves …
At 7 million users strong, design-focused e-commerce site Fab.com knows a thing or two about user experience. But no one’s perfect – in fact, Fab.com fielded quite a few …
Lower prices don’t come without their shortfalls – not even when said low prices come from the world’s largest online retailer. When Jeff Bezos and team revealed the new …
At long last, Tim Cook and company shared the face of the iPhone 5 with the rest of us. While there were no big surprises, the release seems to …
With hours of lost productivity and profit as collateral damage, GoDaddy’s day-long DNS server outage illustrated the importance of DNS reliability for any company with a presence on the …
With over 70 awesome events planned from September 24-28, we can hardly wait for the excitement that is Social Media Week Chicago. In fact, there is so much great …
If you’ve set up a LinkedIn profile for your company, you know that they aren’t much to look at. Lucky for us, there’s a bit of a refresh in the works, …
At long last, Apple has confirmed its September 12 product announcement. If months of rumors didn’t quit convey what’s to come from Tim Cook and co., the press invite …
Earlier this week NPR’s All Things Considered aired a story called, “When a Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get Their Money Back?” The dialogoue raised a few important questions …
While Google launched the author tags system as a way to garner interest for Google Plus, it’s actually quite the benefit to the digital content producers of the world. …
As an avid traveler and a visually-oriented person, my late in-the-game discovery of Hipmunk was quite the goldmine of a find. The travel site focuses on a visual organization …
There are a million ways for consumers to start the online shopping process, from email to social media to good old fashioned recommendations from friends and family. As it …
Ninety seven percent of consumers check their personal email account every day – but that’s not too surprising, is it? The newsworthy bit here is not our inability to …
Technology has certainly found its place in politics over the past four years, as is especially apparent come election season. Be it for traffic, data mining or a means …
Location tagging is one that the big three social networks have in common – regardless of minute differences in platforms, users are now publicly sharing their location on Facebook, …
Mobile apps make our lives easier, turning time-consuming tasks into a breeze, adding a sepia tint to menial moments and keeping us on task when distractions run rampant. As …
