“The success of a mobile app resides in the efforts exerted by the ones who develop it. The constant advancements in gaming technology have encompassed not only consoles but also mobile apps. With new iterations of gaming consoles released frequently, game developers and designers are facing a tough time coping with all these new changes...

“Of all the corporate headquarters moves from suburban Chicago to the city in recent years, none generated more buzz than McDonald’s abandonment of Oak Brook for new digs in the West Loop. A year after bringing 2,000 workers to the bustling Randolph Street corridor, the giant burger chain appears to have no regrets. Last week, CEO...

“Researchers at Stanford University have developed a “mixing entropy battery” (MEB) that can harness energy from the mixing of fresh and salt water. The energy created this way is sometimes called “blue energy.” According to a Stanford news release, the team’s objective is to apply the technology to coastal wastewater treatment plants and to use the...

“After intentionally leaking images of its own device last month, Google preannounced some the features coming to its Pixel 4 smartphone that’s set to launch this fall.”  Learn More Let’s Chat Below!...

“A small, mostly indoor farm in East Garfield Park is planning to expand into one of the largest urban agriculture operations in Chicago. Herban Produce, a nonprofit focused on growing leafy green veggies, is set to increase its capacity several times over after buying up several of the lots surrounding its location at 2900 W...

“Apple’s new credit card could launch as soon as the first half of August, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The Apple Card was officially unveiled in March alongside the company’s new gaming and video services. Apple has not said when the card will officially launch beyond saying that it’s set to debut in the summer.” Read...

“Talent is the top consideration among companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Salesforce, all of which have expanded in Chicago and other cities outside Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. Chicago’s tech talent pool got a little deeper last year. The number of tech workers grew 2 percent in 2018 from a...

“A multi-institution research team will deploy experimental technology next week to explore the deep scattering layers of the ocean. The team which includes marine scientist Kevin Boswell from Florida International University is looking for information about animals in the Gulf of Mexico that make up the scattering layers—those that undergo daily vertical migrations of 100...

“After announcing plans to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business, Apple is getting straight to work on a custom 5G modem. According to Reuters, this custom hardware could arrive in new Apple products as soon as 2021. Here’s what Reuters said, citing anonymous sources: A person familiar with the matter said Apple plans...