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 Friday, Aug 31 Google-owned Waze is teaming up with Chicago-based SpotHero and the city to install beacons along Chicago's 5 miles of lower roads. The beacons will send a signal to drivers' cellphones, providing a positioning alternative to GPS when they head underground with Bluetooth and their Waze app on. |   | |
| Collectively, Chicago's top 10 Kickstarter campaigns raised almost $19 million. The success of some campaigns shocked even their founders, but the product rollouts were not without conflict. |
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| Before you go packing up your desk, it's a good idea to ask, "Am I entrepreneur material?" Here's a quick checklist to see if heading out on your own is right for you. |
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| You can't bring a weapon into a Chicago Public Library, and, for now, you won't be able to walk out with a 3D-printed one either. |
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| The suggestion that the government could come down on Google and the rest of the tech industry raises a natural question: What exactly can Trump do? |
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| Technology giants in the United States offer some of the country's most generous employee benefits, but the workers who mow the lawns or serve lunch in the company cafeteria — jobs that are often staffed by outside firms — tend to get far smaller packages. |
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