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(AP) — Yahoo Inc. is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
The combination will let people and companies order from more than 20,000 takeout restaurants in over 500 cities, the companies said.
(Reuters) — Jana Partners, a leading activist hedge fund firm run by Barry Rosenstein, has taken a liking to one of the most beaten-up technology stocks, giving a fillip to the Chicago firm's share price.
Mailbox for iPhone/Gmail is a great app to combat inbox drift, the gradual accumulation of email that's neither compelling nor simple enough to warrant immediate action, yet isn't important enough to get your attention again later.
(Reuters) — Orbitz Worldwide Inc., the online travel agency, reported a quarterly profit on Thursday and forecast revenue for the current quarter above Wall Street's estimates, sending its shares up 23 percent above their high for the year.
(Reuters) — The European Commission said it believed Motorola Mobility, a unit of Google, was abusing its market position by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany over patents essential to mobile phone standards.
U.S. Cellular customers are finally going to be getting iPhones.
Chicago-based wireless telecom services company Telular Corp. will be acquired by a private-equity firm in a deal worth about $253 million.
(Reuters) — Communications gear maker Motorola Solutions Inc. cut its full-year revenue forecast, citing lower revenue from its enterprise business in the first half of the year.
(AP) — Arris Group Inc. closed on its acquisition of Motorola Mobility's TV set-top business.
(AP) — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology.
Two Midwest startups walked away with $100,000 apiece in a one-day fast-pitch event before an audience and a panel of judges. Others won, too.
(AP) — Shares of Groupon Inc. dropped Thursday after a UBS analyst labeled the online deals company's stock a "Sell."
Company will pay almost $5.7 million to settle a federal whistle-blower complaint.
Motorola Solutions Inc. paid its top executives a lot less in 2012, a year after it spun off its phone and set-top box businesses.
A new app guides visitors to famous works or those featuring naked people.
My shopping habits have evolved. And so has Groupon, aiming to become more of an online marketplace. That's the vision Andrew Mason was trying to sell before he was fired as CEO.
Andrew Mason's ouster yesterday as CEO of Groupon, the daily-deals company he co-founded, ends a particularly fascinating chapter in the evolution of Chicago's tech scene.
Chicago techies are taking the news of Groupon CEO Andrew Mason's ouster in stride.
George Campbell is on a mission to change minds about paper towels.
Nominate a young leader for Crain's annual 40 Under 40 honor. The deadline is Monday.
Details at ChicagoBusiness.com/40noms
Our annual roundup of Chicago's up-and-coming leaders also includes a look back on '40s' past.
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