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Heavy Rain Developer Pushing Facial Capture Tech Forward 2

By Techli 12 marzo, 2012

At the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco this week, studio Quantic Dream showed off an eight minute long clip highlighting their new facial capture technology. The demo titled Kara features an android being constructed and subsequently becoming self-aware. Its creator deems it...

Dining Dialog Wins $50,000 MillerCoors Grant 3

By Techli 12 marzo, 2012

Dining Dialog, a startup based in Bolingbrook, IL, recently won the 2012 MillerCoors Urban...

Chicago Techweek Gets New Executive Director; Pasky Out 4

By Techli 11 marzo, 2012

Arabella Santiago has been appointed the new Executive Director of Chicago tech conference...

SXSW: Gawker VP Talks About The Next Generation of Publishing 5

By Techli 11 marzo, 2012

"A lot of the stuff you see a few days later in mainstream media, you got from us first.  That...

Instagram May Soon Be Valued At $500 Million 6

By Techli 11 marzo, 2012

Instagram, the mobile image sharing app, is rumored to soon secure $40 million in financing. The...

Foursquare Hours – The Yelp Killer? 7

By Techli 11 marzo, 2012

Foursquare announced a new feature for merchants this week just in time for SXSW: hours. This comes...

SXSW: “Don’t Cut Your Toenails During a Pitch,” And Other Advice by Oren Jacob 8

By Techli 11 marzo, 2012

As an ex-"entrepreneur in residence" with August Capital, and the current CEO of  ToyTalk, Oren...

Don’t Go To SXSW; Crush Your Competition Instead 9

By Techli 11 marzo, 2012

SXSW kicked off on Friday, but you already knew that if you signed into Facebook or Twitter over...

SXSW: Meet Clarence, The Homeless Hotspot 10

By Techli 10 marzo, 2012

SXSW definitely has its cast of characters running around Austin this week, most of whom are...