Below are articles from Chicago tech news sources, including TECH cocktail, Midwest Business, and others. They’re mashed up via Yahoo! Pipes, and of course you can grab the feed if you’d like.

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ITA CityLIGHTS Gala 4/29, Nominations Due 3/19 - Back in 2008, TECH cocktail received the ITA CityLIGHTS Award for having “significant impact on the Illinois technology community.” You can watch the TECH cocktail acceptance speech here. It’s that time of the year again and ITA is calling for nominations as the awards gala fast approaches. CityLIGHTS is Illinois’ annual celebration of vitality and [...]

The May Report, 3/10/2010: Bulletin: Groupon finds coupons have hidden... - Click to read the full May Report. Remixed by Windybits!

midVentures25: Midwest Startups Compete for $$$ - Twenty-five of the most promising technology startups from the Midwest will have a chance to showcase their companies—and compete for over $7,500 in technology and legal services, computer hardware, and free online advertising—Thursday in Chicago at midVentures25. A group of young entrepreneurs created midVentures25, to spotlight technology startups and match them with the region’s wealth of [...]

The May Report, 3/8/2010: A very full report: Did The Next Big Sound m... - Click to read the full May Report. Remixed by Windybits!

Kartemquin Films: 44 Years of Documentary Films - Editor’s Note: This video episode was created by Tim Jahn, a longtime Chicago TECH cocktailer and storyteller who produces the online video series, Beyond The Pedway focused on better telling the local business stories in Chicago. You can follow Tim on Twitter: @timjahn. In this episode, I’m chatting with the folks at Kartemquin Films, a documentary [...]

Silicon Prairie Social is helping put on TEDxNaperville - Yes, it’s been a long time since our last event. Have we been resting easily and taking a long Winters nap? Hardly. Many people at past events have been asking about taking the Silicon Prairie Social to the next level. And I think we’ve figured it out! We are proud to announce a new event, TEDxNaperville. [...]

The May Report, 3/3/2010: Drew Clark to lead state's broadband develop... - Click to read the full May Report. Remixed by Windybits!

The May Report, 3/1/2010: What a glorious way to end marchFIRST! The f... - Click to read the full May Report. Remixed by Windybits!

The May Report, 3/1/2010: Second report for today: I just love the FIR... - Click to read the full May Report. Remixed by Windybits!

The May Report, 3/1/2010: Third report of the day, and what a day it i... - Click to read the full May Report. Remixed by Windybits!

The May Report, 3/1/2010: Former Daley tech advisor and Obama fundrais... - Click to read the full May Report. Remixed by Windybits!

NogginLabs Talks E-Learning Software - Editor’s Note: This video episode was created by Tim Jahn, a longtime Chicago TECH cocktailer and storyteller who produces the online video series, Beyond The Pedway focused on better telling the local business stories in Chicago. You can follow Tim on Twitter: @timjahn. In this episode, I’m chatting about e-learning with the folks at NogginLabs, a [...]

50 For The Future Seeks Top Tech Students - The Illinois Technology Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit organization dedicated to fueling the young technology talent and human capital pipeline through facilitated collaboration between academia and industry, has begun accepting nominations for 50 for the Future, an event honoring Illinois’ most promising technology students. 50 for the Future is designed to provide students using [...]

Are Local Coupon Aggregators the Next Big Thing? - There’s a growing wave of local services such as Groupon and LivingSocial that harness the power of their subscriber bases to offer deeply discounted daily deals that you can take advantage of. They cover a wide range of cities and all you have to do is sign up to get their daily email. LivingSocial has done [...]

Motorola mum on plans to move handset business to California - (Crain's) — Motorola Inc. won’t say whether it’s planning to move the headquarters of its phone business from Libertyville to California once it breaks up the company a year from now. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Sanjay Jha, CEO of the handset business, is considering a ...

The May Report, 2/23/2010: Many goings-on at Motorola including depart... - Click to read the full May Report. Remixed by Windybits!

Motorola set-top box exec leaving to head electronics firm - (Reuters) — Motorola Inc. said Monday that Dan Moloney, the head of its television set-top box business, has decided to leave the company to become chief executive officer of electronics components maker Technitrol Inc. The announcement comes after Motorola revealed a plan to separate the ...

Think Tank Live! Addresses Web Marketing Trends - Editor’s Note: This article was contributed by longtime Chicago TECH cocktailer David Dalka. You can follow him on Twitter at @dalka. If you are in the Chicagoland area you might want to head up to Milwaukee to the one-day seminar, Think Tank Live! Digital Marketing & Social Media Summit. The event, on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, [...]

Illinois gets 1st stimulus funds for broadband access - (Crain's) — Far West DeKalb County won $13.2 million in federal and state money to improve Internet access, the state’s first broadband access grant under the federal stimulus program. Illinois is seeking more than $400 million from the $7.2 billion set aside for states and localities that ...

Motorola buys Israeli tech firm BitBand - (AP) — Motorola Inc. said Friday that it has closed its acquisition of Israeli company BitBand Technologies Ltd., which makes equipment that enables the viewing of video over high-speed Internet connections. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. BitBand's operations will be integrated ...