John Pletz
Reporter, Crain's Chicago Business
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Tech reporter, blogger at Crain's Chicago Business.
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Former YouBet execs lay down $1.5M on Fandium, mixing social networking and sports betting. chicagobusiness.com/article/201305…
Google's 'moonshot captain' on key to #innovation: if you aren't breaking prototypes, you're not trying hard enough. chicagobusiness.com/article/201305…
Here are the details on @GrubHub's merger with @Seamless, what it means for Chicago's tech community. ow.ly/ldEZM
@GrubHub orders up Seamless merger in all-equity deal, stays in Chicago, keeps co-founders, investors onboard. chicagobusiness.com/article/201305…
Snack on this: @TechCrunch says rumor mill has @GrubHub talking merger with rival Seamless. chicagobusiness.com/article/201305…
RT @karaswisher: Worst tumblr post as yet: absolutely zilch effort at actual reporting does not stop uninformed bloviating http://t.co/4KTT…
Is Yahoo's Deal to Buy Tumblr Going to Fall Apart?
theatlanticwire.com — That rumored $1 billion offer from Yahoo! to buy Tumblr? It's looking like a forgone conclusion at this point. But things are messy and speculative and there are already doomsayers predicting this is a bad idea for everyone involved. But mostly they're predicting it's bad for Yahoo!
Fascinating, slightly scary story about #bigdata uses from Der Spiegel. m.spiegel.de/international/…
Big Data Enables Companies and Researchers to Look into the Future
spiegel.de — On balmy spring evenings, Hamburg's Köhlbrand Bridge offers an idyllic postcard view of the city's harbor. The Elbe River shimmers in the reddish glow of sunset, forklifts, cranes and trucks seem to move in slow motion, and occasionally a container ship glides by.
You won't have @andrewmason to kick around. He's heading west to SF and Ycombinator to figure out his next gig. chicagobusiness.com/article/201305…
. @TheImpactEngine revs up for a second lap, accepting applications for new class. chicagobusiness.com/article/201305…
RT @CrainsChicago: We're not quite as bad as Ohio, but people from Illinois curse more than most states: shar.es/Zgw77
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