Tag: CHICAGO

A public school teacher in Chicago is under investigation for allegedly ridiculing one of her students on Facebook. Last week, 7-year-old Ukailya Lofton attached Jolly Rancher candies to the ends of her braids in celebration of her school's picture day. The hairstyle reportedly amused Lofton's computer teacher, who allegedly took a picture of the child with her cell phone and shared it on ...

Full disclosure before we move forward with this one: I went to the University of Chicago. For days I have been fielding IMs and staring at Facebook posts about this hookup site brouhaha. If I had my way, I'd perform a partial lobotomy to expunge any knowledge of UChicagoHookups.com. UChicago's unofficial tagline is "where fun comes to die." The site's is "where fun comes to thrive." Even ...

Chicago has broken new ground by becoming the first city in the U.S. to accept photo and video messages at its 911 center. Cell-wielding citizens can now send images and video captured with their mobile devices to the dispatch, which feeds that information to the crime prevention center. If the images are deemed relevant and sufficiently useful, they are then forwarded to first responders and ...

Rahm Emanuel wants to know who's imitating him on Twitter, and he's willing to pay to find out. During an appearance on the 'Roe & Roeper' radio show yesterday, the potty-mouthed politician said he enjoys reading the comically profane tweets from @MayorEmanuel, but wants to know who's behind them. "After the election, I am offering a donation to the charity of that gentleman or woman's choice ...

To announce his campaign for Chicago mayor, former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel took a page from his former boss's digital campaign playbook, and went directly to YouTube. In a video posted to his campaign website, Emanuel casually announced his candidacy from behind a desk, and divulged a few more details about his upcoming 'Tell It Like It Is' campaign tour. "As I prepare to run ...

While waiting for a Caribbean cruise liner to set sail from the Port of Miami last November, a Chicago native with an AT&T wireless card and Slingbox decided to catch the Bears vs. Lions football game on his laptop. The end result? A $28,067.31 bill from for international data charges, despite the ship never leaving the harbor. Apparently the card was picking up a signal it shouldn't have, ...

More bad news for proponents of municipal Wi-Fi networks: Chicago's free-wireless-for-the-citizens dreams have been put on hold. Early last year, Chicago embarked on a quest to become the latest big city in America to offer free Wi-Fi to its citizens. It seems, however, that negotiations broke down with potential partners EarthLink and AT&T. The main point of contention, according to the ...