Since the Great Recession, employment in Wisconsin has rebounded and then some. There are almost 72,000 more jobs in Wisconsin than its pre-recession peak, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. In Madison, employment has grown 16% since 2008...
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Shareway to Heaven is currently available in the Google Play Store
Shareway to Heaven, a Milwaukee-based mobile playlist sharing app, is now available on the Google Play Store. The app allows anyone to listen to music playlists made by others around the world.
Kroger, Ocado Expand Customer Fulfillment Center Network
Kroger and Ocado have selected Pleasant Prairie, WI, as the sixth location for a high-tech customer fulfillment center (CFC). Kroger has partnered with Ocado to accelerate its ability to provide products to customers. In June, Kroger broke ground on its first CFC...
The Milwaukee-made app that wants to change how you do weekends
Milwaukee is the city of festivals. Especially during the summer, there always seems to be an event going on somewhere. With so much happening, it can make it tough to keep track of what's going on. However, a new Milwaukee-made app is trying to change all of that.
What happens to electric scooters in Milwaukee in the winter? How Bird, Lime, Spin plan for the snow
We all know that Milwaukeeans can brave harsh Wisconsin winters. But can the city’s fleet of electric scooters? After the season’s first significant snowfall coated southeastern Wisconsin on Halloween, e-scooters were back on Milwaukee streets the next day. What will...
Data Day Offers Insights on Using Data to Tell Stories and Effect Change
Data Day is a city-wide gathering of neighborhood leaders, data scientists, government leaders, and funders designed to share innovative and effective practices in using data to understand and take action on pressing community issues.
Meet Wisconsin Inno’s 2019 50 on Fire
Wisconsin Inno’s second annual 50 on Fire list is here! Today, we’re officially announcing the 50 people, companies and organizations that are heating up Wisconsin tech. You may be wondering, what exactly makes a company or individual on fire? Basically, it’s people...
Elumenati expects growth with move into Milwaukee’s Harbor District
Since 2003, Milwaukee digital technology company The Elumenati LLC has been building its immersive video projection systems for museums, science centers, laboratories and universities in the U.S., Portugal, the Middle East, South Africa, Canada and other destinations...
Milwaukee CEOs Count On Legacy-Industry Challenges To Lure Tech Workers
A handful of powerful business leaders in Milwaukee have coalesced around the goal of advancing a digital-tech-oriented transformation of one of America’s most industrially oriented cities. They’ll be closely watched by business and government leaders in other...
Cybersecurity summit urges companies to share hacking woes
About 60% of small businesses have been hit by a cyber attack. It has cost organizations more than $100,000 in lost revenue and there is also embarrassment of telling others. "A lot of times people don't want to share them and we need to culturally get over that,"...