Archive : Tech

It used to be that you could walk through any BloNo neighborhood and find 5 out of every 10 wi-fi connections unprotected to strangers. These days, open wi-fi is not so ubiquitous with your average neighbor. Fortunately, several local businesses have stepped up to provide free wireless internet for its patrons and a comfortable environment for cruising the web: The Uptown and Downtown Coffee Hound Despite ...

Krista Gaff knows: if your techie husband is having a birthday, there’s an app for that. You just need to make it out of sugar, eggs and flour. The Normal-based bakery diva, aka Sugar Mama Cakes , whipped together a brownie-based iPad replica for her husband’s birthday, complete with fondant-based app icons.  Sugar Mama also takes specialty orders for unique cakes ranging from Guitar ...