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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


BarLift displays a list of local discounts in Evanston and Chicago bars. The application, created by Northwestern students, launched its second version this week.

BarLift aims to improve students’ experiences at bars

May 19, 2015

A team of Northwestern students is bringing barhopping to students’ smartphones. BarLift, an Apple and Android application, launched its second version Monday morning. The developers, a group of NU...

Northwestern trustee and former AT&T executive dies at 57

April 26, 2015

Northwestern trustee and former AT&T global marketing executive Cathy Coughlin (Weinberg ’79) died Thursday from pancreatic cancer. Coughlin, 57, launched AT&T’s 2013 “It Can Wait” campaign...

Letter to the Editor: Smartphone innovation is all in how you look at it

March 13, 2015

In Yoni Pinto’s recent column on smartphone innovation, he suggested that the smartphone industry may be fresh out of ideas.  My perspective is different, although no more right nor wrong than Yoni’s. ...

Pinto: Smartphone industry plateauing, in need of innovation

Pinto: Smartphone industry plateauing, in need of innovation

March 3, 2015

Fifteen years ago, believe it or not, mobile phones were shrinking. Until then, phones had been clunky, large devices that were hard to carry around. The defining goal of the industry was to build the...

Matney: Innovative transportation technologies rapidly change how we travel

Matney: Innovative transportation technologies rapidly change how we travel

February 26, 2015

This week, I’ve descended into unprecedented laziness and efficiency all thanks to an awesome promotion from the ride-sharing app Lyft. The deal, which amounted to a number of free rides for users who...

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