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Daily Apple: Pandora Radio Founder Stops at the Chicago Apple Store

 


Tim Westergren, Founder of Pandora Radio

 

You don’t need to have an iPhone or a Mac to enjoy today’s Daily Apple, you just need to be a music lover. The Chicago Apple Store on North Michigan Avenue will be hosting a live talk with Tim Westergren, founder of The Music Genome Project and Pandora Radio.

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Halloween offers sole bright spot in worst holiday shopping forecast in six years
Filed by Meaghan Norman on Oct 01, 2008 08:53 AM

The holiday shopping season is still weeks away, but Peter Gill, communications director for the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, said holiday sales are expected to rise only between 2 percent t

14 Must-See Exhibits at WIRED NextFest in Chicago
Filed by Kayla Webley on Sep 26, 2008 02:34 PM

WIRED NextFest is an annual innovation showcase organized by WIRED Magazine where some of the world's greatest minds c

Personal shopping at the Apple Store: Mac addict goes undercover

Editor's Note: Welcome to Tech Loop, a new blog on the Windy Citizen blog network edited by Blake Schnitkey.  Chicago's got a vibrant tech scene that deserves a look in on from time to time and is a great place to try out the latest gadgets, which is exactly what Blake will be doing.  Here's his first post.  -Brad

The Apple store on Michigan Avenue.

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Forked: Blogging the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival

Good afternoon, faithful readers, and welcome to the Citizen's Pitchfork blog!

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iPhone 3G gives international visitors an iHeadache
Filed by Felicia Daniels on Jul 10, 2008 08:45 PM

Valentyn Bannikov, 19, said he'll excited to get his hands on the iPhone 3G Friday even though Apple Inc.'s latest attempt at a cellular device comes only a year after its initial foray into the mobile phone market.

But promises of a next generation phone that is advertised as "twice as fast" for "half the price" piqued Bannikov's interest. "It's unusual and different from other telephones. I might wait in line tomorrow if I have time for it," he said.

Tribune Tower could be put up for sale

Tribune Tower could be put up for sale

Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell said today the company is in discussions with real estate firms to determine how to generate the most value from the neo-Gothic Michigan Avenue home of the flagship Chicago Tribune.
Chicago Tribune - 06.25.08
Behind the Makeup: Chicago's Silver Man Reads Nietzsche, Lives for Michigan Ave Crowds
Filed by Joyce Dominick on Jun 06, 2008 08:42 AM

‘He knows that he can not reveal himself to anybody…When he is talking to his soul, he wears a mask…There is a loneliness within his heart, which neither praise nor blame can reach, because he is his own judge with whom there is no appeal.’

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Will To Power

The eyes of the Silver Man, a living statue on Michigan Avenue, are hidden behind sunglasses. People fascinated by him peer closer.

Is he a statue? Is he a robot?

The enigmatic street performer is Preston Dinwiddie. He is 25 years old.

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