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This major US city just took a big step to curb bike litter

sudshr47 April 27, 2018

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Chicago is the first major American city to take a strong stance on keeping its sidewalks open and accessible instead of littered with discarded bicycles.

The city begins a six-month pilot program next week in an aim to keep litter from bicycle-share programs off city streets. Any service renting out bikes that don’t have bike stations — also known as “dockless” bikes — must make sure their vehicles have “lock-to” technology, which allows users to lock the bikes to a physical object, like a bike rack.

With this pilot, which starts in the South Side area, Chicago is preemptively sparing its sidewalks from bicycles left in the way. Cities like Dallas, San Diego, and San Francisco have been dealing with unregulated bike-shares that allow riders to leave self-locking bikes strewn around those cities. Chicago currently only offers Divvy for bike rentals; those are checked out from dock stations around the city, as with Citi Bike in New York or Ford GoBike in San Francisco.  Read more…

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Impossible Foods goes to White Castle

sudshr47 April 12, 2018

Impossible Foods is taking another bite out of the meat supply chain, with the announcement that its meatless burger substitute is coming to America’s first fast-food burger chain — White Castle. That’s right, now stoned vegan hippies can join stoned slackers in their quest for cheap, delicious burger-y goodness. The “Impossible Slider,” which is made […]

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Join me at the amazing Blue Lacuna space in Chicago

sudshr47 April 10, 2018

Some folks I met in Chicago are holding an amazing event at a great place on South Canalport Avenue. This former macaroni factory now builds startups and I’ll be helping judge their pitch-off alongside some Chicago luminaries. You can RSVP here and sign up for a spot to pitch here. We’ll choose eight startups to […]

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Spring has sprung at Macy’s department stores

sudshr47 April 5, 2018

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‘Once Upon a Springtime’  is the official name for the 2018 annual flower show at Macy’s. From the looks of it, spring has won with over a million flowers blooming — and yes, they’re real and they’re spectacular.  Read more…

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What Apple’s education announcements mean for accessibility

sudshr47 April 1, 2018

Steven Aquino Contributor Share on Twitter Steven Aquino is a freelance tech writer and iOS accessibility expert. More posts by this contributor At this month’s WWDC, Apple unveiled refined accessibility tools The pleasure and the pain of the accessible smart home From an accessibility news standpoint, this week’s Apple event in Chicago was antithetical to the […]

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Apple’s “Pencil” now works with its iWork toolkit

sudshr47 March 27, 2018

Apple is bringing its pencil to the masses. The pencil tool will now work across Apple’s suite of iWork tools — including the popular Pages (document creation) Numbers (its spreadsheet app), and Keynote (for presentations) apps — on the low-cost iPad that Apple first brought to market last year. At an event today in Chicago, Apple announced its latest […]

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Here are the top Midwestern states and cities for startups

sudshr47 March 25, 2018

The American Midwest has a long history of making stuff. During the 20th century, it was the manufacturing center for the nation, and indeed much of the world. It’s still where a surpassing majority of agricultural commodities are grown and processed. But is it also a major producer of technology startups? Maybe not as much as the coasts, but the Midwest’s bustling metropoli and vast expanses of rural land prove to be fertile ground for quite a bit of startup activity.

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Late-blooming startups can still thrive

sudshr47 March 17, 2018

Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor Corporate bio VCs are backing more rounds and making bigger bets Front-door tech is hot, and it’s not just Amazon who wants in It seems like startup news is full of overnight success stories and sudden failures, like the scooter rental company that went from zero to […]

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Apple is holding a mysterious ‘education’ event in Chicago

sudshr47 March 16, 2018

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Students around the country are enjoying spring break this month — but not Apple.

The tech giant is holding a mysterious event in Chicago that has something to do with education. 

The event, which Apple has branded as a “field trip,” will take place at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago on March 27. 

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The logo in the invitation to Apple’s education event.

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“Join us to hear creative new ideas for teachers and students,” the invite reads. 

We’ll be honest — we have no idea what to expect at this event. But Apple’s recent history may give us some clues.  Read more…

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Michael Shannon watched ‘The Shape of Water’ win Best Picture from a dive bar

sudshr47 March 6, 2018

Sure, attending the Oscars is a dream come true for many people.
Except perhaps in Hollywood, where it’s just another event that you have to get dressed up and look nice for. 
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Rogue OpenTable employee makes hundreds of fake reservations on rival app

sudshr47 March 6, 2018

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OpenTable, an online restaurant booking service, fired an employee who made hundreds of no-show reservations at various Chicago restaurants through rival site Reserve. 

The unnamed OpenTable employee allegedly made around 300 fake reservations through Reserve, the equivalent of 1,200 to 1,300 no-show patrons, according to BuzzFeed. The employee planned on using the hundreds of no-shows in sales pitches to restaurants prove that OpenTable is a better product than Reserve.

“This was obviously done with the intent to harm Reserve,” Reserve COO Michael Wesner told Eater Chicago which first reported the story.  Read more…

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