Use caution if powering up your iPhone on Chicago Transit Authority property.
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Sean Baker’s Tangerine: Part screwball comedy, part ethnographic doc, and one of a kind
The iPhone-shot indie about transsexual prostitutes in LA is currently playing at the Music Box Theatre.
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A local guy created a smartphone game that wants you to look up, not down
Cartegram wants to bring urban explorers together.
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Hurt Everybody’s hip-hop alchemy works on more than just iPhone ringtones
The local hip-hop group can make some seriously strange and alluring songs while drawing inspiration from iPhone ringtones and video games.
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In Rotation: Gigan guitarist Eric Hersemann on an album so angry it’s almost silly
Current obsessions of Reckless Records buyer Dave Hofer, Gigan guitarist Eric Hersemann, and the Reader‘s Luca Cimarusti
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A conversation with Steven Vance, developer of the Chicago Bike Map app
I spoke with Steven Vance about his fledgling Chicago Bike Map app
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Death by smartphone: the Pitchfork edition
If I could holster my iPhone during Pitchfork, I would. But I can’t, and I don’t want to.
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Since when is “iPhone” a unit of measurement?
Measuring a sandwich in iPhones rather than inches is not terribly useful
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Thinking the unthinkable about Steve Jobs
Thinking the unthinkable about Steve Jobs’s death, how it has affected the way we view the world, and how Apple products like the Powerbook, iPhone, and iPad influenced technological advents like Twitter and Facebook
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Our expanding waistline: Illinois is the fattest it’s ever been
We are getting fatter and fatter, according to a new report. In fact, adults in Illinois are fatter than ever. (Tribune) RELATED: Here’s a cool interactive graphic showing just how fat the world is getting. (Washington Post) In an effort to “rein in ‘unsupervised’ children,” aldermen are debating an 8:30 PM curfew for kids under […]
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Police Release Sketch of Suspect in iPhone-Related CTA Death
Chicago police have released a sketch of the man they say is responsible for the death of a woman as he fled the Fullerton el stop after stealing an iPhone Monday. He is described as a black male, age 17 to 25, 5’11” to 6’4″, 170 to 220 pounds. He was last seen wearing a […]
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Simply Pathetic If I Call You Anymore
Investigation reveals people realistically devolving while technologically evolving, the safest sex ever, and proves you can still learn a lot riding the bus.
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The Leak in Your Hometown
Joe Hocking and Mark Skwarek subvert the BP logo with their iPhone app “The Leak In Your Hometown,” presented Tuesday in the monthly Upgrade! Chicago new media series at The Nightingale.