After a seemingly endless construction, the new 18,000 square-foot Lincoln Park Apple Store at North and Clybourn is slated to open 10 a.m. tomorrow, undoubtedly adding even more traffic to an already over-congested area of the city.Red Eye's Scott Kleinberg has a nice sneak peek of the store, next door to the beautified North/Clybourn Red Line subway station. more ›

While the rest of us are still chatting about last night's Storm Of The Century (Of The Week), a group of stalwarts has their minds focused on one thing only: the new iPhone. While many Apple fans had theirs set for delivery, plenty of folks are still antsy enough to line up outside the Mag Mile Apple Store for their turn at owning a new, shiny, coveted ... phone. more ›

Maybe we shouldn't have been so shocked to see folks lining up outside the Michigan Ave. Apple Store for the first crack at the iPad. In a new survey by Experian Simmons [h/t our pals at Gapers Block], the greater Chicago area ranked in the top 10 Apple markets in the country, coming in sixth. According to their survey, 2,146,136 of the area's 7,308,586 adults (or 29.4 percent) use an Apple product, such as an iPhone or iPod. This kind of news is probably music to Apple's ears as they erect that brand new store in Lincoln Park and angle for that CTA Northy/Clybourn station domination. more ›

Piano pop-rocker Ben Folds will be rocking Chicago's Apple Store at 3 p.m. in a special performance to help promote his new LP Way To Normal. Folds will be performing a 30-minute set followed by a 30-minute signing opportunity for fans. If you want to get in, you'd better start lining up now. more ›

Prepare yourselves for the first big indie nerdgasm of '08, coming up Tuesday: Michel Gondry (that's one) will be at the Apple Store (that's two) discussing his upcoming film (three), about video-store clerks (four) played by Jack Black and Mos Def (five), who accidentally erase but then remake the videos they rent out (aaaand new pants). more ›

Earlier this week, accompanied by armed guards, and carefully escorted onto American soil, the first shipment of iPhones began to arrive. The creator of the ubiqitous iPod, has the PR buzz (or Reality Distortion Field) in full effect, and we can't remember so many people ever caring so much about a cell phone. No one really got excited about the new Blackberry (even if they are promoted by John Mayer), and when an updated TREO... more ›

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending... more ›

The latest in a string of new gadget peddlers will be making themselves a new home on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. more ›

The most recent update to the Chicago neighborhood map has upset realtors, developers, and the CPS because it says "Home is Where the Hood Is." 185 Chicago schools will be restructured after being branded as "chronic failures" by the federal No Child Left Behind law. Nokia announces it's gonna open a store on Michigan Avenue, so now Motorola is busting its ass to open a store sooner, and just a block away from where... more ›

pretty damn sleek and useful, especially when it comes to filmmaking. more ›

Calling all Macophiles! Tomorrow night beginning at 6 p.m., stop in at the W Hotel on Adams St. for iTunes Days. iPod DJ Chris Walsh will be playing music, there will be free AppleiTinis, you'll have a chance to win iPods and iMacs, and you'll get a CD filled with free iTunes music downloads (while they last!). If you can't make it tomorrow, the W will be doing this once a month all summer long, so stop in another time! more ›