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‘Apps for Metro Chicago’ contest final Grand Challenge winners announced

‘Apps for Metro Chicago’ contest final Grand Challenge winners announced
The “Apps for Metro Chicago” contest began earlier this year in 2011 now it came down to the best of the best. Chicago app developers created apps based on city of Chicago data, and entered their app in hopes to win prizes, creating a large list of impressive app entries. Ten of them were previous... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
December 17, 2011 at 1:46 pm
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'Apps for Metro Chicago' contest Community round winners announced

'Apps for Metro Chicago' contest Community round winners announced
The ‘Apps for Metro Chicago” contest began and now it continues to gain wide interest among Chicago app developers and communities. The most recent community round had around 35 submissions of apps made using the open data with a focus on Chicago communities. The public voting period ended last Friday, and the ten app finalists... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
October 17, 2011 at 9:46 pm
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'Apps for Metro Chicago' contest continues with Community focused round; public voting open

'Apps for Metro Chicago' contest continues with Community focused round; public voting open
Apps for Metro Chicago, a citywide app competition started by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, continues this week in the “community” round of apps. The competition, which began in June, uses “data from multiple governments to make applications that improve lives of millions of residents,” as explained in the city’s official press... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
October 9, 2011 at 6:33 pm
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Weekly Social Media and Tech events for week of November 8

We are in full swing of November now, and the social media events don’t stop as it gets a little colder outside. The ChicagoNow.com blogger network is holding their monthly meetup this Tuesday, November 9th at SUB51 (lower level of HUB51) at 51 W. Hubbard St. in Chicago. If you are part of the blogger... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
November 7, 2010 at 1:14 pm
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ChicagoNow blog community idea turns a year old and growing

  ChicagoNow blog writers and contributers celebrate one year of the online Chicago community news idea. The experiment that began as ChicagoNow a year ago and a bit more began last August 12, 2009. Now, according to this official ChicagoNow staff blog post, the Web site is home to more than 300 blogs written by... Read more »
By Jay Yearley,
August 29, 2010 at 9:27 pm
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