Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, October 24, 2017.
Emanuel interviews Apple CEO Tim Cook about Chicago, coding, education
Mayor Rahm Emanuel discussed Chicago, coding, the new Apple store, and more with Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook on the mayor’s weekly podcast. Cook was in Chicago for the opening of Apple’s new flagship store on the Chicago River. The original Apple store at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Huron Street has closed, but Cook noted that it was groundbreaking when it opened in 2003. “We are at another sort of crossroads, and this crossroads is we’ve worked super hard to innovate in retail like we do in our products and sort of all the latest innovations in our retail, including connection into the community, all of those things are coming together and we’re doing it in Chicago first,” Cook said. “So, 14 years later, we’re first again. I can’t think of a better place to do it.” [Tribune]
