That seems like an ongoing trends to lessen the financial burden of cities (e.g. Montreal + Paris with the bixi/velib concept did the same and gave away advertising rights to partner companies)

In a move to free up some money towards backlogs and forward progress, the city of Chicago is reportedly in talks with Apple to sponsor the renovation and improvement of its North and Clybourn Station. If successful, the city would net four million dollars from the deal, while Apple would maintain primary advertising rights to the station. In a somewhat perpendicular move to the naming rights for sports stadiums, this initiative is noteworthy for having a tangible return for its users.

The world's first creative (ad) agency built on crowdsourcing principles

When I was in Tokyo last week, Peter Rojas who must be the grandfather of blogging joked, “Thank God I’m not in the editorial business any more.” He was reacting to my need to check in on my RSS to see what the latest stories taking place on the web were for consideration for PSFK publication. Peter used to sweat the need to be up to date as quickly as I do today but after founding two of the largest blogs event (Gizmodo then Engadget) he moved on to a social platform called gdgt where the readers do the writing.

When I spoke to Dennis Crowley of foursquare the other day about his mobile application that partly acts like a city guide, he told me that he wanted the users, not the fourquare team, to create advice about venues like restaurants or bars and share that info dynamically when a friend was close by to that location. He has no intention of creating all the editorial content about the cities fourquare can be found in himself because it’s just not what users want.

01. What is PechaKucha 20×20 ?

PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk along to the images.

"PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.

It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of conversation ("chit chat"), it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds.
It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace."