Dag Kittlaus is a native Chicagoan and founder of Siri, the virtual personal assistant for mobile devices that launched three years ago last week. Last night he joined 1871 for their Founder Stories event where he shared his how he brought Siri, now a quintessential part of the iPhone, to life.

Love her or hate her, Oprah Winfrey was definitely on to something with her "My Favorite Things" segment.  We naturally gravitate toward products and services that are preferred by friends, family, and colleagues.  I, for instance, rarely buy products on the basis of an engadget review, or a demo in the Apple Store.  Rather, I play around with it at a friend's place, and get so hooked that I rush out and plunk down any amount of cash just so I can be cool like them.

Apple’s announcement of a Retina-enabled Macbook at the Worldwide Developer’s Conference

According to Facebook, yesterday’s WWDC announcement from Apple is “great news for Facebook users and iOS and Mac OS X developers.” But where does that leave marketers?