Williams, along with former Google employee Biz Stone and investor Jack Dorsey set out to build a podcasting platform called Odeo, but after Apple launched iTunes, the company quickly became obsolete.

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In a pair of concerts at the Stone, the members of the JACK Quartet, who specialize in new music, raised a few eyebrows by venturing back in time to Brahms, presenting his Clarinet Quintet in collaboration with the composer-clarinettist Derek Bermel.

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