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Fifth Avenue Apple cube being revamped, here it is

by Mike Schramm (Aug 10th, 2011)

Apple announced plans a little while ago to revamp the glass cube that sits on top of New York's iconic Fifth Avenue Apple Store, and Gothamist has the first pictures of the new design, as seen above. As you can tell, it's simpler and cleaner, representing a smooth and sleek entrance that's ...

Looking back at Apple's Cube, ten years later

by Mike Schramm (Jun 30th, 2011)

The Register has an excellent writeup posted with a look back at Apple's Power Mac G4 Cube (affectionately referred to as "The Cube"), which was released to the public 'suspended' from production 10 years ago this coming weekend. At the time, back in 2001, the Cube drew a lot of jeers, ...

Apple Store 5th Ave continues to defy gravity, macroeconomics

by Michael Rose (Aug 24th, 2009)

While the entire retail sector is in the doldrums of recession and reduced consumer demand, there's a shiny spot in midtown NYC with a big glass cube sitting on top of it. Apple's 5th Avenue store should replace that glowing Apple with a big ol' dollar sign, according to a report from Bloomberg ...

Visua Mobile's old Apples collection

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 14th, 2009)

A couple of months ago I wound up in Paris and received a surprising direct message via Twitter from a young employee at Visua Mobile. Having nothing better to do in the City of Light, I wound up at their offices. I'm often suspect when a "mobile" development company rings me about their iPhone ...

Found Footage: Power Mac G4 Cube Transformer Robot

by Steven Sande (May 29th, 2009)

Although the Power Mac G4 Cube is one of the all-time classic cool-looking Macs, wouldn't it be even cooler if your Cube could transform into a robot? TUAW reader W from thinkingbricks.com used a LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit and a Cube body to create a Cube-bot with both autonomous and remote control ...

The Cube lives again, sorta

by Mat Lu (May 24th, 2008)

Here's a clever blending of Apple past and present, in keeping with our post yesterday on Mac mini mods. Rich Willis has managed to stuff a Mac mini, an external HD, and an Airport Extreme into the clear plastic shell of an old G4 Cube. Moving very slowly (to avoid melting the acrylic Cube case) he ...

Rig of the Week: Cube all-in-one

by Dave Caolo (Jul 15th, 2007)

This week's rig is another Cube mod. Reader bigtimeproducer has posted a picture of an Apple Cube case that has been stripped clean and retro-fitted with a Mac mini, external hard drive and an Airport Extreme. It looks cool, and probably gets a good wireless signal (seeing as the basestation is ...

Rig of the Week: Cool Cube mod

by Dave Caolo (Jul 8th, 2007)

This week's rig comes from reader nash_h, who modded a Cube to look like a tiny Mac Pro. First of all, we love Cubes and secondly, this is one sweet mod. Nice job, nash_h. "new mac pro" posted by nash_h. If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr ...

NYC store cube as advertising space

by Dave Caolo (Mar 13th, 2007)

Now we know why Steve loves his cube so much: It's free advertising space! Earlier yesterday morning (Monday, March 12th), workers placed a huge iPhone ad over one side of the cube. It features the now familiar image of a hand holding an iPhone and the line, "Introducing iPhone. Apple reinvents the ...

Here's what happens when a Cube devours a Mac mini

by Laurie A. Duncan (Nov 3rd, 2006)

This is just so perfect I want to cry. Those that know me already know that I'm an Apple Cube fanatic. And if you didn't know - well now you do. My own Cube sports a a shiny black aluminum PowerCube enclosure (with obligatory white Apple logo affixed to the front), a Dual 1.7GHz 7447A CPU, 1.5GB ...

Muslim community offended by Apple's Fifth Avenue NYC Cube?

by Laurie A. Duncan (Oct 11th, 2006)

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports that the glass Cube Apple erected earlier this year on New York's tony Fifth Ave, dubbed Apple Mecca by many of the Mac faithful, is offensive to Muslims due to the Cube's resemblance to the Ka'bah (aka The House of Abraham). The report goes ...

Incase releases exclusive New York commemorative case line

by David Chartier (May 22nd, 2006)

iLounge is reporting that Incase has pulled out all their case-making stops and introduced a complete lineup of cases for Apple products that commemorate New York and some of its major landmarks. To top things off, these cases are exclusive to the new 24/7 5th Avenue Apple Store that opened last ...

5th Ave cube scratched, leather case in the works

by Dave Caolo (May 21st, 2006)

Ok, so maybe it's just a joke, but it's still funny. Macenstein has written an amusing parody post, stating that the NYC cube (which is made of the same material as the iPod's screen) will don a protective case designed by Incase, after receiving a 30-foot scratch over the weekend. Nice one, ...

Looks like someone is proud of their new Apple store

by Scott McNulty (May 19th, 2006)

As featured on Apple.com. I think Steve is really in love with that cube (I know I am), though I do wonder how they are going to keep it clean. ...

Apple Store 5th Ave: Your reports

by Dave Caolo (May 19th, 2006)

Hooray, it's opening day! You cannot deny the lure of the cube, New Yorkers. Resistance is futile. While Apple Store Fifth Avenue in New York City doesn't officially open its doors until 6:00 PM, we'll be taking your reports all day. Use the comments of this post to share your experiences: When ...