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5th Avenue Apple Store's iconic glass cube to be reinstalled

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 16th, 2011)

Apple has begun construction on the glass cube at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in NYC. According to building permits, Apple is replacing the glass on the building and upgrading portions of the surrounding plaza. The renovations will cost a whopping US$6 million, which is just shy of the $7 ...

Final Box.net iPad campaign video

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2010)

Box.net has released the final video covering their project to set up a company called D7 Consulting with 20 iPads to implement in their day-to-day business. It sounds like the whole thing has been a rousing success -- back when the project first kicked off, D7 said they wanted to use the iPad to ...

Box.net's 20 iPads arrive at D7 Consulting

by Mike Schramm (Jul 8th, 2010)

A few months back, Box.net launched its effort to deliver 20 brand new iPads to a business that could make use of Apple's tablet and the cloud sharing service in an innovative and interesting way. Box.net eventually chose D7 Consulting, a construction consulting company in Newport Beach, ...

Rumor: Chicago's North/Halsted Apple Store opening this July

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2010)

A tipster sends news that we're closer than ever to the opening of the new Apple Store in Chicago, at the intersection of North and Halsted. We first heard about this store just over a year ago, and since then, we've heard that Apple's made a significant investment in the project, beefing up the ...

Apple Store coming to Naperville, Illinois

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 4th, 2009)

Next on Apple's retail domination tour: Naperville, IL. Reader Mike Heller wrote to tell us it'll be "on Jefferson Ave. just across from Lou Malnati's Pizza." He even sent some pics of the construction, which we've put in the gallery on this post. Next time you're in Naperville and have an Apple ...

$1.7 million for Greensboro Apple Store

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2008)

I'm not exactly sure why there's so much excitement centered around the upcoming Greensboro Apple Store (my guess is it's because our friend Ged of the Iconfactory can't wait for it to open), but the excitement is there, and Ed Cone has some insight into how the store's deal got put together. ...