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Every Single Line Means Something: Check Out The Berkley 4th Street Apple Store’s Crazy Supersymmetry!

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How obsessive is Apple’s attention to detail? In their just opened 4th Street store in Berkley, California, everything is symmetrically aligned, from the squares on the sidewalk to the panes of glass to the stone floor tiles inside.

Go into the staff toilet and I’ll bet that even the toilet paper is hung just so that it could be unrolled and stretched in a straight line to align symmetrically with the sidewalk. Crazy… and totally awesome.

[via iFOApplestore]

New iPhone Front Panel Strengthens Claims Apple Will Announce Two New iPhones Next Month

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For several weeks, rumors surrounding Apple’s iPhone announcement this fall have mentioned two devices: the iPhone 5, and the iPhone 4S. While we’re all expecting the iPhone 5 to look different, boast a thinner form factor, and have updated components; the iPhone 4S is expected to look just like the iPhone 4, but could be a cheaper ‘budget’ device.

The latest components sporting that famous ‘N94’ moniker seem to strengthen those claims of a budget iPhone 4.

You Can Only Have A Maximum Of 25K Songs Or 250 Gigabytes Of Music In iTunes Match

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If you’ve got a massive music library, better think twice about syncing it with iTunes Match: the maximum size of an iTunes library in the iTunes Match beta is 25,000 songs. Assuming a library in which song is an average of 4 minutes long and compressed in CD quality 320kbps, that basically means the upper limit on a library is a size of 250 gigabytes. That’s pretty generous for a $24.99 a year service.

iTunes Match Allows You to Stream Your Entire Music Library [Video]

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When Apple announced iTunes Match at WWDC back in June, it was a little unclear whether the service would allow you to stream your music library to your iOS devices as opposed to storing it locally — allowing you to access your tracks without actually taking up any of your precious storage space.

Following the launch of the iTunes Match developer beta yesterday, it has been confirmed that streaming is possible with Apple’s upcoming $25/year service.

iOS Hacker Comex Answers Questions About JailbreakMe and His New Internship at Apple

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Allegra posses a very specific set of skills, and he knows how to use them.
Allegra posses a very specific set of skills, and he knows how to use them.

We recently told you that famous jailbreak hacker Comex had been hired by Apple. Comex, who’s real name is Nicholas Allegra, is known for creating the easiest and most user friendly jailbreak for iOS devices called JailbreakMe.

Comex was recently profiled by Forbes, but besides that one interview, he has declined to comment about the status of JailbreakMe and his new internship at Apple. Well, that is.. until now.

iCloud Support Is Coming To OS X Snow Leopard With 10.6.9 Update

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Now that Lion’s out, you’d be forgiven for expecting iCloud integration to require a minimum spec of OS X 10.7. It’d also be understandable if you thought Apple was done updating Snow Leopard.

You’d be wrong on both accounts, though. Apple is indeed updating Snow Leopard one more time with version OS X 10.6.9… and it’ll bring iCloud integration to Snow Leopard.

Samsung Gets its ChatOn with iOS, Android and BlackBerry Messaging

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Photo: AppReviews.com

In one of those rare Cumbaya moments in the wild-and-wooly wireless industry, Samsung wants all Apple, Android, and BlackBerry to join hands in messaging togetherness. Okay, moment’s over. Samsung, which is locked in a legal mud-wrestling match with Apple and eyes BlackBerry-maker RIM the way a hungry tiger looks at a wounded gazelle, plans to announce “ChatON”, a messaging service compatible with all major mobile handsets.

Apple Stores in New York Still Closed Post Irene

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Apple stores are expected to reopen today, August 29, after being shuttered complete with designer sandbags over the weekend, but Apple’s website advises people to call ahead for opening hours.

“We will reopen Monday, August 29. Please call the store for details regarding opening time.”

First person to send us pics from the re-opened Apple stores wins something!

Does Tim Cook Need Help With Steve Jobs’ ‘Vision Thing’?

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Apple's new boss will sit opposite Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg a D10 next month.
Apple's new boss will sit opposite Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg a D10 next month.

Nobody can deny new Apple CEO Tim Cook is a business wunderkind. While co-founder Steve Jobs was out on temporary sick-leave (now made permanent), Cook repeatedly churned out record sales and profit. But some believe Cook will need help getting the ‘vision thing’ that was second-nature for Jobs.