Remains of the Day: Magically delicious

17.08.2011
Apple retail stores may be in for an LTE surprise, the architects behind the Apple campus "spaceship" are revealed, and Starbucks is handing out apps with its frappes. The remainders for Tuesday, August 16, 2011 have been whipped and made to order.

(Engadget)

According to photos (now removed) sent by an anonymous tipster, AT&T has reportedly been installing next-generation 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) antenna equipment in an unnamed Apple Store's back area. Engadget notes that the equipment only supports the 700MHz and AWS bands, the very bands that T-Mobile--which AT&T is currently in the progress of acquiring--currently uses for its LTE service. Secret antennas? Special spectrum bands? This is all starting to sound like an episode.

(ArchDaily)

The "world's most-visited architecture website" (what a title!), ArchDaily, has some information about Apple's new "spaceship"-esque campus, first . These documents lay out--among other things--the architecture firms working on the massive structure (Foster + Partners, ARUP North America, and Kier & Wright, if you were curious); the design's approximate square footage (2.8 million); and a few of the building's new services, including a Corporate Fitness Center. I swear, if that doesn't include using the campus's circular structure as a giant hamster wheel...

(The Mac Observer)