Feb. 17--Top Apple designer Sir Jonathan Ive, The New Yorker reports, is working with retail chief Angela Ahrendts on a revamp of Apple's stores. The key to whether an Apple store design is a success or not will be in the lines.
If Ive and Ahrendts fall short of redesign expectations, Apple will push updates every few weeks until they get it right.
As with anything new from Apple, there's discussion among devotees over whether the next generation of stores will be bigger or smaller, cheaper or more expensive, but it's fair to assume they'll be really good at holding a charge.
Starbucks has unveiled a subscription service, offering coffee, tea and other products for recurring home delivery. But the combo of shipping labels and what's often scrawled on Starbucks cups begs the question: Whose home?
Baseball star Alex Rodriguez, in a hand-written apology to fans as he emerges from his suspension stemming from the use of banned substances, acknowledged that some never will believe him. "I understand why," he wrote, "and that's on me." Actually, A-Rod, it was in you.
A wild pig broke through a perimeter fence at Madrid's international airport, forcing the closing of runways and delays for two inbound jets the other day. No one ever wants to get stuck near a crashing boar.
Greece is weighing a request to extend its rescue loan agreement. This would give it time to gets its finances in order and give the country's European creditors time to locate its kneecaps.
Props and other souvenirs from the soon-ending cable series "Mad Men" have been donated to the Smithsonian's permanent collection. Spoiler-phobic creator Matt Weiner fears he's given too much away.
The xx's "Intro," Spotify says, is the most common song to appear on its 2.5 million user-made playlists labeled "sex." The instrumental lasts just 2:07. No word on Spotify users.
It's probably common, during sex, for "Intro" to be looped. No word on Spotify users.
The late great Chicago-area filmmaker John Hughes would turn 65 on Wednesday. And don't you forget about Molly Ringwald. It's 47 candles for Hughes' muse.
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