Apple Fifth Avenue Store Rumored To Have A Beats 1 Broadcasting Area

According to MacRumors,  Apple’s iconic Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan will include a "very unique area" for broadcasting its Beats 1 radio station, as part of ongoing renovations, quoting an unnamed “person familiar with the matter.” It's possible that Ebro Darden (1 of 3 Beats 1 radio anchors, could broadcast at least some of his shows at the Fifth Avenue store once it reopens, the article adds. Currently, he appears to broadcast from a studio in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The Fifth Avenue Apple store is expanding from 32,000 square feet to 77,000 square feet. The store has become iconic and identifiable by a large glass cube that sits on street level. Visitors looking to buy Apple's products descend underground, where they can try out iPhones and iPads, make purchases, and have their products fixed at the Genius Bar. The location is open 24 hours a day. Thoughts ? Could be really big for the fifth avenue story. 

Microsoft Opening A New Store In NYC This Fall

Microsoft is getting ready to open a flagship retail store this Fall on New York's Fifth Avenue. Microsoft Extended Experts Team member Gokan Ozcifci tweeted the image below, which show the storefront at 677 5th Ave with a sign that says "Microsoft Store Coming Fall 2015".The company has 100 outlets in the US, Puerto Rico and Canada though most of those are those Microsoft-branded store within a store sections you see at Best Buy and Staples. This will be its first flagship location, just blocks from one of Apple's iconic stores in New York City. Looks like Microsoft is pushing stores. Are they trying to compete with Apple with stores ? What do you think ? Will this Microsoft store make a difference ? 

Apple To Renovate Iconic Fifth Avenue Apple Store

Apple's iconic Fifth Avenue store in New York City will soon close for renovations and temporarily relocate to the soon to be closed FAO Schwarz toy store. FAO Schwarz is the most famous and oldest toy store in the United States, is set to vacate its building in July 2015 due to the rising cost of rent. The storefront is located just a short distance away from the current Apple Store at 58th Street and Fifth Avenue. Apple reportedly plans to renovate about 20 existing retail stores in the United States to accommodate for increased foot traffic, with many stores set to double in size. 

Apple Wins Patent For Famous NYC Glass Store Design

Back In August 2010 Apple applied for a trademark related to the famous Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York City. While that trademark is still pending, Apple has been granted a design patent for the same structure today by the US Patent and Trademark Office. It's a structure that the late CEO Steve Jobs was passionate about and was actually credited on the patent as one of the inventors/designers.Today they were granted the patent.