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Reminiscent of the stairs in NYC clan of Apple Stores, the Genetic Stair by Caliper Studio looks just as delicate and just as refined. The studio house designed a three thousand square foot duplex apartment renovation in a building on New York’s Upper West Side. Their solution removed all existing vertical circulation and connected the two floors with a new feature stair, located centrally in the apartment, free from all walls and supported only at the top and bottom.

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A whole lot is going on over at Apple’s WWDC in California. After gloating about the App Store’s proven success, they finally unveiled the iPhone 3GS, the “most powerful, fastest iPhone ever made”. It looks the same on the outside, with its glossy finish and structure, but the inside has gotten some major upgrades. The “S” in 3GS stands for Speed and from the looks of it, this baby’s packing plenty of it.

Launching messaging is 2.1x faster, loading SimCity is 2.4x faster, viewing Excel 3.6x faster, loading NY Times 2.9x faster. It’s got 7.2 Mbps HSDPA so internet browsing has gotten even more refined. The 3GS supports OpenGL|ES and better javascript integration. The camera has been upgraded, now sporting a 3 megapixel autofocus camera that supports video. (more…)

With this year’s Apple WWDC hours away, the rumors are most-definitely piling up. John Gruber of Daring Fireball is positive the next-gen iPhone will be named “iPhone 3GS”. “I expect Apple to announce updated iPhones with significantly faster processors, twice the RAM, and twice the storage. I expected prices to remain the same as the current lineup: $199/299 for 16/32 GB, respectively. The video camera is going to be a major selling point.” John’s also expecting an entry-level iPhone with a lower price of $99.

As excited as we are, we’ve learned to take all rumors with a grain of salt. If you want to see what else John thinks, go here.

This fall, Shanghai’s Apple Store will open its doors for the very first time. Up until now, we didn’t know what those doors would look like, but we are glad that some generous chap out there leaked these images. Architect Ben Wood mixes Apple‘s glass-and-steel minimalism with more traditional Chinese design. It’s a massive structure with three stories and we’re assuming lots of spiraling stairs.

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After much anticipation, the folks at Sling Media have blessed the masses with the SlingPlayer Mobile app for the iPhone/iPod Touch. For $30, you can sling DVR recordings, your favorite shows or other at-home media to your iPhone and iPod Touch anywhere you want.

Sounds exciting, right? The only catch, and boy it’s a whale, is that you can only do it if you’re using a Wi-Fi connection, and not through 3G or EDGE. It’s a great app but it being limited to Wi-Fi will limit its success significantly.

Head to the LA Times review here to learn more about it.

Apple finally takes a stab at Microsoft’s laptop hunters with a new commercial. The ad has a Lauren-type actress give her list of specifications, and of course, bunch by bunch, the drab-suited PCs are disqualified until she gets to “something that works,” at which point all the remaining PCs leave.

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Apple’s App Store has just hit a whopping one billion downloads. No other mobile application store can claim such success. Impressive, to say the least.

With Google Goggles and their “undo” setting, what more could you need to stop help you avoid unintentional email sends to your ex? Since email traffic has shifted to smartphones, most notably the iPhone, a similar service needs to be implemented to help cell users avoid turmoil. Josh Spear turns us to Bad Decision Blocker, an iPhone app that allows you to block specific contacts at preset times. This one’s going to deserve a five-star rating.

The blogosphere’s been buzzing recently with rumors of a third generation iPhone being on the way. Now, the design concepts of Apple’s newest toy are emerging. From initial specs that describe a slimmer more refined iPhone, this first of many fakes has surfaced. It looks great, but we’re hoping the metal back won’t be making a return. 

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The Boy Genius Report has gotten details from a source very high in the AT&T food chain about the next-gen iPhone. 

Word is that we can expect the long lines to come into play sometime in June. The next iPhone will feature 7.2Mbps 3G speeds and U-Verse support. Video capabilities and a full QWERTY keyboard version are still up in there but a quite possible. 

So, will you be re-buying into the hype?