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Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Opening of the first Apple Store in Hangzhou Apple opened its first retail store in Hangzhou, China back in January, and now the company has announced plans for a second. Apple says the store will be located at 701 Fuchun Road in the Jianggan District. The store will open at 9:00AM local time on April…
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A report on Monday claims Apple quietly acquired startup Ottocat to bolster App Store search functionality, specifically pertaining to the store’s "Explore" feature that surfaces titles for users browsing app categories. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple will begin dressing up the front of its stores with a new Apple Watch-themed promotion on April 10th to coincide with the beginning of in-store Apple Watch try-on appointments. The new, unique display will be shown at all Apple Stores with glass front windows and it is themed akin to the application icon arrays…
Read More “New Apple Store front display for Apple Watch, new gold model details revealed” »
Apple today informed developers that, within 24 hours, prices in the Japan App Store will increase due to foreign exchange rate changes. Apple further tells developers that customers currently using subscription-based apps will be notified as needed of the shifts. This is not the first time Apple has increased prices in its App Store. Late…
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Apple plans to announce its next-generation Apple TV set-top box at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June, according to BuzzFeed News. The report, citing sources familiar with the plans, claims that the new Apple TV will be a “significant overhaul” of the streaming TV box, featuring both Siri and an App Store with an…
Read More “Apple to Debut New A8-Based Apple TV Box With App Store and Siri at WWDC” »
A new photo, published on Friday, shows what is claimed to be a demonstration kit Apple Stores will soon use for customers to try on in-ear headphones, something that might otherwise be uncomfortable or unsanitary. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple is constructing a dedicated Apple Watch shop at the trendy Isetan department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, a display that could become a permanent fixture when the device launches in April. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
At the Isetan Department Store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Apple is building a store specifically for the Apple Watch on the ground floor. Macotakara thinks it might be a permanent fixture because it is listed in the mall directory below. Japan is one of the 9 countries where the Apple Watch will launch on April 24th. Earlier this week…
Read More “Apple Watch Shop signage goes up at Isetan Department Store in Shinjuku, Tokyo” »
Apple is continuing to aggressively expand across China with several stores, and the latest location is opening up in Chongqing on March 7th. This marks the third store in the region, and this one’s address is 55 Xiejiawan Street in the Jiulongpo District. While the first pair of stores in this region were located on busy streets…
Read More “Apple Store opening in Chongqing, China’s MixC mall on March 7th” »
Apple has announced on its developer site that apps submitted to the Mac App Store starting on May 1st will no longer be allowed to incorporate garbage collection, which was deprecated in OS X 10.8. Instead, developers will be required to switch to ARC, Automatic Reference Counting, which was introduced in 10.7. This change affects both new apps…
Starting Monday, the SoHo Apple Store will play host to fashion industry insiders as an unofficial extension of New York’s Fashion Week, with special in-store discussions on creativity, style and digital media running through Thursday. AppleInsider – Frontpage News