Today’s major tech headlines include Apple TV 4K reviews hitting, HTC sending 2,000 employees to Google and Facebook’s new ad tools letting business target those who visit physical stores.
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The Easter egg in Apple’s new App Store and why it matters
There is a tiny, hidden Easter egg on the new iOS 11 App Store screen. It’s so subtle that most probably missed it, but it’s an important one, a gossamer thread that leads all the way back to Apple’s core, and to what the App Store means to Apple.
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Few queue to buy new iPhone 8 at Regent Street Apple store
Footage of people queuing outside Regent Street’s Apple store in London for the launch of the new iPhone. The video, shot on September 22, shows a happy customer flaunting his new purchase of two iPhone 8 Plus.
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Retail-restaurant roundup: Stater Bros. to close store, AT&T opens Apple-like store, $1 deal at Nekter
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What Wall Street’s Saying About Apple’s New Products on Store Shelves
The launch was highly anticipated, but the reviews so far are lackluster for Apple Inc.’s new gadgets. This isn’t the first time Apple has received less-than-stellar feedback, but reviewers seem to be particularly disappointed this time around.
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The lines for new iPhones at the Apple Store are getting shorter every year
If you have memories of Apple loyalists camped outside stores for days for new products, Friday’s iPhone 8 launch might seem a bit muted. Indeed, many people took to social media on Friday with photos of just handful of people lined up outside local Apple …
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Microsoft is opening a flagship store in London, and it’s right next to the Apple store
Microsoft is putting retail roots down in London. The company announced on Friday that it’s building a brand-new London flagship store in the city’s popular Regent Street shopping avenue in Oxford Circus. The new store will be just a short mouse throw away …
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Hardly anybody showed up at Apple’s flagship store in London for the release of the iPhone 8
We went to Apple’s flagship store on Regent Street in London for the release of the iPhone 8 and hardly anyone was queuing. Apple has previously told customers to buy the phones online, but that usually doesn’t stop huge queues on release day. It’s …
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‘I spent $4,000 and I don’t even want it’: iPhone fan who camped outside Apple store for 11 days to get new device says he’s giving it to his mum
An iPhone fan who camped outside Sydney’s flagship Apple store for 11 days to be the first to get his hands on the latest device revealed he has no interest in the new iPhone. Mazen Kourouche, 20, woke up bleary-eyed on Friday for the release of the iPhone …
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‘I spent $4,000 and I don’t even want it’: iPhone fan camped outside Apple store for 11 days to get the new device – so he could give it to his mum
An iPhone fan who camped outside Sydney’s flagship Apple store for 11 days to be the first to get his hands on the latest device revealed he has no interest in the new iPhone. Mazen Kourouche, 20, woke up bleary-eyed on Friday for the release of the iPhone …
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Bill Cunningham inspires Apple’s in-store experiences
Bill Cunningham is still influencing the world in ways even he could never have imagined. The famed street-style photographer died last year at age 87. Now filmmaker and former Home Shopping Network chief executive officer Mark Bozak has collaborated with …
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Apple to grow and revamp Century City store in LA with mall’s $1B expansion
Apple is reportedly taking advantage of a $1 billion overhaul at Los Angeles’s Westfield Century City mall on Santa Monica Boulevard to launch a new, much larger store in the facility. The shop will be based in the center of the mall, next to a Peloton …
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Relocated Apple store opens for business in Reno, Nevada
Apple on Saturday opened the doors of a relocated Reno, Nev., retail outlet to a crowd of eager customers, the latest in the company’s chain to benefit from an “Apple store 2.0” redesign developed under executive Angela Ahrendts. Seen in the photo above …
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Man lines up outside Apple store 10 days early for iPhone X, not out until November 3
SELF-PROCLAIMED Apple fanatic Mazen Kourouche was so excited for the release of the iPhone X, he camped outside the company’s George St store in Sydney 10 days early to ensure he would be the first to secure the new device when it went on sale on …
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New Apple Store to open along Chicago River on Oct. 20
Chicago’s new flagship Apple Store will open along the Chicago River on Oct. 20, Apple executives announced during Tuesday’s unveiling of the latest iPhone model. Apple broke ground on the 20,000-square-foot store at 401 N. Michigan Ave. in early 2016.
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Apple’s new Michigan Avenue flagship opening next month
Apple will open its new Michigan Avenue flagship store Oct. 20, the tech giant announced Tuesday during a press event that also featured the launch of the latest versions of the iPhone. The $27 million, 20,000-square-foot store, along the north bank of the …
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Apple Store Offline For iPhone X Launch
The Apple Store is offline for Apple’s iPhone X event, the company is in the process of announcing their new iPhones. The company is live streaming the event right now and we are expecting to see the new iPhone X, the iPhone 8 and also the iPhone X Plus.
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