Insta360, a company that offers a 360 degree camera, today announced the launch of an exclusive Insta360 ONE Camera Bundle that’s available only from the Apple Store. The bundle, priced at $329.95, includes an Insta360 ONE camera, a selfie stick, a case, a …
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11,000 People Grapple to Buy $100 iPhones at Malaysian Apple Store
A Malaysian technology store that sells official Apple products had to close its doors this week when 11,000 fans turned up to buy $100 iPhones. According to British tabloid newspaper The Sun, employees at the Switch store had no choice but to close the …
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2 Quebec law firms seeking class-action suit against Apple
A man looks at Apple’s new iPhone 8 (L) and his iPhone 7 at the Apple Store in Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 22, 2017. , Reuters MONTREAL — Two Quebec law firms are seeking authorization to file a class-action lawsuit against …
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Used Apple Store owner evicted from Derry shop (banned Republicans)
Business that tried to ban Republicans owed more than $15K in back rent DERRY — An owner of the Depot Square Office Building at 6 West Broadway said Bill Williams of The Used Apple Store was evicted from his unit in early February after neglecting to pay …
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Is Apple killing off iTunes? Leaked email sparks fears the company will end music downloads and move to a Spotify-like subscription model
The email was sent two weeks ago from an address at ‘The iTunes Store,’ and was signed by ‘The Apple Music Team.’ The email states that ‘Apple will no longer accept new submissions of iTunes LPs after March 2018. ‘Existing LPs will be deprecated from …
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Used Apple Store owner evicted from Derry shop
DERRY — An owner of the Depot Square Office Building at 6 West Broadway said Bill Williams of The Used Apple Store was evicted from his unit in early February after neglecting to pay rent for seven months. Manoj Munjal of NNM Realty Trust — an …
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Apple store forced to close after being swarmed by 11,000 fans trying to buy £40 iPhones
AN Apple reseller has been forced to shut shop after its clearance sale saw 11,000 people descend on its store to nab £40 iPhones. In its ad for the event, the Switch store in Malaysia said it was selling off its stock of demo products, including iPhone …
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Owner: Used Apple store has relocated
DERRY — The windows at 6 West Broadway, a storefront most recently occupied by The Used Apple Store, were newly blocked by black tarps Monday morning. Sometime over the weekend, a hand-written sign was posted from inside, letting passersby know that a …
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Stanford computer science students want Apple to make a mode for the iPhone that only allows calls, texts, and photos (AAPL)
The group held a protest on Saturday at an Apple Store in Palo Alto, California. They recommend that Apple creates an “essential mode” which would limit the iPhone to making calls, sending and receiving texts, and taking photos. Apple founder Steve Jobs …
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Inside the war between Spotify and Apple
At the time, Apple’s iTunes store had a dominant position in the music industry — but for downloads, not streaming. Spotify was competing less against giants like Apple than streaming services like Pandora (P), MOG, Grooveshark and Rdio, all of which …
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Apple Store Removes Telegram App Due to ‘Inappropriate Content’
The Telegram messaging app is no longer in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store due to “inappropriate content,” the company said Thursday. “We were alerted by Apple that inappropriate content was made available to our users and both apps were taken off the App Store.
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Apple left users in the dark when they slowed down old iPhones, committee hears
Anyone with an iPhone 6 or later model can call Apple support to reserve a battery, which will be delivered to a local Apple Store, where it will be installed. The discounted batteries are available until December 2018.
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China is dominating the App Store (AAPL)
Chinese app developers have seen “remarkable” growth and are dominating Apple’s App Store, according to a new analyst note published by Macquarie Research, citing App Annie data. The note said that China is “now in a league of its own among the top app …
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Apple warns customers about phishing emails, details legitimate communication
In a new document, appropriately titled “Identify legitimate emails from the App Store or iTunes Store,” Apple explains scammers and other nefarious actors might use the company’s name, logo and other credentials to trick users into handing over sensitive …
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Apple warns customers to watch out for a new wave of App Store phishing emails
You can never be too careful when visiting unfamiliar websites or opening emails from sources you don’t recognize, but on occasion, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s fake. For example, in recent weeks, a convincing new phishing scam has been …
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Apple opens its first store, Apple Kärntner Straße, in Austria Saturday
Apple Kärntner Straße, Apple’s first store in Austria, will open Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the heart of Vienna. Nestled on the famous pedestrian shopping street between St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera, the store’s 150 employees …
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Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING (Reuters) – When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users’ iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities will have far easier access to text messages, email and …
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