Inventory is piling up, according to Apple store workers, who say some locations are selling fewer than 10 HomePods a day. Apple declined to comment. Apple had an opportunity to put the HomePod at the centre of a new ecosystem of smart home and other …
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Apple’s HomePod speaker looks like a flop
The report cited Apple Store workers who said some locations sell fewer than 10 HomePod speakers a day. The HomePod’s weakness is that its Siri and Apple Music exclusivity make it a hard sell as a smart speaker for anyone who isn’t fully invested in …
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Apple Stores relying on in-store contractors to catch up on iPhone battery service backlog
It’s no secret that Apple Stores have struggled to keep up with demand for iPhone battery replacements, and it appears the company is trying a new strategy to reduce repair times for customers with affected iPhones. 9to5Mac has heard from multiple Apple …
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Apple Store Employees to Celebrate Earth Day With Green Shirts Starting This Week
Apple Store employees will celebrate Earth Day by again wearing green shirts instead of traditional navy blue for the next few weeks. Apple’s retail chief Angela Ahrendts with employees ahead of Earth Day in 2017
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Apple ‘will SCRAP its iTunes Store in March 2019 to focus on its Spotify-like subscription model’
Apple will begin shutting down iTunes Store music downloads on March 31, 2019. That’s according to industry insiders who claim a phase-out of the service may help the firm keep up with a subscription-based streaming platforms such as Spotify. The news …
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Apple’s HomePod is too expensive, too limited, too late to market, and few people are buying it (AAPL)
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is too expensive, its functions are too limited, and it launched too late for the Christmas/holiday season, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports, and that’s why few people are buying it. Some store locations sell as few as 10 …
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Apps released on Apple Store drops in 2017
Google Play Store appear to be winning the favourite app store contest, as the amount of apps released in the Apple App Store fell for the first time in 2017. A new data released by Appfigures showed that both Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store were …
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Apple’s HomePod is off to a slow and disappointing start, which surprises no one
After a multi-month delay, Apple’s HomePod finally hit store shelves in early February to generally rave reviews. It’s worth noting that Apple, in the weeks and months preceding the HomePod release, made a point of noting that its main objective with …
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‘Apple Store for sleep’ coming to Domain Northside
The “luxury sleep company” will open its first Texas store April 21. Plenty of Austinites have already been shopping online for mattresses and bedding accessories at Amerisleep. Amerisleep, which calls itself the “the Apple Store for sleep,” is …
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Every Single Apple Store And Corporate Office Now Runs On 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Apple has made a name for itself based on its innovative technological products. Now, as clean and sustainable energy becomes more and more in vogue — and more crucial for both the environment and the economy —the tech giant just announced another big …
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Apple Music appoints new head, hits 48 million subscribers
will report directly to Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue and will also oversee Apple’s services outside the United States, including the App Store and iTunes. Apple’s top streaming music rival Spotify Technology SA has 71 million so-called premium …
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Apple store besieged by protesters in Paris ‘die-in’ over tax avoidance
A French group opposed to Apple’s tax maneuvering in Europe took to the company’s stores this weekend in a public protest. Attac France travelled to Apple Stores in Paris and Aix-en-Provence Saturday to hold a ‘die-in’ protest against the Cupertino iPad …
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Apple store sliding glass door falls on a four-year-old boy
CCTV shows a sliding glass door in an Apple store in Chengdu, China fall on a four-year-old boy, Meng Meng, who is playing with his older brother. His mother is suing for 200,00 RMB (£22,460) in compensation for his…
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Apple Covers Opening Day at new Shinjuku District Store and a new Video shows Initial Crowds in the Store
Yesterday Patently Apple covered opening day at the new Shinjuku Apple Store. Today Apple officially covered opening day with a few photos of their own. Apple Shinjuku marks the first of several new stores and renovations in Japan in the coming years.
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Gallery: Line of nearly 500 customers estimated at grand opening of Apple’s Shinjuku retail store
Just steps from the world’s busiest transportation hub, Apple today welcomed customers to their newest retail store, Apple Shinjuku. 9to5Mac reader iChernov attended the grand opening and generously provided us with firsthand photos and video of the …
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Apple opens its Doors to the new Shinjuku Store in Tokyo and we have a few Photos covering Opening Day
Yesterday Patently Apple posted a report titled “Apple gives us a Peek of the new Shinjuku District Store Opening in Tokyo this Saturday.” It’s Saturday in Japan and the new Apple store opened on cue. Below are a few new photos of the store which you can …
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Apple Offers Platform Puzzler ‘Starman: Tale of Light’ for Free Through the Apple Store App
While last month’s version 5.0 update to the official Apple Store iOS app introduced several significant changes to the user experience, one thing Apple has retained is its tradition of occasionally offering select paid apps for free through the app for a …
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