Apple has been expanding their retail stores all over the world, with over 357 retail stores worldwide with plans to build a number of others in China and the United States. Now, Apple is expanding their retail efforts by setting up new product displays in Walmart stores around the country. Although Best Buy has had smaller Apple product displays in … Read More
Apple’s iOS to Add Support for Baidu Search?
Google and Apple have been in competition in the mobile space for quite some time and the tension between the companies seems to just keep increasing. Apple and Google compete fiercely over the smartphone and tablet market share. Apple still relies on Google’s Maps technology to provide iPhone users with directions and map data, as well as search feature in the … Read More
iPad 3rd Generation Doesn’t allow FaceTime over LTE
With the iPad 3rd generation now available in Apple Retail stores and third party retailers, and multiple carriers offering high speed 4G networking, customers are beginning to question as to why FaceTime, Apple’s video chat service is still limited to WiFi. Apple introduced FaceTime with the iPhone 4 and eventually expanded it to the iPod touch and then the iPad … Read More
iPad (3rd Generation) Pre-Orders Sold Out, Now Shipping in 2-3 Weeks
The iPad 3rd generation was unveiled last week, and Pre-Orders for the popular device are already sold out. Apple has experienced heavy demand for its iPad 3 launch and has pushed back the shipping date to 2-3 weeks. The launch day for the third generation iPad has been set by Apple for March 16th, where customers will be allowed to … Read More
iPad 3 Release Date Revealed as Apple Plans Houston Retail Store Opening
On Thursday, a report from The Houston Chronicle noted that Apple’s Highland Village retail store will be opening on Friday, March 16. The store was originally scheduled to open on Saturday, March 17th, but was mysteriously bumped back a day to the Friday. This has lead to speculation that Apple is looking to have the store open for iPad 3 … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) New SVP of Retail, John Browett Went Undercover as a Salesperson
Apple Inc. (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook mentioned earlier this week that John Browett was hired not to “bring Dixons to Apple”, but instead “to bring Apple to an even higher level of customer service and satisfaction.” Cook even went as far as to say that, “John shares that commitment [to customer service] like no one else we’ve met.” With John … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Open Retail Stores in India?
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) opened its first retail stores in the US long ago, giving customers a whole new retail experience, allowing them to use the devices hands on, try out the products and provide them with help if needed. Now, over a decade later, AAPL is opening up retail stores all around the world. Apple has branched out to China, London, … Read More
Apple Planning ‘Transparent’ Retail Stores in France and Switzerland
Over the last year, Apple has expanded their number of retail stores, including a new Apple Retail Store in the heart of Manhattan, in Grand Central Station. On Monday, ifoAppleStore reported that Apple is planning to open a new ‘Transparent’ retail store in France and Switzerland. The new Apple Store, reported to be built in the Aix en Provence is … Read More
Apple suspends sales of iPhone 4S in China over concerns of Safety
Apple has been experiencing high sales volume for the iPhone 4S, since its release late last year, in October. Apple, after releasing in the United States, began the roll out of the popular device in international markets, including China, however, after scalpers caused many problems in recent months, and a near riot in Apple’s Sanlitun retail store in Beijing, the … Read More
New York State Investigating Apple’s Low Rent for Grand Central Store
Apple opened its biggest retail location and its fifth in New York City on Friday. The Grand Central store opened to what was quite possibly one of the biggest crowds seen at any US Apple Retail location. Even before the construction of the popular location, on the East Balcony of Grand Central Terminal was over, controversy over rent has been … Read More
Apple’s Retail Self-Checkout Service a Success, Looking to Promote in Grand Central Store
Apple introduced a new EasyPay Self-Checkout service last month in its retail stores, allowing the purchase of products to be simplified to the point, where an employee is no longer required. With the Apple Store app, customers can simply ring up an item in the retail store with their iPhone camera and enter their credit card information. After that, the … Read More
Apple’s (AAPL) Grand Central Store Set to Open Friday, December 9th
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is set to open its 5th retail store in New York City, in Grand Central Terminal. Grand Central is one of the busiest train terminals in all of New York City and connects to multiple trains lines that run throughout the entire city. AAPL officially disclosed the date for the opening on the board above the current … Read More
Apple’s New In-Store Pick Up and Self Checkout Process Revealed
New details about Apple’s In-Store pick up and the new Self Checkout process were recently revealed. BGR reported on the details of the new addition to Apple’s over 200 retails stores. Customers can now utilize the Retail Stores in order to manage online purchases, where a customer can purchase a product online and simply walk into a store and pick up … Read More
Apple Discontinues Sale of Boxed Software for Mac From Retail Stores
After the introduction of Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store, Apple sent out a notification to all resellers that they will no longer be selling boxed software. Software boxes getting phased out include, ‘iWork ’09, Aperture 3, iLife ’11, Apple Remote Desktop, and various Jam Packs for GarageBand. Many software packages from 3rd party developers are released … Read More
Toys R Us Preparing to sell Apple’s iPad 2?
Apple’s iPad 2 has proved to be a huge success for the Cupertino, Calif. based company and has a promising future as analysts are predicting 30 Million units to be sold by the end of 2011. The demand for the second gen tablet continues to rise as Apple is trying its best to ship as many tablets as they can. In a … Read More