Tag: APPLESTORE

With the thousands visiting Apple retail stores each week competing for time to test drive the in-store machines, the company has again decided to ban a social networking site from the computers in its store. This time, Facebook is getting the boot. As of this week, the ubiquitous site, like Myspace before it, will no longer be accessible on computers in the Apple Store. The retailers have ...

The wedding is probably the oldest traditional ceremony we have left. Even though nuptials are common, couples always try to make their ceremony reflect their personalities and interests. One Mac fanatic couple would like to have it at a somewhat unusual location: their local mall's Apple Store. Yes, they want to have their reception at the mall. You see, the couple met at the Apple Store and ...

The IPhone is very popular. It is so popular in fact that Apple retailers in New York are finding it impossible to keep on their shelves. On Wednesday, all three locations - the original SoHo store, the 59th Street store and the one on West 14th Street in Manhattan were completely sold out. When asked when new shipments were coming in, a definitive answer wasn't given, according to Danny Shea ...

Is it us, or has Apple truly cultivated a cozy, nice-guy image in the consumer's world of technology? That funny commercial with the uptight PC nerd versus the laid-back Apple innovator type aside, it seems as if Apple's trying to live up to the image. Get this: A model actually wrote her memoir in New York's SoHo Apple Store over a period of three months. Isobella Jade, a diminutive catwalker, ...

You don't normally link the U.S. Military and Apple too often, so it may seem odd that the Mac-Daddy is taking inspiration from the Army. It looks like Apple has banned MySpace from machines on display in its Apple Stores. According to the company's press release, usage of the site was taking up too much of the stores' bandwidth (sound familiar?). MySpace was also banned because stroll-by ...