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Daily Update for October 20, 2011

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 20th, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Cast of Disney's "Lemonade Mouth" starts flash mob at Apple store

by Dana Franklin (Apr 26th, 2011)

It was another quiet afternoon at the Apple retail store at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA -- or as quiet as an Apple store can be on a busy day -- when all of a sudden, a flash mob began singing and dancing the song "Determinate" from the Disney Channel production Lemonade Mouth over Easter ...

Apple planning May event to celebrate its 10-year retail anniversary

by Chris Ward (Apr 21st, 2011)

Get your glad rags out, because it looks like Apple's preparing to celebrate the 10th birthday of its first retail stores at the end of next month. Employees have been told they can't request any vacation time in late May, possibly because Apple's planning some sort of event to mark the ...

Personal shopping discontinued in Apple Stores

by Sam Abuelsamid (Nov 3rd, 2010)

Apple retail stores are typically very busy places. While the staff are very helpful, customers generally have to wait around a bit before being served. Fortunately, Apple has offered a reservation system for services like the Genius Bar and training sessions. Unfortunately, one previously ...

Apple Store at Otay Ranch opening this Friday

by Laurie A. Duncan (Oct 25th, 2006)

Speaking of Apple's retail plans... Chula Vista in Southern California welcomes the latest Apple Store this Friday, Oct 27, 2006, continuing the growing and inconvenient trend of Apple Stores opening on a Friday morning. According to SignOnSanDiego, Apple will join nearly 90 mostly upscale stores, ...

Apple Store Concierge on your own Mac

by Laurie A. Duncan (Oct 6th, 2006)

If you've ever been to an Apple store you've probably noticed the launcher-like buttons in the middle of the desktop of all the Macs on the floor. The buttons give you access to that store's Concierge (for Genius Bar and Studio appointments), events calendar, product info and other store info. What ...