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London's Covent Garden Apple Store hit by burglars

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 10th, 2011)

In what is the most high-profile Apple Store robbery to date, a gang of thugs carried out a smash-and-grab raid on London's Covent Garden Apple Store. The store, which opened fourteen months ago, is Apple's second flagship store. It was built in a remodeled 19th century building and features a ...

Lonely Planet launches audio walking tours in London

by Mike Schramm (Feb 18th, 2011)

This is a cool new feature in travel apps that I'd like to see a lot more of: Lonely Planet has released some walking audio tours as apps on the App Store. Unfortunately, all of the tours so far are just based in London, but the apps will walk you around some of London's most interesting areas, ...

Found Footage: Apple Store Covent Garden opening in iPhone 4 HD

by Steven Sande (Aug 8th, 2010)

The Apple Store Covent Garden opened in London this weekend to great crowds and fanfare, and of course we've been inundated with photos, video, and personal stories about the opening. We'd love to thank all of you for your input, as we all love Apple Store openings as much as anyone! Mike ...

Take a video tour of Apple's Covent Garden store

by Mike Schramm (Aug 5th, 2010)

A UK site called Electricpig has posted a full video walkthrough of her majesty's latest Apple Store, which opened just recently in London's Covent Garden. The place is gigantic -- while all we get of the main sale area is a high-speed walkthrough, you can tell it's huge, with multiple rooms and ...

Apple's London Covent Garden store to open on August 7

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 30th, 2010)

Calling fellow Londoners! The London Evening Standard is reporting that Apple is finally set to open the Covent Garden store on August 7th. The store will be housed in a building that was built in 1877 and feature a glass roof over a courtyard that was originally for delivery by horses. The new ...