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Apple's A5 processor now manufactured in Texas

by Chris Rawson (Dec 16th, 2011)

"Designed by Apple in California" -- you'll find that on virtually every Apple product. While it's well-known that the brains of Apple's outfit are indeed housed in California, it's almost as well-known that Apple's products are almost wholly manufactured overseas. Indeed, Apple has been a target ...

Future Texas Apple Store to feature a glass roof

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 6th, 2011)

Apple likes glass. Its iPhone 4/4S is encased in glass, its proposed office building will be largely faced with glass and its retail stores are increasingly constructed with glass. The latest example is the future Highland Village Retail Store in Houston, Texas. Texas resident Tracy Evans ...

New Apple Store planned in El Paso

by Mike Schramm (Jun 22nd, 2011)

ifoAppleStore says that Apple's retail team is bringing a new location to El Paso, Texas, right on the border to Mexico down there. The store will sit on the ground floor of the local Cielo Vista Mall, just three miles from the border, where Mexican customers make up 16 percent of retail sales ...

Apple has set up a temporary Apple Store in Austin, TX for SXSW

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 10th, 2011)

Apple is leasing retail space in downtown Austin for the upcoming South by Southwest conference. The temporary retail store will be located at Sixth and Congress Street and preparations are under way for a Friday opening. This debut coincides with the launch of the iPad 2 and the SXSW conference ...

TUAW Giveaway: Win a subscription to Slacker Radio Plus for Austin City Limits Music Festival

by Mike Schramm (Oct 1st, 2010)

The Austin City Limits Music Festival is going on next week in Austin, TX (as is GDC Online, which I'll be covering for TUAW). The festival has teamed up with Slacker Internet Radio and Seed Labs to spread the word and share some of the music from the artists performing there. They've produced a ...

Apple retail news: three new stores opened this weekend

by Joachim Bean (Aug 30th, 2009)

While all of the attention this weekend was around the launch of Snow Leopard, Apple opened up three new retail stores; two new stores in the US and one in Germany. First, the company opened a new store in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday, which is now Apple's second store in Germany, after the store ...

Apple Store North Star: Your reports

by Dave Caolo (Jun 28th, 2008)

Apple opened a new retail store in San Antonio, Texas earlier today, number 14 for the Lone Star State. As usual, we asked any TUAW readers who may have attended to share their reports and/or pictures. So, did you go, and if you did, how was it? Let us know in the comments. Here's hoping you scored ...

New Texas Apple Store set to open

by Dave Caolo (Jun 26th, 2008)

Apple is about to open their 14th retail store in Texas -- San Antonio's second -- this Saturday, June 28th. Apple Store North Star is located in the North Star Mall, next to Ann Taylor. You can get full driving directions here. The doors open at 10:00 AM. Two stores is pretty good, San Antonio, but ...

Found Footage: AT&T's Stan Sigman gifts iPhone at West Texas A&M

by Erica Sadun (May 12th, 2007)

As noted earlier tonight, there seems to be at least one iPhone in the wild. TUAW is pleased to bring you this exclusive video from our agent-on-the-spot Mikal. Today, Stan Sigman, CEO of AT&T Wireless (Cingular), was the commencement speaker at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. ...

Apple Store openings: Your reports

by Dave Caolo (Apr 21st, 2007)

Two new Apple Stores opened this weekend, one in Florida and one in Colorado. As usual, we want any TUAW operatives in the area to send us their stories and pictures. So, how is it going? Did you get out to the store? Let us know! ...

Spyshot: Apple Store Baybrook Mall, Webster, TX

by Dave Caolo (Apr 1st, 2007)

TUAW reader, and Texan, Jason sent us a few photos he took of what will soon be Texas' latest Apple Store. It's located in Webster's Baybrook Mall, between Coldwater Creek and a place called Bags N Baggage (We're guessing that they sell bags). A quick look at Apple's jobs postings site revealed that ...

Apple Store The Domain: Your reports

by Dave Caolo (Mar 9th, 2007)

Apple Store The Domain, Texas' newest location, opened a day early on Thursday (what they call a "soft opening" in the biz). It's a 45' store with no cash registers. Shoppers check out with any employee holding the requisite handheld device (which we've seen at other locations). How convenient. As ...

Spy shots: Apple Store The Domain

by Dave Caolo (Mar 7th, 2007)

Upon reading our post about the opening of the newest Texas Apple Store, TUAW reader Dave grabbed his camera and headed down to the shopping center. He snapped the photo above for us, as well as another he's got posted at his site. Not that we condone covertly photographing unopened Apple Stores. ...

Texas Apple Store opens this weekend

by Dave Caolo (Mar 6th, 2007)

Apple plans to open a new retail store this Saturday, March 9th at 10:00 AM in Austin, Texas. Apple Store The Domain (now there's an official-sounding name) is located in northwest Austin, along the MoPac Expressway at 11410 Century Oaks Terrace, near Macy's. You can find complete travel directions ...

Memorial City Store Grand Opening Announced

by Dan Lurie (Jun 13th, 2006)

Mac geeks in and around the Houston, TX area have begun receiving the "Come meet your new neighbor" emails which Apple sends out in preparation for a new Apple Store opening. The store located in the Memorial City Mall will hold its grand opening on June 17th at 10AM. As is standard practice with ...