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Apple makes a tax deal for Prineville, Oregon data center land

by Mike Schramm (Apr 23rd, 2012)

We've heard before that Apple plans to build a data center on land it previously purchased in Oregon, but now the Associated Press reports on part of the cost. The company has reportedly agreed to pay US$150,000 per year to local governments, and has signed off on at least 35 jobs. Those jobs ...

Apple Store may be coming to Masonville Mall in London, Ontario

by Mike Schramm (Dec 30th, 2011)

Attention, Masonville Mall in London, Ontario: You may be getting an Apple Store next year. A local radio station reports that the Eddie Bauer store in that location is closing soon due to bankruptcy, and city records say that the relevant authorities are checking out a $3 million project for ...

Daily iPad App: Grand Theft Auto 3

by Mike Schramm (Dec 20th, 2011)

I'm not quite willing to call Grand Theft Auto 3 old school -- I spent so much time on the original top-down versions of the series that those are still more retro to me than the fully 3D graphics and living, open-world city that GTA3 made famous on the consoles (a tradition that continues ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Why GPS?

by Erica Sadun (Feb 22nd, 2010)

Normally readers write directly to Aunt TUAW using our tips line or feedback form. But today, we're switching things up a bit. Instead, Auntie is responding to a comment left on her last post about whether you should buy the Wi-Fi only iPad or wait for the 3G version. That's because Aunt TUAW has a ...

Reality doesn't get more real: 2 iPhone views of the NYC subway

by Michael Rose (Jul 16th, 2009)

There are two bits of knowledge that all native New Yorkers are gifted with: where to get "the best" pizza (Grimaldi's on the Brooklyn waterfront, in case you were wondering), and where to stand on the subway platform so as to arrive at the destination station in exactly the right spot to exit ahead ...

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 ...