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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 ...

New Apple Store coming to London's Covent Garden

by Mike Schramm (Jul 12th, 2010)

Shanghai and Paris just got new Apple stores, and now it's London's turn. A red curtain in London's Covent Garden district shows the latest location for an Apple Retail store -- rumor has it that the store will open as soon as the end of this month, and will likely be a popular destination in the ...

Apple announces dates for iTunes Festival London 2010

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 22nd, 2010)

Apple has announced dates for the 2010 London iTunes Festival. The festival will run every night in July this summer. Sixty artists will be performing over thirty-one days at Camden's Roundhouse in London. The first three nights will feature performances from Scissor Sisters, Tony Bennett and ...

Lonely Planet giving away free iPhone guides in honor of Eyjafjallajökull messing with Europe

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 19th, 2010)

Did Eyjafjallajökull mess your week up? The answer is probably "no" if you're asking who Eyjafjallajökull is. For those of us who did have our week interrupted by that big exploding volcano in Iceland, Lonely Planet is offering thirteen of its City Guides for free in the App Store (and ...

UK mobile operator O2: iPhone apps are hurting our network

by Steven Sande (Jan 2nd, 2010)

Everyone knows about the struggles US mobile phone company AT&T has had with keeping its network up to speed given the huge bandwidth requirements of the popular iPhone. Well, they're not the only mobile carrier having issues. In the UK, O2 has been having problems with the huge amount of ...

Time Out London released for iPhone

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 18th, 2009)

Fellow Londoners, it's been a good week for us! First, The Guardian unveiled their iPhone app [£2.39, iTunes link], now Time Out London has finally released their free iPhone app – and it is amazing. This app is worth it for the map feature alone. How it works is a Google Map is ...

A free app for those who love art

by Mel Martin (Jun 15th, 2009)

It's true. I'm delighted to find free applications that stimulate and involve. The iPhone/iPod touch continues to open new vistas for those willing to explore the app store. If you love great art, then get thee to iTunes and download Love Art [App Store link] which is a tour of some of the great ...

Meet Spore's creator at Regent St. Apple Store

by Dave Caolo (Aug 29th, 2008)

Gamers, are you excited for next weekend's release of Spore? We sure are (even though the iPod game got pulled from the iTunes Store, darnit). I've created my first species in Creature Creator and he (it?) is ready to go. If you're also anticipating the game, and happen to be at London's Regent ...

Goin' underground with TubeStatus

by Giles Turnbull (Aug 7th, 2008)

Londoners like to know what's going on in the tunnels beneath their feet. The Tube is how every Londoner gets pretty much anywhere, and when bits of it are broken, it helps to know before you walk to the nearest Tube station. The beauty of the Tube, (well, the central zones in particular) is that ...

Top 100 retail landmarks: Apple makes the list

by Cory Bohon (Jul 4th, 2008)

RetailWeek recently compiled a list of the top 100 retail locations around the world. What did they find? Well, Apple holds two positions in their list: one for the 5th Avenue store (New York) and one for the Regent Street store (London). According to the list, the 5th Avenue store has all three ...

Apple preparing another large London store?

by Nik Fletcher (Mar 5th, 2008)

As many of our readers know, London is already host to the world's largest Apple store (pictured above) on renowned shopping-mile Regent Street. However, Apple's ambitions for the UK capital have yet to be fully realised according to a Macworld UK report today - for Apple is preparing to open ...

Regent Street Apple Store welcomes 10 millionth visitor

by Dave Caolo (Oct 10th, 2007)

Michal Revivo is a lucky woman. She visited the Regent Street Apple Store on Tuesday at precisely the right time. As "shopper #10 million," she was surrounded by applauding employees and handed a special prize: A brand new black MacBook, an iPod nano and a One-to-One training membership. ...

Metaliveblogging Apple's "Mum is no longer the word" event

by Nik Fletcher (Sep 18th, 2007)

Good morning, dear TUAW readers. London calling. It's Tuesday morning, and that can only mean one thing. We've been getting tonnes of tips that the Apple Store is down. The Apple store is still online, although tipster Gary tipped us off that the O2 store - the very same network rumoured to be the ...