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Daily Update for November 26, 2012

by Steven Sande (Nov 26th, 2012)

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 ...

Apple store vs Microsoft store on Black Friday

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 26th, 2012)

Philip Elmer-Dewitt pointed out an interesting "survey" conducted by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster this past Black Friday that compared sales at the Apple store in the Mall of America to sales of the Microsoft store directly across the hall. Given the wild popularity of Apple products, the ...

Apple Stores and Microsoft Stores by the numbers

by Steven Sande (Mar 2nd, 2012)

TUAW readers know from a series of posts we've run over the years that Microsoft has been opening self-branded stores throughout the U.S., usually just a stone's throw away from well-trafficked Apple Stores. Fortune's JP Mangalindan took a metaphorical bullet for the sake of a story and visited ...

Found Footage: Apple/Microsoft throwdown at Mall of America

by Dave Caolo (Oct 4th, 2010)

The USA's largest shopping mall will be the setting of an epic retail battle as Microsoft opens a massive store mere yards away from an Apple Store. Your Tech Weblog, a part of Minnesota's Pioneer Press, has posted some photos of the massive store-to-be. It's directly across the hall from ...

Apple, Microsoft retail stores playing tag

by Dave Caolo (Jun 1st, 2010)

We've mentioned how closely Microsoft's retail stores resemble Apple's, and now they're even physically close. At least in one Washington mall. Downtown Bellevue reports that Microsoft will open a store in the Bellevue Square Mall, just three spaces away from an existing Apple Store. Feeling a ...

First two Microsoft stores pretty close to Apple counterparts

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jul 30th, 2009)

On Tuesday, CNET announced that the first two Microsoft stores would be located in Mission Viejo, Calif. and Scottsdale, Ariz. The California store will be in The Shops at Mission Viejo, a complex that already has an Apple Store. The Arizona store, according to the Associated Press, will be located ...