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China's new online Apple Store sells out of iPhone 4s on day one

by Dave Caolo (Oct 29th, 2010)

Just 24 hours into business, China's first online Apple Store has sold its entire stock of iPhone 4s. Writing for The Global Times, Wang Xinyuan says, "Apple Inc's new online Chinese-language store was a big hit with consumers Wednesday after it sold out its entire stock of iPhone 4s on the first ...

Apple introduces online Chinese store, App Store now in Simplified Chinese

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 26th, 2010)

Apple launched a Chinese-language version of its online store today with all of Apple's product lineup in place, including the online-only (PRODUCT) RED iPod nano, and a selection of third-party products. In addition to this, a Simplified Chinese version of the App Store was rolled out with ...

Apple Store is down... and back up, with no changes

by Mike Schramm (Oct 6th, 2010)

The store's down!* We're not sure why (if I had to guess, I'd say they're updating the listings for bumper cases, since those recently returned to the retail shelves), but we'll keep an eye on things and let you know what's new when it comes back. Meanwhile, don't panic. We want a new iPod nano, ...

More murmuring about 99 cent iTunes TV rentals

by Mike Schramm (Aug 25th, 2010)

Well now. The previous rumor about 99 cent rentals for TV episodes on iTunes was just your average, but now that we know there's an Apple event just around the corner, it's time to start making hay out of all the chaff floating around. A source now tells the Wall Street Journal that Apple is ...

Team Fortress 2 out for Mac Steam

by Mike Schramm (Jun 11th, 2010)

Valve has released Team Fortress 2 for the Mac, along with a funny little video trailer highlighting the old PC vs. Mac fanboy wars (and a great comic featuring the TF2 characters' first visit to the Apple Store). If you've never played TF2, you're in for a treat -- it's a multiplayer team-based ...

The iPad makes a pretty good skateboard, too

by Mike Schramm (May 6th, 2010)

We've seen an iPad blended and microwaved, so why not turn it into a skateboard, right? That's exactly what Fuel.tv did, and you can watch the results above. Does it stand up to the skater scrutiny? Yes and no ... okay, mostly no. The screen surprisingly breaks right away, and the form factor ...

Woz to buy two iPads

by Mike Schramm (Mar 30th, 2010)

Newsweek chatted with one Steve Wozniak the week before the iPad launch, and unsurprisingly, he's going all-in on the new device, and planning on picking up (at least) two, one WiFi and one 3G. He's ordered them up online already, but he says he'll still be stopping by an Apple Store on Friday ...

GDC 2010: Ngmoco explains how Eliminate was built

by Mike Schramm (Mar 9th, 2010)

As they explained during the presentation, they had a heck of a goal with this project: they wanted to put together "the definitive FPS for iPhone," complete with all of the functions of a standard console deathmatch-style FPS, in just five months with just three engineers. And they started with the ...

More eBook trouble for Amazon

by Mike Schramm (Feb 5th, 2010)

Amazon has run into more trouble with its pricing -- after Macmillan and HarperCollins, a third company has pressured the online book retailer to raise prices on their Kindle eBooks. This time it's the Hachette Book Group, and their CEO in an internal memo says that the company will switch to an ...

Kevin Rose demos Square payment system for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Jan 19th, 2010)

Digg's Kevin Rose is the newest investor in this Square iPhone payment system that we've been seeing lately, and as you can see above, he's demo'ed the unit for everyone over on YouTube. It works as we've heard: there's just an addon that you plug into the iPhone's headphone jack, and then an app ...

OpenFeint announces version 2.4, now in Fieldrunners

by Mike Schramm (Jan 9th, 2010)

The guys over at OpenFeint have released version 2.4 of their social gaming platform, and they've also corralled one of the biggest games on the App Store into using it: you can find the brand new version in the popular Fieldrunners app. New features of the software include a simplified UI, a ...

Online iPhone sales return to NYC

by Mike Schramm (Dec 28th, 2009)

As Engadget is reporting, New York City residents can get back to buying their iPhones via AT&T's website after the strange outage that seemed to start yesterday kept them from doing so. It's been a rollercoaster of a story -- first we heard that they weren't being sold at all because of ...

Apple Store is currently down

by Michael Jones (Aug 30th, 2009)

Yes folks, it looks like the online Apple Store is currently down. Given that it is 10:00 PM on a Saturday night over in Cupertino, I'd say chances are pretty good that it could just be some simple maintenance, but you never know. We'll keep an eye out for any changes and post an update if ...

First Look: Twin 1.0 for Mac OS X

by Steven Sande (May 15th, 2009)

Time Machine made it easy for Leopard owners to back up their Macs on local external hard drives, and lately we've seen a number of online backup services such as Carbonite, BackBlaze, and MozyPro debut for the Mac platform. These online services are great (I personally use BackBlaze), but there's a ...

Apple offers iPhone 3G purchase online

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 14th, 2009)

For new customers wanting an iPhone 3G, you now have another way to buy it - ordering straight from Apple, an option that hasn't existed since the original iPhone was sold. Online purchasing was taken away with the introduction of the 3G. AT&T brought it back in December, and only now has ...