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The New Palo Alto Apple Store Isn’t Too Loud

The new Apple Store in Palo Alto just opened a few weeks ago, and while its design is indisputedly gorgeous, some are complaining that the place is too loud. They’re even using scientific instruments to try to prove it! Deep breath people. It’s not as bad as it sounds. We’re going to get through this.


Apple Wants You To Reset Your iPhone Before Hitting The Genius Bar

There must be an enormous amount of iPhone-related idiocy showing up at the Genius Bar, because now, before Apple will allow you to make a reservation, the company prompts you to kindly reset your phone.


Target’s Response To Canberra Apple Store Opening Was To Send In The Clown

Yes, just the one. You have to give Target credit — if you can’t draw crowds yourself, why not take advantage of the pulling power of Apple? Seems this is precisely what a couple of retailers did this morning at the official opening of the consumer giant’s new Canberra outlet.


This Apple Store’s Huge Glass Panel Is Stunning

The SoHo Apple Store in New York City has just opened its doors after its recent renovation and Core 77 has noticed something amazing: the stunning new glass panels flanking its stairs. At more than nine metres long each, these things are impossibly huge and beautiful.


Apple Hiring Geniuses For New Canberra Store

The new Broadway Apple Store in Sydney is barely out of its packaging and the company is eyeing off retail space in Adelaide. Now it looks like Apple is adding Canberra to the list, with a job ad on Seek strongly suggesting plans exist for a store in the country’s capital.


Siri Knows About The New Sydney Apple Store

The secret is out that Apple is building a second retail store in Sydney’s Broadway shopping centre, and despite the fact that it’s not even open for business yet, Siri knows where it is and is happy to take you there, provided you have iOS 6.


Greenpeace Ambushes Apple Stores With Balloon Prank

Apple’s iCloud is powered on the back of some seriously dirty electricity. That truly sucks. You know what else sucks? Cleaning dozens of balloons out of a cavernous Apple store after Greenpeace protesters attack.


Foot For Foot, Apple Stores Rake In 17x More Cash Than Other Retail Outlets

We all know Apple stores are wildly successful. But how successful? When comparing the revenue-per-square-foot of Apple’s retail hub to any other business, Apple generates more cash from sales by an average factor of 17.


Apple’s Glass Stores: A Danger To Old Ladies?

Every year thousands of birds smack their faces on the glass walls of Apple Stores, and it’s very sad. But have you ever considered the grandmas? An 83-year-old fur magnate walked face-first into an Apple Store door. She’s now suing for $US1 million. UPDATED.


Crazy, Stoned Lady Goes Topless At Apple Store

What’s the only thing more exciting than a new Core i7 MacBook Air at your local Apple Store? No, not the Genius Bar helping you out with a cracked iPhone screen — a ranting, pot-smoking lunatic crashing a Q&A. Naked.


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