Apple retail begins driving Mac App Store sales
Apple has begun moving to make software sales a Mac App Store only thing, with news that it intends ditching some of the best available Mac games from its brick-&-mortar Apple retail stores.
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China shuts down fake Apple "Stoers" in Kunming
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is pondering what to do, following recent revelations of fake Apple Stores in Kunming, China. Local government has closed down two of them, but three remain. In IT Blogwatch,...
View ArticleApple retail grabs Brit Dixons chief John Browett
Jony Ive isn't the only Brit at the top of Apple's executive tree any more. He has a retail-focused potential chum as Apple hires away Dixons chief exec, John Browett, to lead its rapidly-expanding and...
View ArticleApple fights iPad ban in China, sets scene for future growth
Apple's iPad 3 is threatened by an annoying trademark lawsuit in China's courts, but the problems the company face in the country are a textbook example of the challenges of doing business there. And...
View ArticleOpinion: Why Apple's new iPad will lead through 2015 -- and beyond
The new iPad seems set to secure Apple's hold on the tablet edge of the PC market for yet another year, but surely the Oompa-Loompa's inside the Cupertino dream factory can't hold this lead forever?...
View ArticleApple CEO Tim Cook in China as business grows
Apple CEO, Tim Cook is in China attending to business at the moment -- as you'd expect, with that country rapidly transforming into the company's biggest market, with huge scope for even faster future...
View ArticleiOS chief Scott Forstall out, Jony Ive to lead future Apple user interface...
Apple's executive reshuffle is an expression of one year’s work by Tim Cook to identify those who can help the company forward, to ensure focus isn’t on internal politics, but on the main mission of...
View ArticleUh-oh: Now Apple threatens the banking system, a banker warns
A senior banker has warned that the banking system is looking nervously to Apple and other tech firms, who it expects will eventually threaten the financial services industry -- so, will Apple take on...
View ArticleWhy Apple really, really doesn't need a shopkeeper to lead its retail chain
The search for a new retail chief continues at Apple, but perhaps the company is simply looking in the wrong direction: it doesn't need a shopkeeper to run its retail stores -- it needs an evangelist.
View ArticleJust how important is a part in Apple's brand story?
There's a reason competitors like to go up against Apple: that reason's not just about business, it is because they hope to become part of the company's story. That story is pre-eminent among consumer...
View Article5 reasons Angela Ahrendts is right for Apple retail
Apple has hired Burberry CEO, Angela Ahrendts to lead its retail operations -- there's at least five good reasons why:
View ArticleGame over for NFC as Apple's iBeacon hits world's busiest retail store
NFC is finished. It was a dream that failed. Any hope its champions may once have held ended today when Apple switched on iBeacons solutions across its insanely busy US retail stores.
View Article6 reasons you'll visit Apple retail in 2014
Apple has "big plans" for 2014 company CEO, Tim Cook says, fanning speculation as it prepares to unleash some shiny new toys: so here are 6 reasons anything new it does introduce will get most people...
View ArticleApple iBeacon tech lights up CES 2014
It's the same every year at CES: Apple doesn't appear at the event but its shadow looms large. This year's a little different, because the Apple championed iBeacon will be part of the show.
View ArticleApple's Macintosh: 30 years doomed
Apple's Mac turns 30 today. Apple's Website today celebrates the platform that defined and revolutionized the PC -- despite being "doomed" since it began.
View ArticleCan Angela Ahrendts save the Apple Store?
What's clear as Apple puts together the pieces for its Next Big Thing is that with Ahrendts at the helm its retail stores will become the place to go if you want to take a look at its next...
View ArticleWWDC 2014: Apple's plan to save high street retail
If you happen to be a developer, someone in retail, or digital experience marketing, you'd be a fool to ignore Apple as it prepares to open up its omnichannel, as it may soon offer you the secret sauce...
View Article6 Steve Jobs stories we learned this month
Apple's Steve Jobs is a modern icon, but biographers have painted his character with a wide brush. That's why many who worked with Jobs seem keen to give us a much better insight into the man. Here are...
View ArticleApple steals your wallet with future iPhone
Apple and Visa are ready to turn your iPhone into your wallet, after years of steady work to develop such services.
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