Apple Electronics Apple hopes to convince people to buy its $3,500 Vision Pro headset using free 25-minute in-store demos Have your face and glasses scanned in-store By Rob Thubron, January 15, 2024, 8:29 AM 21 comments
Industry Apple Unionized Apple store employees propose tipping, increased pay, and more paid time off Employees claim customers are already attempting to tip them for their time and service By Jimmy Pezzone, May 7, 2023, 8:39 AM 23 comments
Apple Electronics Thieves cut through adjacent shop wall to steal $500K worth of iPhones from Apple Store Burglars knew exactly where to drill without hitting pipes, suggesting sophisticated planning By Daniel Sims, April 8, 2023, 7:08 AM 21 comments
Apple Industry Apple to increase retail employees' base pay to $22 p/h amid unionization push, rising inflation Will it be enough to hang onto staff? By Rob Thubron, May 26, 2022, 9:16 AM 29 comments
Apple Tech Culture Apple begins removing mask requirements for its workers For the second time By Rob Thubron, March 4, 2022, 6:31 AM 25 comments
Tech Culture Apple Ukraine urges Tim Cook to block the Apple App Store in Russia US tech companies face mounting pressure to restrict Russian access to their services By Vann Vicente, February 26, 2022, 11:39 AM 74 comments
Industry Apple Apple Store employees reportedly using Android phones to hide unionization plans from bosses Staff say their wages haven't kept up with inflation By Rob Thubron, February 23, 2022, 11:31 AM 18 comments
Tech Culture Apple Apple Store hostage incident ends after police hit suspect with car (Updated) The suspect, carrying a pistol and assault rifle, had demanded 200 million Euros in crypto By Rob Thubron, February 23, 2022, 5:15 AM
The Web Apple Apple implements verification system for education discounts in the US No more honor system By Shawn Knight, January 19, 2022, 1:56 PM 8 comments
Apple Industry Apple to give $1,000 bonus to retail employees ahead of the launch of iPhone 13 Bonuses come amid record revenues during the pandemic By Zak Islam, September 24, 2021, 8:15 AM
Apple Industry Apple has officially reopened all of its US store locations All 270 Apple Stores are open for business By Cohen Coberly, March 1, 2021, 5:36 PM 14 comments
Tech Culture Apple The first "floating" Apple store opens soon in Singapore Cool to the core By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2020, 8:15 AM 7 comments
Industry Apple Apple wants its UK store rents reduced by 50% After it became the most profitable company in the world By Rob Thubron, August 3, 2020, 6:59 AM 10 comments
Apple Apple shares retail store reopening strategy A cautious approach to reopening Apple retail stores By Shawn Knight, May 18, 2020, 11:31 AM
Industry Apple Apple plans to reopen a handful of its brick-and-mortar stores next week In Idaho, South Carolina, Alabama, and Alaska By Cohen Coberly, May 9, 2020, 7:03 AM
Apple Apple says it could reopen some of its US stores this month They've been closed since mid-March By Rob Thubron, May 1, 2020, 5:20 AM
Apple Customers will have to wait for Apple stores to reopen before collecting their repairs They could be waiting a while By Rob Thubron, March 26, 2020, 6:44 AM
Tech Culture Apple Teen says Apple's facial recognition led to false arrest, sues company for $1 billion He was falsely linked to a series of Apple Store thefts By Rob Thubron, April 23, 2019, 6:28 AM 19 comments
Apple California charges 17 people in connection with Apple store robbery scheme Copycats could still be lingering By Shawn Knight, September 28, 2018, 10:00 AM
Apple Mobile Huawei hands out chargers at Apple Store's iPhone lines, tells customers they'll need them Burn! By Rob Thubron, September 21, 2018, 8:57 AM 10 comments
Apple Dutch Apple Store evacuated after iPad battery explodes The third such incident this year By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2018, 8:17 AM
Industry Apple Thieves walk in and take $27,000 worth of merchandise from California Apple Store Crime may be linked to another heist on the California coast that used the same MO By Cal Jeffrey, July 12, 2018, 7:02 PM 13 comments
Apple Mobile Two Hong Kong Apple store staff taken to hospital after iPhone battery starts emitting smoke A similar incident occurred in Switzerland last month By Rob Thubron, February 2, 2018, 12:03 PM
Apple Industry Apple revamps its stores struggling to cope with the company's success Many outlets can't deal with all the customers By Rob Thubron, November 20, 2017, 8:30 AM 8 comments
Apple Apple will make its secretive iPhone screen repair machine available to hundreds of third-party repair centers Conceding to 'Right to Repair' bill or a sign that a more fragile all-glass iPhone is coming? By Jose Vilches, June 7, 2017, 10:15 AM 10 comments