Apple

10% off Macs at new Wales store

by Adam Banks on 11 May 2012 in Promotion

Online shopping is all very well, but plenty of buyers still want to see and touch the kit before they make a decision. As if to prove high-street retailing is alive and well, Apple dealer Stormfront will open its 17th store (yep, seventeenth) in St Catherine’s Walk, Carmarthen at 11am on Saturday 12 May. The [...]

Apple warranty policies criticised by European consumer agencies

by Adam Banks on 20 March 2012 in News

Before Christmas, as we reported, Apple was fined €900,000 by Italy’s antitrust regulator, the AGCM, for failing to explain customers’ statutory rights and selling them AppleCare warranties that partially duplicated the vendor’s existing obligations. Now the controversy has spread across Europe. On 19 March, 11 national consumer authorities – via the European Consumers’ Organisation, BEUC [...]

Apple considering new data centre in Oregon says local newspaper

by Kenny Hemphill on 5 December 2011 in News

Apple is set to join Facebook, Amazon, and Google in building a data centre on the outskirts of Prineville, Oregon, according to local newspaper, The Oregonian.

Apple celebrates the life of Steve Jobs with event at Cupertino

by Kenny Hemphill on 20 October 2011 in News

Apple employees gathered at the company’s Cupertino HQ yesterday to celebrate the life of co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs.

Apple announces record results as Mac takes 5% of worldwide PC sales

by Kenny Hemphill on 19 October 2011 in News

Apple announced yesterday that it made $6.62bn in the July-September quarter, an increase of 54% on last year and a record for the company. Revenue for the period was $28.27bn, a rise of 39% on the year ago quarter. Mac sales rose by 26% from last year, making a total of 4.9m worldwide, a quarterly [...]