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Apple Hiring Sr. Web UI Designer and Video Editor Product Designer

Apple is looking to hire a Senior Web User Interface Designer to help the company focus on further innovating its online store front, as well as a Video Editor Product Designer who can primarily focus on their pro apps.
The company has posted the available positions on numerous job boards such as 37 Signals’ and Smashing [...]

Microsoft Announces Plans to Open Retail Stores

A report from Reuters confirms an announcement from Microsoft that explains the company’s plans to launch a line of Microsoft branded retail stores.
Microsoft did not announce the number of stores they are planning to open, which products would be sold at the stores, or when they were planning on unveiling the first locations.
Former DreamWorks Animation [...]

Apple Bans Access to Facebook Website From Retail Stores [U]

Apple has banned the social networking website Facebook from being visited from the computers in its retail stores. Visitors who were once allowed to surf to nearly every site on the internet are now being told that in addition to MySpace, Facebook is not allowed.
A report from tinycomb.com explains that this is primarily being done [...]

Place Your Apple Store Order by Dec 17th to Get It by Dec 25th

Apple is reminding its customers to place certain customized orders by December 17th, if they need them delivered by December 25th.
The earliest cutoff date is December 17th, which applies to customized Mac computer purchases. If you are interested in purchasing a custom configured iMac, Mac mini, Macbook, Macbook Pro or Mac Pro, and delivery by [...]

Grand Opening: Apple Store Munich, Images and Video

A huge crowd celebrated the opening of Apple’s new retail store in Germany today. The “Apple Store, Rosenstraße,” is Apple’s first retail store in the country.
Prior to the store’s official opening, Apple had a pattern splattered across the facade of the building resembling the Bavarian flag, only with blue iPod nanos. As previously explained, T-Mobile [...]

Apple Store Munich Opening December 10th, Bavarian iPod Patterns

According to a translated page from German website heise online Apple is opening their first official Retail Store in Munich, Germany. A temporarily scheduled performance pointed to December 10th as the opening date, only to be later removed.

As you can see, the diagonal blue ipod pattern very closely resembles the Bavarian flag.
As Macenstein notes, the [...]

Apple Retail Stores Will Now Match Competitors’ Prices [U] Confirmed

ifoAppleStore explains that Apple Retail managers will now have the ability to approve special deals “on-the-spot.”
Apple will now match the price of their products, if offered for less by a competing retailer. Up until this point, Apple retail managers have not had authority to give discounts on Apple’s products.
Apple has apparently fired the first shot [...]

Apple Surveying Retail Store Visitors Through Medallia

Apple has contracted a company called Medallia to run surveys gathering feedback from recent retail store visitors. Through emails Apple is asking visitors to take a brief survey, answer a few questions and explain there recent experience.

If you’ve recently visited an Apple Retail Store and given an employee your email address for any reason, you [...]

Steve Jobs On New NYC Apple Store, “This is not for Apple”

Apple has turned its eye away from opening a new retail store at 21-25 W. 34th St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues, diagonally across from the Empire State Building. While Apple controls that space and has had “unofficial” plans to open a new store there, recent information suggests the company has completely lost interest.

Apple has [...]

Field Trip to the Apple Store, Apple Expands Education Initiative

Apple has launched the “Field Trip to the Apple Store” program. Further expanding their education initiatives and focusing on introducing younger children to technology, and its family of products. Apple is inviting educators to schedule an “Apple Store” field trip, prior to the holiday shopping season.

A new section of Apple’s website dedicated to the initiative [...]

Apple Buying Brooklyn Salvation Army Building for Retail Store?

Rumors about Apple expanding its retail presence in New York have been around for a while now. Specifically Brooklyn has been targeted as the next location. New information leads many to believe that a Salvation Army building in Brooklyn has already been purchased by Apple, and will be turned into a retail shop.

The gothamist is [...]

iPhone 3G lands the cover of Best Buy Circular. Ooh La La.

Despite recent legal issues of over-saturating the market with iPhone 3Gs, Apple is showing no signs of slowing down as Best Buy is set to begin selling the device come September 7.

AppleInsider has gotten their hands on a copy of next week’s Best Buy circular which prominently features a cover shot of the handset in [...]

Piper Ups iPhone Sales Estimates to 4.47 Million for Q4

Piper Jaffray analyst, Gene Munster, has recently upped his target estimate of the number expected Q4 iPhone 3G sales from 4.1 million to 4.47 million, according to a Wednesday report to clients.

“Munster’s new estimate is based 1) on Apple’s report that it sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs in the three days following the device’s July [...]

Another Apple Store Set for Sydney

Apple’s retail sector is at it again as the Harbor City prepares for a second Apple store opening.

Less than one month after the opening of the Australian flagship store, Apple has announced plans to open yet another Apple store in Sydney. Set for a Saturday morning opening, the Chatsworth Chase addition will be celebrated [...]

Line Forms at Portland,OR Apple Store; iPhone 3G’s in Stock

A line has formed this afternoon at the Portland,OR Pioneer Place Apple Store. A quick call and visit by MacBlogz reader Chris confirms that the line was in fact for a re-stocking of Apple’s new iPhone 3G.

Reports that the iPhone 3G was sold out everywhere across America began showing up late last week and [...]

Apple set to open 4 new stores by the weekend

A slew of announcements are showing that Apple is set to open four new stores by the end of this weekend.

The first of which will be a Montreal, Quebec store, giving Canada their first true flagship to call their own.  The store will be Quebec’s second to open behind the one in Laval.  The exterior [...]

[photo gallery] Apple Store – Beijing

Apple has opened its new flagship store in Beijing, China in the Sanlitun Entertainment District.
Prior to officially opening the doors to their new Beijing Store, Apple held a sneak peak to let customers come get a first look. At this point, the doors are open and the store is officially doing business.

All photos courtesy [...]

New Apple Flasghip Store in Beijing; Sneak Peak

Apple’s new flagship store will be a two-level store store opening July 19 in Beijing’s Sanlitun entertainment district at 10am, Apple’s first in China and its 219th worldwide. Lucky visitors were given a sneak peak of their new flagship store in China today.

The store will offer Genius Bar services in Chinese and English with support [...]

[Video] MacBlogz iPhone 3G Launch Line continued.

We here at MacBlogz hope that everyone has had a successful and enjoyable iPhone 3G launch day. While there were definitely some ups and downs (to say the least), those of you that have triumphed over the lines only to be faced with further issues, can now sit back and bask in all of the [...]

Apple plans $1.9M store at Lakeside; New Orleans

“Apple has secured a building permit in Jefferson Parish to construct a $1.9 million retail store inside Lakeside Shopping Center. It will be built in the place of the former Discovery store.” Reports the New Orleans City Business website.
“Officials with Lakeside would not confirm Apple’s plans, but the shopping center’s Web site shows Apple is [...]