New Aussie, Swiss Apple Store openings
We’ve been inundated with emails today talking about the two international Apple Store openings.
The first new store is in Zurich, Switzerland. Reader Greg sent us a link to his Flickr gallery with plenty of documentation of the new Bahnhofstrasse store. Here’s a pic of part of the huge crowd just before the opening:
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, another Apple Store will be opening in a few short hours in Melbourne, Australia. The new Doncaster store appears to be a wide-body layout in a mall, and is the second Melbourne store. We’re hoping to get pictures from our friends down under as soon as the opening occurs. Here’s a photo taken on Friday (yesterday in Melbourne) of the store prior to the opening:
TUAWNew Aussie, Swiss Apple Store openings originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 22 May 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Transit Sydney iPhone app draws government ire
In order to stay ahead of the pack, iPhone apps are getting released fairly quickly after developers come up with ideas, which provides iPhone and iPod touch owners with a steady stream of fresh software. Unfortunately, this approach has a few downsides, one of which is that developers may not have time to think through things like, oh, you know, copyright. Such is the case with the developer behind the Transit Sydney application, which, according to ZDNet Australia, received a cease and desist letter several weeks after launch over its use of train timetable data.
Other applications, like iPint, have already become embroiled in copyright disputes, but the circumstances surrounding the Transit Sydney application give the situation a nice little twist. The application provides train timetables for the CityRail system in Sydney in a format similar to the station TV monitors found in train stations; the app sells for $2.49 on the App Store. In this case, it’s not the format that is the issue, but the actual timetable data. According to the folks in charge of CityRail, the Transit Sydney application is breaching copyright by using the departure/arrival information and wants the app to stop using the data.
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Transit Sydney iPhone app draws government ire
In order to stay ahead of the pack, iPhone apps are getting released fairly quickly after developers come up with ideas, which provides iPhone and iPod touch owners with a steady stream of fresh software. Unfortunately, this approach has a few downsides, one of which is that developers may not have time to think through things like, oh, you know, copyright. Such is the case with the developer behind the Transit Sydney application, which, according to ZDNet Australia, received a cease and desist letter several weeks after launch over its use of train timetable data.
Other applications, like iPint, have already become embroiled in copyright disputes, but the circumstances surrounding the Transit Sydney application give the situation a nice little twist. The application provides train timetables for the CityRail system in Sydney in a format similar to the station TV monitors found in train stations; the app sells for $2.49 on the App Store. In this case, it’s not the format that is the issue, but the actual timetable data. According to the folks in charge of CityRail, the Transit Sydney application is breaching copyright by using the departure/arrival information and wants the app to stop using the data.
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Apple Store Australia posts Apple holiday sale discounts
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Thanks to the magic of the International Date Line, it’s already Friday in Australia — hence the early appearance of the Apple Store discounts for the first Friday of the holiday shopping season. The one-day gift discounts are nice but nothing to jump up and down about… the headliner is probably the A$161 off of the 13″ MacBook laptop.
We’ll keep an eye out for the US numbers and update you on more shopping deals throughout the day today and tomorrow.
[via Engadget]
TUAWApple Store Australia posts Apple holiday sale discounts originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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3rd Australian Apple Store opens this weekend
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Australians waited a long time for Apple to establish a retail presence in their backyard, but now the stores are popping up everywhere.
Apple Store Chadstone will open on Saturday, September 13th at 10:00 AM. This will be Australia’s third store to open in so many months. As ifoAppleStore points out, with all three of Australia’s Apple Stores in the east (this one is south of Melbourne), there’s plenty of room for expansion in the west (like Perth).
If you visit Apple Store Chadstone over the weekend, let us know! We’d love to have your stories and pictures.
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3rd Australian Apple Store opens this weekend
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Retail
Australians waited a long time for Apple to establish a retail presence in their backyard, but now the stores are popping up everywhere.
Apple Store Chadstone will open on Saturday, September 13th at 10:00 AM. This will be Australia’s third store to open in so many months. As ifoAppleStore points out, with all three of Australia’s Apple Stores in the east (this one is south of Melbourne), there’s plenty of room for expansion in the west (like Perth).
If you visit Apple Store Chadstone over the weekend, let us know! We’d love to have your stories and pictures.
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