Random prize: Send us your local Apple Store Network screengrabs and get a free iTunes gift card

Man, it’s hard to find free help these days! I wanted to check out the amount and kinds of computers on display at various Apple Stores across the country, and figured the best way would be to ask Apple Store shoppers to send me screengrabs of the “Shared” window on whatever computer they were using. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Random prize: Send us your local Apple Store Network screengrabs and get a free iTunes gift card", url: "http://macenstein.com/default/archives/1413" });

Apple Store down for the third Tuesday in a row, updates are on their way

Section: Apple News, Retail, Current-Products, MacBook, MacBook-Pro Apple Store Status View Pingdom’s Apple Store Status. Note that the store online status will change based on the current status. The store is down at the time of posting. Happy Tuesday folks (for the third time).  It looks like the Apple Store is down this morning, so we’re waiting patiently for some product updates to show their faces.  The store has been down a few times this month so far, and has included such updates as Apperture 2, the 16GB iPhone, the 32GB iPod Touch, and a cheaper 1 GB Shuffle & new 2 GB model.  This update is most certainly a MacBook/MacBook Pro update.  We’ll hit you back in a bit when updates come through. Stay up to date on the Apple Store status with the Pingdom Apple Store status widget. Full Story » | Written by Adam Berger for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

Pingdom creates Apple Store Status web widget

Section: Applications, Web-Applications, Widgets When the Apple Store is down, the entire blogosphere goes crazy about it assuming Apple will release a new product. Pingdom provides a service that enables to track update of a site and the Apple Store is one site they are tracking. On this handing web widget, you are able to embed this into your website and show your visitors, or yourself the current status of the US Apple Store. To use embed the widget, simply copy and paste the code from Pingdom’s site onto your blog. Apple Store Status View Pingdom’s Apple Store Status. Hopefully Pingdom’s system of checking the US Apple Store every minute and displaying the status on the site will help you save some time. For more information about embedding this web widget, head over to the Pingdom blog. Full Story » | Written by Nicholas Montgomery for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

Briefly: Apple Store status monitor

In brief: There's now a way to constantly monitor Apple Store status, N.E.D. tutorial-video 2.0 has been released, a new mail service has debuted for the iPhone, and Chronos is offering leap year specials ... pingdom as developed a banner and code combination that will show the current status of the Apple store -- usually a harbinger of product ann...]]>

Backstage: Cambridge Gets an Apple Store, in Grand Style

This year is supposed to bring major expansion to Apple’s international retail presence. I have seen this firsthand, as today marked the opening of the 15th UK Apple Store, this one in the “Grand Arcade” in Cambridge. Whilst this is not really headline news by iLounge standards, it’s personally important for me as it now means I don’t have to travel an hour and a half to get to an actual Apple Store. Or send my iMac in…

Apple stores bound for casino resorts in Nevada, Connecticut

High rollers will soon find themselves with a host of Apple stores and resellers in Las Vegas and elsewhere to choose from when spending their winnings, say reports from observers. ifo Apple Store notes that a barrier has surfaced in front of the ...