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JCPenney discontinues Apple Pay support in stores, via official app

Well, this is sort of awkward. Per its Twitter account, department store giant JCPenney has officially dropped Apple Pay support from its retail stores as well as its app. The company offered the following statement in response to a customer’s inquiry as to the change: JCPenney made the decision to remove Apple Pay for our […]

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Apple calls on fashion executive Angela Ahrendts to head up retail division

Come next spring, a tough, stylish new lady from the fashion world will be running Apple’s retail division. Per The Mac Observer, Apple finally has a new executive to run its retail division now that it has hired Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to fill the job. Her title will be senior vice president of retail […]

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Rumor: Apple may include Genius Bars, display more Macs in Best Buy locations

Retail giant Best Buy may update its Apple store-within-a-store boutiques to feature a larger display of Macs in addition to staffed Genius Bars that would mirror those found in every Apple retail store. Per an anonymous tip received by The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the move could come as early as this spring according to a […]

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Apple rescinds no-cash policy for iPads

As much as Apple may make you want to storm the gates of 1 Infinite Loop, blazing pitchforks in hand, the company sometimes listens. Per KGO-TV, a San Francisco-baed woman who was denied the ability to purchase an iPad with cash managed to push Apple to reverse its policy and rewarded the woman by giving […]