News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
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Want a free Apple t-shirt? Get down to Chatswood Chase, where an hour before opening time the queue is easily outnumbered by Security. The Apple Store staff are, as with the George Street opening in June, chanting and clapping and getting geared up, but actual customers don't seem to have wanted to brave the cold Chatswood morning.
The queue began at 6am this time, with Andrew, another Andrew, and his Dad Rod. Jono from Parramatta arrived a little while later -- the others are locals.
Apologies for the earlier inaccuracy.
The world has been rocked this week with the news that Apple has added Andrea Jung to its board of directors. That's right, that Andrea Jung, the CEO of Avon. That's right, that Avon, the door-to-door cosmetics company. Clearly this indicates a radical new direction in Apple's retail strategy: as well as mass-market retailers, specialised independent resellers, company-owned stores and of course online, Apple is now going to recruit an army of enthusiastic salespeople hoofing it from house to house with sample cases.
Matthew JC. Powell | Jan 11, 2008
A minute's silence is in order, we think. We ask all the Mac faithful to take some time out, just now, for just a minute, to think on those who have fallen. Those who fought the good fight but will fight no more. Yes, we're talking about the Apple channel. Long have they held the fort against all and sundry. Long may they yet. But we fear they may not. A recent story from Glasgow, Scotland tells why. Apple a year ago expanded its chain of Apple stores in the UK into Glasgow, Scotland's largest city.
Fleur Doidge | Feb 21, 2008
In this week's bumper edition of the Australian Macworld Weekend Edition Podcast, Keith White interviews Adam Engst — of TidBits and Take Control e-books fame — about how he got his start in computing and when he became a Mac devotee. In amongst the discussion Engst makes an interesting observation: that despite being a Mac community "A-lister" he's never had an actual discussion with Steve Jobs and, most interestingly, that if he did get the chance he doesn't know what he would ask.
Matthew JC. Powell | Apr 27, 2008
The Academy Store has been in turmoil with the departure of high flying Ben Morgan. Channel commentators have been a-rumble in recent weeks with news that one of the most colourful characters on the scene may have ejected. News recently hit the presses that the axe had fallen on Academy Store — as well as owner Ben Morgan's once-seemingly haloed head. Morgan was in the vein of brash young entrepreneurs perhaps more familiar to Silicon Valley than Australia, with its persistent tall poppy syndrome. He was managing director and owner of AppleCentre Taylor Square from the year 2000 when he was just 21, taking the retailer on as a less than stellar business while and turning it into something of a bellwether for the channel's fin de siecle successes.
Fleur Doidge | May 15, 2008
This morning Apple released a new version of its iPhone SDK for developers. iPhone SDK beta 2 includes Interface Builder, a component of Apple’s development tools that lets developers create the interface for their applications. That seems to be the only major change in the latest build, according to the SDK’s read me, which continues to list some known issues. Apple says “this second beta is known to be incompatible with installation folders other than the default /Developer.” Given the importance of UI on the Mac, Interface Builder is a pretty critical tool in the development process, and some developers had chosen to hold off on their efforts until the SDK was revised. Apple unveiled the iPhone SDK at a special event earlier this month, allowing developers to begin building applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Several high-profile companies have already jumped onboard, demoing their applications at the event. Highlighting the demos was AOL with a native AIM client; other applications from Electronic Arts, Salesforce.com, and Apple were also shown.
