Tag archive: Store

Earlier this week, both Amazon and eBay had a public debate in Washington in front of the House Judiciary Committee about the creation of a standard Internet sales tax that could be adopted by any state seeking increased tax revenue according to CNNMoney. Recently on the opposite side of the argument, Amazon is currently arguing in favor of a standardized tax in order to simplify the tax collection process. It's likely that Amazon wants… Read More

Following recent news about fake Apple stores opening up in China, it seems that the country’s authorities are beginning to make moves, albeit slow ones, toward resolving the issue. A China Daily report says that sellers in Zhongguancun, an area in north-western Beijing known by some as China’s Silicon Valley, have been ordered to cover the Apple logo. Use of brand names connected with the computer giant, such as ‘Apple authorized reseller’ or… Read More

As Apple approaches the 10th anniversary of the opening of its first retail store on Thursday, rumors are circulating that the computer giant is about to spring a surprise or two on its fans. Boy Genius Report is claiming that, according to a “solid Apple source,” the company may be planning “something big” for the weekend. BGR says that between 10 and 15 employees at each Apple store will be working an overnight shift from Saturday evening and… Read More

Do good things come to those who wait? More than six years after launching the iTunes Music Store in the United States, Apple has finally launched the iTunes Store in Mexico, offering music from the world's major labels and hundreds of independent labels and featuring both Mexican and international artists. Most songs are priced at 12 pesos with albums at 120 pesos, and—like other iTunes Stores—the music is available in… Read More

Some folks might still be thinking that the idea of mobile applications is just a flash in the pan, but there's a reason Research in Motion, Microsoft, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and other industry players are all hustling to get their own application stores up and running: in the year since Apple introduced its App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch, users have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications. Like the iTunes Store before… Read More

The software is out of the box…or, at least, it's available for paid download. Computer maker Dell has announced that the Dell Download Store has become the first non-Microsoft service to offer unboxed versions of Microsoft software for downloadable purchase. Current offerings include a number of editions of Microsoft Office (like Standard, Professional, and Small Business editions) along with standalone applications like Word,… Read More

Finland's Nokia has been gearing up to take on Apple and the iPhone App Store, and today the company has opened its Ovi Store to a worldwide audience via the Web. Although early reports have the store experiencing a few hiccups as it rolled live, the store is now available worldwide to an estimated 50 million users who own compatible Nokia devices. And while U.S. users are limited to just to Web for right now, mobile operator AT&T… Read More

There's no denying that Apple's App Store has been wildly popular amongst iPhone and iPod touch users—“Shaking Baby” applications aside—and that Microsoft, RIM, Palm, Nokia, and others are all looking to emulate Apple's success with application stores of their own. Just to underscore how far they have to catch up, however, Apple has announced that customers have downloaded over 1 billion programs… Read More

After struggling through reorganization and store closures, electronics retailer was unable to pull itself back into business over the lackluster 2008 holiday season, and announced in mid-January the whole chain would be liquidated. Now, the retailer has reached its end-game, announcing that its remaining store locations will close permanently on March 8, 2009. Some stores have already shut down because they're run through their… Read More

It doesn't seem like any mobile platform developers are going to be content to sit on the sidelines while Apple enjoys tremendous success with its iTunes App Store: at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia has announced it will be rolling out its own Ovi Store in May 2009…and rather than being a simple catalog of things people can buy for their phones, the store will be a location- and socially-aware service that will… Read More

Microsoft customers in the United States are finally getting access to something long overdue from the company: an online store. Following company-owned online stores in Germany, the United Kingdom and Korea, Microsoft officially opened a store in its home country on Friday. MicrosoftStore.com will sell the company’s entire consumer catalog, from software to products for the Xbox console and even hardware, like its mice and… Read More

With games like Everquest, World of Warcraft and Second Life having already convinced gamers that spending real money on virtual items is a perfectly sane proposition, Electronic Arts cashed in on the concept with the launch of The Sims 2 Store on Monday. The store will allow players to buy everything from desks and bookshelves to TVs and clock radios for their in-game characters. The store’s initial offerings includes more than… Read More

Sony Computer Entertainment has released version 2.30 firmware for its PlayStation 3 gaming console, introducing an updated version of its online PlayStation Store and integrating DTS-HD audio output codecs designed to provide high-quality output from Blu-ray content as folks hook up their PS3s to their home theater systems. “From day one, we have stayed committed to growing and enhancing PlayStation Store, and today we are pleased… Read More

Apple has expanded offerings in the UK version of its iTunes Store to include television programming from the U.S. broadcast network ABC, its parent company Disney, as well as Viacom properties MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount. The new offerings currently include 28 programs, including ABC hits like Lost,Grey's Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives, Disney shots like Kim Possible and That's So Raven, along with MTV reality series… Read More

Apple maybe have moved almost 40 million iPod music players in the last quarter, but the market for digital music downloads may sputter out before it ever takes off. According to the U.K.'s The Register, Apple's iTunes Music Store has experienced a “collapse” in music sales revenue, according to credit card sales data analyzed by Forrester Research. Forrester reportedly analyzed 2,791 U.S. credit credit card… Read More