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Apple Stores get major makeover
One of the most successful stores in the history of retail is getting a major makeover. Apple opened the 42-by-40-foot sliding glass doors to its new flagship store here Thursday, throwing the curtain back on a design that puts a premium on hanging out over shopping. Roughly 20% of the new store's space is dedicated to an...
U.S. Drops New York Fight With Apple After Gaining Access To IPhone
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its effort to force Apple Inc <AAPL.O> to help unlock an iPhone in a drug case in New York after someone provided authorities the passcode to access the device. In a letter filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, prosecutors said that investigators late on Thursday used...
Celebrating the Digital Age, Apple Turns 40
Forty years ago, Apple Computer was two guys in a Silicon Valley garage. Today, it's one of the world's largest publicly traded companies. The impact that founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak would have was unimaginable when the company was created on April 1, 1976. Another Steve, VOA's Steve Baragona, goes back to...
1,000 locked devices in limbo after FBI quits iPhone case
Monday afternoon the FBI announced it had been able to unlock the iPhone without Apple’s aid and did not need to move forward with its case. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym vacated her Feb. 16 order on Tuesday afternoon. Left unanswered is what Justice’s abandoned legal action means for the many other law enforcement...