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New Apple Store to open in Union Square

Apple’s flagship retail store is moving up the street to Union Square and increasing its size in the process. Mayor Ed Lee and Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced on Thursday plans to relocate the existing Apple Store at 1 Stockton St. three blocks north to 300 Post St., which is adjacent to Union Square. Read More

Despite billion dollar earnings, Apple shafts its lowest paid workers

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One way to make Apple CEO Tim Cook uncomfortable is to mention the labor conditions at Foxconn, the tech company’s China-based manufacturer. Ben Field knows that, which is why he broached the subject at a recent Apple shareholders meeting. Read More

Apple to release updated phone this summer

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NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is set for a possible summer launch of the next iPhone, rather than a fall launch like the last two models, according to a report Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal. Apple Inc. is also working on a cheaper iPhone model that could win it some market share in developing countries, the paper said. It cited unnamed people "familiar with the device's production." Read More

Apple issues apology following attacks in China

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BEIJING — Apple apologized to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. Read More

San Francisco DA Gascón says industry keeps giving him run-around on mobile device thefts

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Both mobile device manufacturers and service providers have given District Attorney George Gascón what he said are unsatisfactory answers on how to slow down the pace of thefts in San Francisco. Read More

Another downtown San Francisco office burglarized while busy employees toil away

Cellphone thefts not only run rampant on San Francisco streets, they also can happen right in your work cubicle. An office in downtown San Francisco was reportedly burglarized in the middle of the workday Thursday, the second such heist in a week. About 1:30 p.m., an unidentified man reportedly walked into a fifth-floor office at 27 Maiden Lane, near Kearny and Market streets, while employees were in a meeting. Read More

Working crook blends in at downtown San Francisco office, makes off with iPad

The facelessness of corporate culture apparently led to a burglary in San Francisco’s Financial District on Thursday. At about noon, police said, a crook waltzed unnoticed into an office on the 100 block of Second Street, sat at a desk, talked on the phone, then made off with an iPad. The iPad’s owner called police and reported that he had momentarily left his desk when the theft occurred.  Read More

UN Plaza robbery is a total trip

A good Samaritan really stuck his leg out Wednesday -- literally -- to help a woman who was robbed of her iPhone on a Muni bus when he reportedly tripped the fleeing robber in UN Plaza, leading to his arrest.Police responded to the plaza on a battery call and found that nearby security officers had detained the accused mugger. Read More

New loading zone proposed on Van Ness Avenue to ease issues with private shuttles and Muni

A new loading zone set to be carved out for private shuttles on Van Ness Avenue could be a sign of things to come, as The City prepares to deal with the ever-growing number of unregulated buses. Read More

Things work best if Willy Moon isn’t told what to do

On the road promoting his introductory, self-titled EP, 23-year-old Willy Moon has been meeting immature folks who puzzle him — “people who are supposedly adults, who still haven’t really allowed themselves to grow up and become responsible for themselves as individuals,” says the New Zealand-born, London-based techno-rockabilly cat whose song “Yeah Yeah” was snapped up by Apple for its new iPod commercial. Read More
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