There's no telling exactly how close we are to an Apple iTunes movie store service, but it's become pretty clear of late that we are due for one sooner or later.
Version 2.5 offers improved productivity features as company expands service into every Apple App Store and Google Play market in the world.
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Epps writes that Forrester research finds consumers attribute more value to Apple products because they can get in-store service.
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The update to Google's search application for the iPhone, which Apple will release through its App Store software distribution service for the smart phone, will allow users to ask a question and get an answer from the Mountain View, Calif.
Every customer who buys an iPhone 5 at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPhone 5 by setting up email, showing them new apps from the App Store and more, so they'll be up and running with their new iPhone before they leave the store.
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It also will offer a personal pickup service that allows commuters using the Apple Store app to make a purchase and then pick it up immediately upon arrival.
Apple recently launched its iCloud service that allows users to store their music, photos and other documents on the cloud.
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Twitter and Instagram in Apple's app store this week is a photo-sharing service called Snapchat.
The service, which recently integrated with Apple Passbook, allows customers to download and store coupons which they can redeem directly from their phones.
Much as Google has with its Google Drive service, Apple has embraced cloud computing with its iCloud offering, which lets users store documents, photos, music and movies on Web-based servers.
It bypasses the terms and conditions of the Apple App Store, and Cupertino will not see the requisite 30% of any income derived from a service running on an iOS device application.
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The company made no ambitious efforts to set up its own online music store to rival Apple's iTunes Store, as Microsoft did with its Zune Marketplace and Sony tried with its Connect Music Service, scheduled to be shuttered next year.
Match is an optional addition to an existing free service called iTunes in the Cloud, which covers only songs you bought from Apple's iTunes store, or which you buy there in the future.
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Apple is a leading example, with a refined store experience that attracts casual shoppers through the environment and customer and technical service it offers.
Apple has sort of done it with their Apple Store environments, but that works because the prices are basically the same online and in-store and they provided service extras in the brick-and-mortar location.
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