Apple Black Friday SaleAt 12:00 AM on Friday, Apple cut the prices of some of its hottest products, including iPods, iPads and laptops.
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Stornoway black pudding and apple gratin is nothing of the sort, and features sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts.
This whole Einhorn episode is a major black eye for Apple and Oppenheimer and demonstrates Cook should keep him on a much tighter leash.
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Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray compared purchases at the Apple Store to purchases at the Microsoft store at Mall of America on Black Friday and found that Apple sold almost 5 times as many items per hours observed as did the Microsoft store.
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On Black Friday, local Apple outlets were selling an average of 8.8 iPads an hour.
Along with a mandatory 7am meeting on Sunday, staff will reportedly put up black curtains around all Apple stores, no doubt piquing the interest of passers-by.
Occupying center state at the show was a massive black monolith emblazoned with the Apple logo.
When a company with super-hot products like Apple announces a Black Friday sale, consumers sit up and notice.
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If sipping on imported beers is more to your taste, Der Lindenbaum offers 30 different German beers to enjoy before nibbling the homemade apple strudel and Black Forest cake.
Apple has run these Black Friday sales for the last few years, and their discounts are always relatively modest.
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They were printed in black and white, leaving the rainbow Apple logo to pop from a corner.
During a recent company presentation, Xiaomi Technology founder Lei Jun reportedly wore jeans and a black top, emulating the style of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
We memorialize the armies of men, and women disguised as men, black and white, who fell in apple orchards and cornfields in a war that saved our union.
Addressing a large group of mainly private shareholders at the meeting, Mr Cook -- sitting on a high stool, and dressed in a black shirt and jeans -- defended Apple's growth rate and recent performance.
Likewise, early sales indicators from the Black Friday weekend points to another monster quarter for Apple.
Friday came and so did the Governor, his entourage, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs in his characteristic black mock turtle neck and jeans.
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According to data released from Black Friday, which chronicled foot traffic at stores of both Apple and Microsoft, it was discovered that 11 iPads were being purchased every hour.
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After all, Jobs himself during a hiatus from Apple tried and failed to sell an unusual jet-black machine called the NeXT.
Moments after Steve Jobs unveiled Apple 's thin new MacBook Air on Tuesday at MacWorld, dozens of units were put out on the show floor at San Francisco's Moscone Center, accompanied by teams of Apple employees, dressed in identical, long-sleeve black T-shirts.
They're also saying the new consumer oriented laptops will retain a single Firewire 400 port and stay close to their current white-clad design, though supposedly Apple has been toying around with the idea of a black version, but no one has sighted such a version yet.
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Moments after Steve Jobs unveiled Apple 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) thin new MacBook Air on Tuesday at MacWorld, dozens of units were put out on the show floor at San Francisco's Moscone Center, accompanied by teams of Apple employees, dressed in identical, long-sleeve black T-shirts.
Not to mention vats of rainbow-hued fish roe, dense black loaves stuffed with shoals of tiny fish, and the famous Finnish apple pie.
The goal is to make sure customers who feel stressed with all the chaos on Black Friday feel relaxed, calm, and comfortable when they enter an Apple Store, even though the customer will see hundreds of others packed in the store.
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Unlike the Dell Adamo and the Sony VAIO X, which both seemed to try too hard to look like Apple's MacBook Air, the Series 9's deep black case and sharp angled edges give it a seriously distinct look.
The Windows-specific model is all-black with a glossy finish, while the Mac version unsurprisingly sports a silver and black color scheme (and a matte finish) that keeps things in line with Apple's current status quo -- albeit with less of a premium feel in terms of construction.
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Many pointed out how promotions for Apple's products on the company's website were replaced with a black-and-white photo of Jobs.
Deutsche Bank conducted a study over Black Friday that pointed to robust demand for all three items, and Piper Jaffray said Apple stores sold 68% more iPads per hour compared with the same period last year.
Apparently following in the footsteps of the BlackBook, Apple is only offering the 8GB unit in a single color, so if black's your thing, be prepared to go high-end or bust in order to get one -- be sure to hit the read link for a luscious gallery of Tony Chang's presumably coveted 'Pod.
Apple tends to avoid discounting its products, but this year offered some deals on Black Friday.
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