![]() ![]() Pundits had initially predicted the chain of stores would be an embarrassing failure, but they were an almost overnight success. The iPod was taking off like a rocket, attracting hordes of new customers eager to check out Apple’s other products. It was 2004 and Apple was rapidly expanding its retail chain, which it had started just three years before. ![]() The old Apple logo on the side of the building has been covered up while the interior is being gutted. Photo: Lyle Kahney/Cult of Mac Apple’s fifth flagship The former flagship Apple Store on Stockton Street in San Francisco is being dismantled. All that’s left are tracks in the concrete floor. It cost millions of dollars - and Steve Jobs got a patent for its design. New York Gov.Sayonara stairs This is where the iconic glass staircase once stood.Biden’s Parole Pipeline: Illegal Alien Linked to Terrorism Among 1.4 Million Freed into U.S.Tragic Kingdom: Disney+ Loses 300,000 Domestic Subscribers as Prices Keep Climbing, Flops Pile Up.Report: Biden to Ask for Another Ukraine Aid Package.Americans Sour on Bidenomics: Most Say Economy Worse Than Five Years Ago.Illegal Alien Linked to Terrorism Among 1.4M Freed into U.S.Report: Ron DeSantis 'Prepping Weekly' for First Republican Debate.Mitch McConnell Urges House Republicans to Avoid Biden Impeachment.Biden: I've Declared a Climate Emergency 'Practically Speaking'.Disney+ Loses 300,000 Domestic Subscribers as Prices Keep Climbing.Ron DeSantis Replaces Campaign Manager as Steep Decline Accelerates.Kathy Hochul Cheers Mass Immigration as Boon for Business Electric Bus Company Backed Heavily by Biden Admin Files for Bankruptcy.You can follow Alana Mastrangelo on Twitter at and on Instagram.Ĭrime Social Justice Tech Apple California George Floyd IPhone Los Angeles Masters of the Universe Riots Tim Cook ![]() On Saturday, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti issued a curfew, proclaiming, “if you love your city, go home,” which was apparently to no avail, as the mayor later called on California governor Gavin Newsom for help from the state’s National Guard. The riots have prompted several cities across the nation to issue curfews in an attempt to quell what appears to be a perpetual state of chaos seen in videos circulating on social media. Riots taking place across the country appear to be in response to the death of George Floyd, who died last week after former police officer Derek Chauvin was seen pressing his knee onto his neck.Īfter his death, protests ensued in cities across the nation, but have quickly transpired into violent riots that have involved looting, buildings being set on fire, businesses destroyed, the White House going on lockdown, and people being beaten and killed. The looters who pillaged the Apple Store over the weekend were only able to steal the demos, as the other products that are actually for sale in the store remained safe in a highly-secured area, reports TMZ. Instead of being able to reset and use their newly-acquired phones, looters are getting a message displayed on their screen asking them to return the phone to the store, adding, “This device has been disabled and is being tracked. The report added that the phones and laptops stolen from the Apple Store are demos, and that they come equipped with special safeguards that prevent the products from being reset to factory settings, rendering them useless.ĪPPLE DISABLED THE PHONES THAT WERE LOOTED /9xp1HhOAeR Looters will not be able to use or pawn the Apple products that they stole from Apple stores during recent riots over the death of George Floyd as safeguards have been put in place by technicians, according to a report by TMZ. Looters who stole phones and laptops from the Apple Store in The Grove shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, during riots will not be able to use the products they stole due to special safeguards installed by Apple that render them useless. ![]()
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