SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A longtime San Francisco business is trying something new to curb what it says has been “rampant shoplifting.” Fredericksen’s Hardware and Paint in Cow Hollow is now offering a one-on-one shopping experience. The idea is to separate actual customers from those looking to steal from the store. During certain hours, Fredericksen’s … Read more
Amazon is preparing to make another attempt to break into India’s fast-growing fashion and lifestyle e-commerce sector, setting up a battle with rival Flipkart, owned by Walmart, Reliance’s Ajio and SoftBank-backed upstart Meesho. The e-commerce giant plans to launch a “special store,” called Bazaar, where it will not levy any “extra charges” to sellers offering … Read more
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) slammed Tucker Carlson over a clip where he praised a Russian grocery store experience during his widely condemned Moscow trip. “Ah yes, Russia is so much better than the U.S. with all those cheap groceries and lavish subway stations!,” wrote Tillis in response to clipsthat Carlson shared from the trip Wednesday. … Read more
‘Embarrassing’: This Brooklyn college grad has 2 degrees, speaks 3 languages — but can’t even land a minimum wage retail job going store to store. Is the US labor market really that strong? It’s safe to say most young people don’t own a printer these days. But recent college graduates may find they need hard … Read more
Watching pirated movies on your iPhone just got a little harder. After climbing the charts of Apple’s App Store, the trendy Kimi app, with its collection of bootlegged movies, has just disappeared. Pretending to be a spot-the-difference vision-testing game, the widely downloaded app ranked above Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video in Apple’s charts this … Read more
Apple’s App Store review team is notoriously fickle about the software it approves for sale. Some companies have found themselves needing to tweak, change, or even totally remove certain features in order for their app to make it through the process. Yet, somehow, a fake LastPass app made it past this very review team. Even … Read more
A Massachusetts middle school sent a letter to parents on Monday asking them for help as dozens of students have been terrorizing a local grocery store on days when they are dismissed from class early, building forts out of paper towels and toppling displays, educators said. “Over the weekend, I was contacted by the director … Read more
For disappearing into work? Jason Hiner/ZDNET I hadn’t been to an Apple store for the longest time. Nothing’s gone wrong with my Apple devices over the last couple of years, and it’s not as if Apple has released products that especially give me a thrill. But now Apple was promising at least a thrill and … Read more
Jason Cipriani/ZDNET Now that the EU has forced Apple to allow sideloading apps in the European Union (EU) to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), it is only a matter of time before alternative app stores appear. One player planning such an app outlet is MacPaw. Probably best known for its Mac utility CleanMyMac … Read more
The Vision Pro’s official debut is just hours away, so Apple updated the App Store website to reflect that. As noted by MacRumors, the web version of the App Store now showcases Vision Pro compatibility for apps that support the new headset. If you want to find out whether or not an app supports Vision … Read more