Is Apple planning a Genius Bar overhaul?

Apple could be changing the way its Genius Bar works - to prioritise big problems over little ones. According to 9to5Mac a new service, known as "Concierge" will take customer requests and prioritise them. 9to5Mac gives the example of a broken iPhone screen being judged more important than a minor iCloud syncing issue - because…

Apple Store opening in Beijing tomorrow

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Just like McDonald’s first restaurant in Russia all those years ago, news that Apple is to open its first store in China shows how much progress the company has made since its beige days in the late ’80s and early ’90s.

Tomorrow, Beijing will host a new Apple Store, featuring the same sort of design as you’d find in any other location, but with a multilingual Genius Bar…