San Francisco

The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), set to take place from March 16-20 in San Francisco, California, has been postponed. The world's largest professional gaming conference brings together the industry’s biggest companies to announce new technologies and products. In a blog post, GDC announced, "After close consultation with our partners in the game development industry...

Apple changed the font on its website to use its San Francisco font, moving away from its Myriad Set (via Daring Fireball). The new font is now the basis for macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Take a look a the quick comparison image of the changes we made below: Apple debuted the San Francisco font...

Yesterday, Apple began decorating the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and Moscone West in San Francisco ahead of Monday’s WWDC keynote. Crews have started putting up window decorations, and rainbow-coloured flags at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. As the weekend progresses, we should continue to see additional banners and signage. Apple has also begun decorating Moscone...

According to a new report from Curbed, Apple budgeted $1 million for the staircase of its new Union Square flagship retail store in San Francisco. The report notes that the company was expected to spend $23.6 million renovating the building. Apple spent $19 million on the exterior of the building, $1 million on the staircases,...

Today, VSCO has announced a special partnership with Apple ahead of the opening of Apple Union Square in San Francisco. The collaboration is called Creative Sessions and it features a variety of influential artists and creatives. From May 26th to July 7th, Apple will host four creative sessions at its Union Square store. Each session...

Apple is planning to open a new office in San Francisco this summer, reports Reuters. The new office is at 235 Second Street and measures about 76,000 square feet. Apple’s San Francisco footprint has so far been limited to company acquisitions such as Beats Music and Topsy Labs. The latter was acquired by Apple in […]

Citing several real estate sources, the San Francisco Business Journal reports that Apple has allegedly agreed to lease 76,000 square feet of office space in the South of Market neighbourhood's 235 Second St. As Apple has declined to comment on the matter, the reason for the lease remains under wraps. What is known is that...

Apple has been working on adding public transportation routing information to its Maps application for years. According to a report from 9to5Mac, the transit addition to maps appears to be ready to debut as part of iOS 9. However, the addition may be limited in scope at launch. The transit service may initially be available...

Image credit: NOAH BERGER, Reuters A total of 5000 Apple employees and their families marched in San Francisco’s Gay Pride parade today, which also had CEO Tim Cook in attendance, showing his support, noting “inclusion inspires innovation”: https://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/483370052578582528 Apple's Lisa Jackson, who manages the company's environmental front, was also participating in the parade: https://twitter.com/lisapjackson/statuses/483311062746267648 Apple also...

According to Police Chief Greg Suhr in San Francisco, more thieves are turning to cellphone robbery as a less risky alternative to low-level drug dealing. It appears that thieves are also learning "the value of collaboration", making things even more difficult for public and the police, The SF Examiner reports. The report details that cellphone thieves are...