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Developers may now apply for tickets to 2015 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (June 8-12 in SF)

From the official website:

Apple’s renowned developer community will come together at WWDC to learn about the future of iOS and OS X.

WWDC features more than 100 technical sessions, over 1,000 Apple engineers,hands-on labs, and the Apple Design Awards.

Developers can apply for tickets to attend WWDC and millions worldwidewill be able to watch sessions streamed live.

WWDC Scholarships are available to students and members of participating STEM organizations around the world.

Connecting Point proudly supports 14th Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) | Apr. 9-13, 2015

Ashland Independent Film Festival  - April 9-13, 2015

“Like Telluride without the altitude and Sundance without the attitude.” – Mark Shapiro, Head of Entertainment Brand Marketing, LAIKA Studios

The Ashland Independent Film Festival is five days of the highest-quality independent film, held in historic Ashland, Oregon. The Washington Post called it “a dream you’ll never want to leave.” Every Spring, Southern Oregon buzzes with the excitement of the AIFF. Over 7000 film lovers gather at the historic art-deco Varsity Theatre, the Historic Ashland Armory, and other venues to watch over 90 documentary, feature, and short films over five days.

Connecting Point returns for its third year as a Community Sponsor, providing an iMac computer and a wireless printer for the festival’s Hospitality Suite. We urge you to support the thriving arts community in our area. Visit the AIFF website to see the rich variety of films being presented at this year’s festival. Better still, pick up some tickets and celebrate independent cinema with like-minded folks in Ashland! It all kicks off today and runs through Monday.

Happy Easter! Both of Connecting Point’s locations (Medford and Bend) are closed today.

Colorful Easter eggsPLEASE NOTE: Our Medford store will be closed today, Sunday, April 5th in observance of teh Easter holiday. (Our Bend store is not open on Sundays, and this one is no exception.)

Happy Easter, everyone.

Apple’s ‘Spring forward’ event to be streamed live; begins at 10am PDT this morning

Today is the day. Back on February 26th, Apple sent members of the press invitations to an event they termed ‘Spring forward.’ This Daylight Saving Time wordplay almost certainly hints the event will involve the Apple Watch. Later this morning (at 10am PDT), the lights will go down in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, and we’ll find out exactly what it’s all about. You can watch the event live online at this link.

To view the livestream, you’ll need to have version 5.1.10 or later of Apple’s Safari browser on your Mac, or Safari on iOS 6.0 or later on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. You can also stream it through your second or third generation Apple TV, provided it has software version 6.2 or later. If you don’t have any of these options available, here’s a workaround that’ll let you stream it on Windows PCs and Android devices.

Here are a few links to media outlets’ live event coverage:

Connecting Point’s Medford store revises its hours (slightly)

New store hours for Medford's Connecting PointEffective immediately, these are the hours of operation for our Medford location:

  • Monday-Friday 8am-6:30pm
  • Saturday 9am-6:30pm
  • Sunday 11am-5pm

The main change extends the hours of our Service Department to coincide with those of our Sales Department. Now you can enjoy the convenience of dropping off or picking up repairs until 6:30pm, Monday through Saturday. EDIT [03.19.15]: As has been the case for years, our Service Department is unable to field phone calls until 9am weekdays.

And please note our Service Department remains closed on Sundays – which means no repair drop-offs or pickups on that day.

Apple MacBook Pro repair extension program for video issues: Connecting Point to perform service at no charge

Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch, circa 2011Do you own a 15- or 17-inch MacBook Pro, purchased between 2011 and 2013, that’s been having some weird video problems?

Apple has determined that a small percentage of MacBook Pro systems may exhibit distorted video, no video, or unexpected system restarts. These MacBook Pro systems were sold between February 2011 and December 2013.

As an Apple Authorized Service Provider, Connecting Point SERVICE will repair these affected MacBook Pro systems, free of charge.

To find out if your MacBook Pro may qualify, and to determine what to do next, please click here.