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Apple Says Some Services Including App Store Facing Issues

By Reuters
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Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks about new features of the iCloud service during an event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Apple Inc., in its first product unveiling since Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive officer, introduced a faster iPhone with voice features and a higher-resolution camera to help it vie with Google Inc.'s Android. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Apple said on Thursday that a number of its services, including the App Store, was experiencing some issues.

Other services affected include those related to iCloud, the Mac App Store, and the iPhone maker’s Photos application.

The issues appear to have started just before 4 p.m. Eastern, according to a timeline provided on Apple’s (AAPL) U.S. support page.

“We are investigating and will update the status as more information becomes available,” the company said on the website.