Talk about a destination wedding — this Valentine’s Day, an Apple-obsessed couple tied the knot at New York’s Fifth Avenue Apple Store in a ceremony that referenced Steve Jobs, boasted a first generation iPod as a ring bearer and was officiated by a priest decked out like Jobs himself.
Geektastic weddings/proposals are nothing new. There’s been a recent trend of techies expressing their devotion to each other via mechanical mediums — via Foursquare (
), Twitter (
), even at tech conferences. This, however, was probably the very first marriage to take place in an Apple Store.
The world was alerted to the union of Josh and Ting Li after an Apple Store employee tweeted about the unauthorized wedding. The couple apparently met in the Apple Store; Josh tells Entertainment Weekly, “We got to know each other because Ting was looking to buy an iPod…and I managed to strike up a conversation that way… I used to joke that the Apple Store is my church because I am not religious, and I loved everything Apple.”
Yeah, I guess that’s sweet and all — but check out the feverishly clicking photogs. Shouldn’t a wedding be a little bit, well, more intimate than this? Take a look at the video below and weigh in via the comments: Would you want to get hitched at a chain store?
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At one level, it must irk Steve Jobs, who was widely ridiculed for launching a one-button touchscreen phone, as each of those same critics launch their own devices. I do have to agree though, that the market will quickly sift through the pale imitators and Apple could end up with the same dominance it has in music players. Either way, it’s good theater, and highlights that Google no revenue-generating business model other than the ad business.