Christmas Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Will Anonymous attack Apple?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 21st, 2010)

Could the Internet-driven Anonymous movement possibly bring its DDOS attacks to bear on our favorite Cupertino company? Apple did remove the WikiLeaks application, after all. Not that you can't still access WikiLeaks on the web, but Apple has got to be one juicy target for the Anonymous group. ...

Make a free Apple-oriented Christmas Creche

by David Winograd (Dec 21st, 2010)

If you've got a bit of time on your hands before Christmas (yeah, that could happen), you might want to build a Christmas Creche using a bunch of Apple favorites and pundits to witness the birth of the iPad. Our Dutch friends at One More Thing have put together a free print, cut and glue kit, where ...

Apple releases new Santa-themed iPhone 4 ad

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 21st, 2010)

Apple has posted a new holiday-themed iPhone ad titled "Under the Covers." In the ad, a mom nestles with her young son in bed while he uses FaceTime on the iPhone 4 to video chat with Santa. The mom leaves the room and the son hides under the covers, still talking to Santa. Cut to the mom ...

Collaborative Christmas greeting video done with iPads, iPhones

by Steven Sande (Dec 20th, 2010)

Just to get us all in the Christmas mood, the clever folks at Torchbox have come up with a video greeting card titled "A Starry Night" that is all done with iPads and iPhones. Torchbox is a Oxfordshire, England-based web development and design firm, and it looks like they're all a bunch of Apple ...

Sam's Club to sell iPhone 4 for $147 until Dec. 25

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 20th, 2010)

Remember that Radio Shack sale that offered the iPhone 4 for $149 and caused a nationwide shortage in the Shack's retail stores? Well, Sam's Club is about to one-up Radio Shack with a Member-only promotion that drops the price of the iPhone 4 to $147 with a two-year customer agreement. The leaked ...

Get your giving sorted out with Gift Plan

by Michael Rose (Dec 20th, 2010)

Keeping track of all the holiday shopping and the various recipients of gifts among family and friends is a chore that's just crying out for an app. There are plenty of gift organizers on the App Store, but one of the newest and slickest is Glasshouse Apps' new release Gift Plan. This US$1.99 app ...

Talkcast 10 PM ET, 7 PM PT: 'Twas the 'Cast before Christmas edition

by Kelly Guimont (Dec 19th, 2010)

It's that time again! The day is nearing when we rampantly speculate about what wonderful new iThing will magically appear in our lives, and we anxiously wait for that special day when glorious new toys appear. You know what I'm talking about: Stevemas! That day in January when Steve makes his ...

Found Footage: Christmas songs played by an iPad band

by Mike Schramm (Dec 8th, 2010)

Not quite in the holiday mood yet? Here's just the thing to get your chestnuts roasting -- on the next page you can watch a video of the North Point Community Church band (a megachurch in Alpharetta, GA) performing some Christmas carols on iPhones and iPads. I heard "Carol of the Bells," "Rocking ...

Damon Albarn making next Gorillaz album completely on an iPad

by Mike Schramm (Nov 15th, 2010)

Musicians love the iPad -- it's a powerful computer with an intuitive interface, and that turns Apple's tablet into one of the best musical instruments (both real and virtual) around. Now, Damon Albarn, formerly of Blur and now frontman for the band Gorillaz, has become a fan as well. He tells NME ...

iOS devices top survey of UK children's most-wanted gifts

by Mike Schramm (Oct 26th, 2010)

The hottest toy in the UK this year isn't a stuffed animal or a dress-up doll -- it's an Apple device. The top three spots on a list of most-wanted gifts in the UK were taken by Apple's iOS devices, with 39% of kids and parents polled saying that iPhones, iPods, and iPads were wanted under the tree ...

App Store locked down for Thanksgiving, Christmas holidays

by Steven Sande (Oct 26th, 2010)

Apple is apparently going to give the App Store approval staff some time off over the holidays. But don't worry, you'll still be able to shop. It's just that developers who are rushing to get holiday-themed apps into the App Store will need to make sure that they get their content approved before ...

Millions of app store downloads everywhere

by Mike Schramm (Jan 7th, 2010)

Last year was a big one for mobile downloads, according to a number of sources. A Quantcast mobile trends report says that mobile web activity grew 110% in the US throughout 2009, and of course Apple was responsible for most of that, with a 65 from the iPhone and the rest from the iPod touch. ...

XBMC "Camelot" update brings lots of new features

by Mike Schramm (Dec 28th, 2009)

Just in case the gifts you got from your family last week didn't float your boat (no kidding, I got a Yakov Smirnoff DVD -- I love my parents, but they're not the best gift givers in the world), here's another fun present to unwrap. The folks at XBMC released a brand new version on Christmas Eve, ...

TUAW wishes you...

by Michael Rose (Dec 25th, 2009)

a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/brilling/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 ...

Attention last-minute Christmas shoppers: try Express Shopping at the Apple Store

by Steven Sande (Dec 22nd, 2009)

Are you finished with your Christmas shopping? Like most people, there's probably not enough time in the day to work, hang out with the family and friends, and then actually do shopping. If you're missing the perfect gift for someone and you're getting down to the last few days, Apple wants to make ...