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xScope, Fantastical, more available for just $10 in new MacHeist bundle

by Mike Schramm (Apr 17th, 2013)

The latest bundle from MacHeist has just gone live, and it's a good one. There are six apps in the bundle, and they're a steal at a price of just US$9.99: You'll get the great xScope measuring tools for designers, Fantastical's excellent calendar app, Boinx's stupendous iStopMotion, ...

Knights of Pen and Paper and Angry Birds go free

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2013)

Two really great apps are free this week. First up, Knights of Pen and Paper is an (in my opinion) underrated and very charming turn-based RPG, with the unique premise that you're actually playing an old pen-and-paper role-playing game, complete with a dungeonmaster describing every environment ...

Mac Game of the Week: Assassin's Creed 2, now on sale for $4.99

by Mike Schramm (Feb 21st, 2013)

As you may have noticed in our daily deals post today, Amazon is having a huge sale on Mac games, with some of the highest-profile titles of the last few years offered up with huge discounts. There are a few really great bargains in there (including Rage for US$4.99 and Civ V for $7.50), but ...

Box offering 25 GB for free in promotion

by Mike Schramm (Feb 8th, 2013)

Filesharing service Box is offering up 25 GB of free cloud storage in a new promotion (supposedly for "Gameday," but it seems to still be in effect anyway). To qualify, you must be a new customer on a free plan, or just sign up for a new account with a new email address. The deal is also for ...

Apple offering refurbished 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros for $1869

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 7th, 2013)

If you've wanted a 15-inch MacBook Pro but have felt put off the steep price, now is the time to scoop one up for a little less cheddar. Apple is currently offering Apple Certified Refurbished MacBook Pros with Retina Display for US$1869 online. It's the entry-level model with 8GB of RAM and a ...

iTunes offering a big $6.99 sale on some music bestsellers

by Mike Schramm (Dec 31st, 2012)

Just in time for the new year, Apple is offering a big iTunes sale on some of the best-selling albums of 2012. Over on iTunes, you can grab some great (like Macklemore's The Heist and the new Mumford and Sons) and/or popular albums (like Justin Bieber, Ke$ha and One Direction) for just US$6.99 ...

Best Buy offering $50 off iPhones for a limited time

by Randy Nelson (Dec 10th, 2012)

If you've been holding off upgrading to a new iPhone, your perseverance is about to pay off. Best Buy has just announced a significant discount on all iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S models through the start of the new year. The 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB versions of the iPhone 5 are selling for $149, ...

BioShock 2, Call of Duty 4 and more OS X games on sale

by Randy Nelson (Nov 15th, 2012)

With Thanksgiving just a week away in the US, several Mac game publishers already are dropping the prices on their Mac App Store titles in celebration. We're talking some steep discounts on some triple-A games, including: Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD on sale for $9.99, down from ...

Apple's plan for Reno data center gets green light

by Mike Schramm (Aug 2nd, 2012)

Apple's gotten the thumbs-up for another data center, this one in the biggest little city in the world, Reno, Nevada. Unfortunately, the deal itself doesn't hold a lot of weight, but at least Apple's gotten another nod in the right direction. The Nevada Board of Economic Development put its ...

Mac versions of Sparrow and FX Studio discounted today to $4.99

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 13th, 2012)

Mac owners on the hunt for app deals may want to check out Sparrow for the Mac and MacPhun's FX Studio. Both apps have been discounted 50 percent today and are now available for US$4.99. Sparrow for Mac is the email client that kicked off the Sparrow craze a few years almost two years ago ...

Where have all the refurbs gone? Apple's online cupboard is bare (Updated)

by Michael Rose (Jul 11th, 2012)

Update 7/15: Refurbs are back in stock! Was there a run on last year's MacBook Pro models? A surge of orders for the factory certified, previously owned iPod nano? The reasons may be mysterious, but the symptom is oddly clear: everything -- yes, everything -- is out of stock in Apple's ...

MacTech magazine launches on iPad, 2012 e-issues free for WWDC

by Michael Rose (Jun 12th, 2012)

Our comrades in geek over at MacTech have some WWDC-related deals to share. The iPad edition of the Mac-centric technical journal was released last month, and the free app shows up in the iPad's Newsstand container (as with most periodicals). The in-app issue purchases run you $4.99 for one, or ...

Apple offers gift card deal for college students buying a new Mac or iPad

by Dave Caolo (Jun 11th, 2012)

Apple has posted a new deal for college students looking to buy a new Mac or iPad. Those who buy a Mac between June 11 and September 21 will receive a gift card worth US$100 to spend on apps, books, music, and movies. Those who buy an iPad will receive a gift card worth $50. Qualifying students ...

Disney taps indie studio for Temple Run Brave

by Mike Schramm (Jun 4th, 2012)

Disney Mobile has made a number of really smart moves over the past few years (starting with acquiring Tapulous, all the way up to allowing a game tester to make them a great game). Now here's another brilliant move: they've signed a deal with developers Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckynova ...

Inkling to sell iPad textbooks in over 900 college bookstores

by Mike Schramm (May 15th, 2012)

Inkling is an e-book publishing platform that's currently running an app on the App Store, and while Apple has been making an official push for more textbooks in iBooks, Inkling is strengthening its own holdings. The company has made a deal with Follett to bring hundreds of Inkling titles into ...