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TUAW's Daily iOS App: First Touch Soccer

by Mike Schramm (May 10th, 2011)

If you enjoy soccer or soccer video games and happen to own an iPhone, First Touch Soccer is a must-buy. I'm not a big fan of soccer, but this is an impressively premium title with great visuals, solid controls and lots of extras, including home team themed menus, multiple modes, social ...

Report: FCC official doubts AT&T + T-Mobile deal will sail through

by Mike Schramm (Mar 24th, 2011)

An unnamed FCC official told the Wall Street Journal this week that "there's no way the chairman's office rubber-stamps" the recently announced merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA. The official didn't go into further details, but said that the organization hadn't even begun preliminary ...

AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion

by Mike Schramm (Mar 20th, 2011)

Reports are coming in from all over this morning that AT&T has bought fellow domestic cell carrier T-Mobile USA. According to the press release, AT&T will acquire the company from Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG in a deal that's valued at $39 billion in cash and stock. The transaction is ...

TUAW discount for Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference

by Steven Sande (Feb 28th, 2011)

If there's anything that TUAW tries to do to separate itself from the other Apple blogs, it's making sure that we support the iOS and Mac developer communities through our involvement in conferences. While we're usually at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) to cover the stories, TUAW ...

TUAW's Daily App: What Cocktail

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2011)

What Cocktail is a stylish app with a simple concept: what kind of cocktail do you want to drink, right now? By inputting your mood and location, then shaking (not stirring, of course) the app, you get a drink suggestion with a well designed logo and the recipe to go with it in case you're making ...

Get five free songs on iTunes with your American Express card

by Mike Schramm (Feb 11th, 2011)

If you have an American Express card, the company wants to give you five songs on iTunes for free. Just hit up this URL and enter your card information (we double-checked -- it's an official deal, not a scam), and then whenever you buy five songs on iTunes with the same card, you'll get refunded ...

AT&T iPhone customers: go grab your free 1000 minutes

by Erica Sadun (Feb 11th, 2011)

Loyal AT&T iPhone customer? AT&T wants to say thank you to iPhone owners by sending you 1000 free rollover minutes. All you have to do is text. We first heard about this free 1000 minutes deal earlier today but declined to post because we weren't sure that AT&T really was offering it ...

Get MacTech Magazine for postage, we'll pick up the subscription fees

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 8th, 2011)

Are you a Mac tech? You should really be reading MacTech Magazine, my friend. We've arranged with our pals at MacTech Magazine to give you a TUAW-sponsored subscription. Basically, we'll take care of your magazine subscription -- you just pay the postage. For US readers, this is $9.95 for six issues ...

Stolen Mac tracking app Hidden was free until January (Update: all done!)

by Mike Schramm (Dec 22nd, 2010)

Update 12/23: Who knew that ALL of you would rush over to Hidden and claim your free account? The company has had to close out the free promotion early (as of 12/23), but all registered machines will be valid. [Thanks Chris Pirillo for the heads-up] Hidden is an app that claims to help you track ...

Humble Indie Bundle hits $1.2 million, promises Steam integration

by Mike Schramm (Dec 20th, 2010)

The Humble Indie Bundle 2 has reached $1.2 million in revenue, topping the last offering, and there are five days left to go, so the turnout for the pay-what-you-want gaming pack should be pretty spectacular. All of the games were previously announced as released on both Mac and PC, but the group ...

Indie Mac Gift Pack offers discounted Mac software for the holidays

by Mike Schramm (Dec 13th, 2010)

A crew of well-known independent Mac developers has banded together to offer a pretty good deal on some Mac software this holiday season. The Indie Mac Gift pack is offering six great Mac apps (Acorn 2, Delicious Library 2, MarsEdit 3, Radioshift, SousChef and Sound Studio 4) for just $60, a ...

Toys R Us offering iPod trade-in

by Mike Schramm (Oct 16th, 2010)

We here at TUAW aren't quite sure how great a deal this is, but just in case you want to take advantage, Toys R Us is apparently offering trade-ins on old iPods. From October 17 to the 23rd, the toy chain will take old iPods (no model is specified, but I'd assume older won't get you as much money) ...

Deal documents show Ngmoco's 50 million downloads, $10m losses in 2009

by Mike Schramm (Oct 13th, 2010)

Stuart Dredge of MobileEntertainment did some digging into the paperwork behind the Ngmoco sale, and came back with some interesting figures about the company's financials. Turns out that rumored $403 million purchase price is true -- kind of. The deal includes a $100 million bonus, if Ngmoco keeps ...

iOS devs: Get a TUAW discount at Voices That Matter iPhone Developers Conference

by Steven Sande (Sep 17th, 2010)

The Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference is just around the corner, and TUAW wants to make sure that every dev has a chance to attend. That's why Pearson Education, publisher of a number of iOS development tomes, is offering a $150 discount to TUAW readers, a 22% discount off of the ...

TUAW's Daily App: NFL 2011

by Mike Schramm (Aug 19th, 2010)

Madden is usually the word in football video games around this time of year, but just in case you don't want to spend that $8, Gameloft has a deal for you. Even before the season starts, it's dropped the price on NFL 2011 to just 99 cents. The Gameloft version doesn't quite have as much polish or ...