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Get Where's my Water free from Apple's Facebook page

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2011)

Apple is apparently giving yet another popular game away using its Facebook page -- this time, it's Disney's Where's my Water up for grabs. To grab your free copy of the great water-guiding physics puzzler, just head over to Apple's App Store Facebook page, become a fan, and you'll get a free ...

Black Friday app sales: Dragon Fantasy, Gem Keeper, lots more

by Mike Schramm (Nov 25th, 2011)

Hope you had a great holiday yesterday! As expected, the App Sales are continuing through the weekend, and in addition to what we've already spotlighted, here are a few more. Steam is continuing its daily sales on all kinds of titles, Mac and PC alike, but Flight Control HD is the standout ...

Arthur D. Levinson new Apple chairman, Disney CEO Bob Iger joins board

by Chris Rawson (Nov 15th, 2011)

Arthur D. Levinson has been named chairman of Apple's board of directors. Levinson has been a co-lead director of the board since 2005, and he is also chairman of Genentech. At the same time, Disney president and CEO Bob Iger has also joined Apple's board of directors; together, he and Levinson ...

John Lasseter receives star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honors Jobs

by Mike Schramm (Nov 2nd, 2011)

Pixar head (and current Disney chief creative officer) John Lasseter recently was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in addition to being honored for all his great work on Pixar's movies and Disney's animations, Lasseter himself passed on some of the honor to Steve Jobs. Jobs ...

Daily iPhone App: Where's my Water

by Mike Schramm (Sep 30th, 2011)

Metacritic has released its monthly listings for iPhone and iPad, and right there on top of the ratings charts is the same title currently sitting on top of the paid charts: Disney's Where's my Water? Where's my Water is by the same team behind Disney's megahit JellyCar, and it features the ...

Disney to pair iPad, physical toys with new games

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 27th, 2011)

Disney is working on a new game system that'll pair physical toys with the iPad. Called Disney Appmates, the first example of these toys will use the characters from the Disney/Pixar movie Cars 2. The cars will interact with the iPad surface presumably using a capacitive interface and the iPad ...

Steve Jobs expected to remain on Disney board

by Steven Sande (Aug 25th, 2011)

The name Steve Jobs is synonymous with Apple, the company the man co-founded with Steve Wozniak and the relatively unknown Ronald Wayne. Fewer people remember that Jobs also has ties with Disney and has been on the board of directors of the entertainment giant for the past five years. ...

iPads aid Disney's Imagineers in expansion of Magic Kingdom

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 11th, 2011)

Disney has posted a pretty cool video that shows how their "Imagineers" are using iPads to monitor and make changes to the New Fantasyland at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Using proprietary Disney software on the iPad, which allows Imagineers to view and manipulate a 3D digital ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty

by Mike Schramm (Jul 15th, 2011)

The new Captain America movie is scheduled to hit theaters next week and in advance of the film, Disney and Marvel have released a brand new game based on the superhero himself. And the good news is, it's not bad. Movie tie-ins have a history of mediocrity, but Captain America actually tries ...

Disney will not be a part of iCloud launch

by Mike Schramm (Jun 3rd, 2011)

Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke at the D9 conference this week, and said that while he considers the cloud to be a huge force in technology going forward, he's not sold enough to be included in the first round of Apple's almost-announced iCloud service. Whatever Steve Jobs announces for iCloud on ...

Cast of Disney's "Lemonade Mouth" starts flash mob at Apple store

by Dana Franklin (Apr 26th, 2011)

It was another quiet afternoon at the Apple retail store at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA -- or as quiet as an Apple store can be on a busy day -- when all of a sudden, a flash mob began singing and dancing the song "Determinate" from the Disney Channel production Lemonade Mouth over Easter ...

20th Century Fox talks about the success of Angry Birds Rio

by Mike Schramm (Apr 20th, 2011)

I attended an event called the LA AppShow last night here in Santa Monica, CA, and I saw seven demos of various apps that are seeing significant success on the App Store. Matt McMahon from 20th Century Fox was there, and while his company didn't publish the actual app in question, he's ...

Investors re-elect Jobs to Disney board

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 23rd, 2011)

Bloomberg is reporting that Disney investors today have re-elected Steve Jobs to Disney's board of directors. The re-election comes despite proxy advisers who advised the share holders not re-elect Jobs, on account that his health issues might affect his ability to serve in an adequate ...

Labor union opposed to Steve Jobs' reelection to Disney board

by Chris Ward (Mar 23rd, 2011)

Steve Jobs' position as a director of Disney is being questioned as the company's annual shareholder's meeting takes place in Salt Lake City today. The AFL-CIO federation of labor unions has already voted against his reelection, citing his absences for health reasons and full-time ...

GDC 2011: The latest from Disney Mobile

by Mike Schramm (Mar 4th, 2011)

Disney's mobile gaming division had a table claimed in the company's hotel suit during GDC 2011, and I stopped by to see Disney's Jeff Nuzzi and check out the company's latest offerings. There were a few titles on display to be revealed later this year, but the current focus was on JellyCar 3, ...