Holiday Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Daily Mac App: Fireworks HD

by Erica Sadun (Dec 27th, 2011)

Some apps deliver exactly what they say on the package. Fireworks HD provides a display of artistic explosions to the desktop. Retailing for just $0.99, Fireworks HD works both as an app and a screen saver. Unlike most fireworks apps, HD uses actual video footage rather than simulated emitter ...

Online shopping gets iPad surge on Christmas Day, iOS dominates in December

by Michael Rose (Dec 27th, 2011)

There's no rest for the weary in retail this year, but at least on Christmas Day most of the shopping frenzy was online and not in line. IBM's Smarter Commerce unit, which tracks 500 online stores (but not Amazon, the largest, and probably not Apple's store either) told the AP that Christmas Day ...

TUAW Help Line: holiday gift questions & answers

by Michael Rose (Dec 25th, 2011)

The goose is cooked, the cookies crumbled, the wrapping paper thrown away and the relatives released to their neutral corners. Finally, you can get down to the post-holiday fun of setting up your new iPad, or transferring your data from your old PC to your new Mac! Unfortunately, the end of a ...

TUAW wishes you a Merry Christmas

by Michael Rose (Dec 25th, 2011)

From all of us at TUAW to all of you who celebrate it, our heartfelt wishes for a very merry Christmas. It's also Hanukkah this week, so best holiday wishes there too. Belated blessed Solstice? Early Kwanzaa & New Year's regards? We wish it all for you. In the holiday spirit, we'd like to ...

Holiday Gift Guide: Procrastinator's Edition

by Michael Rose (Dec 24th, 2011)

You know who you are. It's Christmas Eve, your stockings are yet to be hung with care, and there's a dismayingly large gap in the "gift gotten" column of your personal Nice list -- or maybe you haven't figured out what the last three days of Hanukkah are going to look like when it comes to gift ...

More app sales: King of Dragon Pass, Swords and Soldiers and Crescent Moon RPGs

by Mike Schramm (Dec 23rd, 2011)

We'll do one more big app roundup post today before the holiday weekend. The App Store freeze went off as scheduled yesterday, so devs can no longer change their prices or upgrade their apps until next week, but in addition to the sales already covered so far, there are still a few more apps on ...

Skype offers free Wi-Fi at select US airports this holiday

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 20th, 2011)

Skype is getting into the holiday spirit this year by giving anyone with a Mac, PC, or an iOS device free Wi-Fi at any one of 50 US airports. To take advantage of the deal, check out Skype's handy map of participating airports. When you're in one of them, launch Skype on your Mac or PC or the ...

Apple ad: Santa Siri hits the airwaves

by Michael Rose (Dec 18th, 2011)

The concept is well-worn. The character is familiar. Even the final joke is telegraphed. But there's no way around it: this Santa Siri TV ad is a winner. ...

Holiday Gift Guide: iPad apps & accessories for business

by Michael Rose (Dec 17th, 2011)

From one-person shops to giant enterprises, if businesses agree on anything right now it's "iPad Yay." The Apple tablet hasn't even reached the terrible twos yet, but it's clearly making its presence felt across countless verticals and different industries. For at least a couple of mobile ...

Dear Santa: TUAW's we-have-been-nice wish list

by Erica Sadun (Dec 16th, 2011)

Dear Santa, We've been very good reasonably well-behaved bloggers this year. We've brushed our teeth, been polite to our parents, and made sure to walk our dog. So for this year, would you please please please consider our requests? Here's what we're wishing for under the TUAW tree this ...

Holiday Gift Guide: iPad Apps for Students

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 14th, 2011)

Welcome to TUAW's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! We're here to help you choose the best gifts this holiday season, and once you've received your gifts we'll tell you what apps and accessories we think are best for your new Apple gear. Stay tuned every weekday from now until the end of the year for ...

Apple cuts prices of refurbished iPad 2s

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2011)

Just in time for Christmas, Apple has dropped the price of its refurbished iPad 2s by $80, which means you can now grab a sweet returned iPad 2 for as low as $419. These are of course items that have come back to Apple retail stores or otherwise not been sold due to defects, but they've been ...

Report: iPads and iPhones helping create 'couch commerce'

by Mike Schramm (Dec 5th, 2011)

Above, you can see an intriguing graph from Compuware APM that shows a kind of kooky new trend in shopping this holiday season, something the researchers are calling "couch commerce." Shopping via the web is up big-time lately, and as you can see above, a big part of that is shopping from the ...

5 Apps to make your holiday shopping easy

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 5th, 2011)

Thanksgiving is done and Black Friday is behind us. Now, it's time to get serious with your holiday shopping. Here are a few apps that will make your holiday shopping easier, maybe even fun (all prices are USD). Santa's Bag- Christmas Gift List ($0.99) Santa's Bag- Christmas Gift List is an ...

Apple receives week-long extension on Aussie Galaxy tab ban

by Mike Schramm (Dec 2nd, 2011)

Australia's High Court has decided to extend Apple's temporary injunction against sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 in Australia for a week, reports GigaOM. The delay will give the court time to consider Apple's request for permission to appeal the end of the ban, which was struck down on ...