Holidays Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Trick-or-treaters visit the Jobs residence

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 2nd, 2011)

The San Jose Mercury News has posted a photo gallery of trick or treaters who visited Steve Jobs' Palo Alto home on Halloween, including a very adorable pair of siblings dressed as an iPad and an iPod. The Mercury News said about 50 children and their parents ventured beyond the home's gates ...

Halloween costumes inspired by Apple, influenced by Steve Jobs (Updated with costumes)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 30th, 2011)

Halloween celebrations are underway, and it's time to get those costumes out of the closet. We're hoping that some of you are moving beyond the ghost and the witch of your childhood and looking towards Apple for your inspiration. So if you're dressing up as an iPhone, an iPad or some other ...

No Comment: iPad vs 300 Black Cats

by Erica Sadun (Jul 1st, 2011)

iPad wrap manufacturers SlickWraps celebrated American Independence day in the most traditional manner. Blowing things up in order to sell their product. Cool pyrotechnics meeting capitalism, all in the pursuit of fun. Their video, which follows, shows the iPad (although not so much the Apple ...

Valentine's Day iPhone apps for the woman who bore your children

by Erica Sadun (Feb 14th, 2011)

You love her. You admire her. You have given her the gift of children. (For the purposes of this post, they will be considered a gift. A loving gift. A blessing, even.) You share a home, a past and a future. It's Valentine's Day. Now what? So, first the obvious. No amount of chocolate or roses ...

Firemint sells 3 million copies of Flight Control

by Mike Schramm (Jan 20th, 2011)

Firemint has shared some sales figures about Flight Control over on its blog. The now classic line-drawing game was recently listed in the top paid apps of all time on the App Store, and so Firemint decided to reveal a little bit about how many copies it's sold and when. The grand total is exactly ...

SEC forms show Apple execs donated $3 million in 2010

by Mike Schramm (Dec 30th, 2010)

A few Securities and Exchange Commission forms filed this week show that Apple executives gave shares of Apple stock to various charities right around mid-December. The stocks added up to a value of about three million dollars across the four executives that gave. Unfortunately, none of the ...

TUAW social club: What did you get for Christmas?

by Erica Sadun (Dec 26th, 2010)

Were you nice and not naughty? Did Santa reward you with Apple-branded products for all your hard work and effort this year? If Santa left a few Apple goodies under your tree (and helpfully cleaned up your Safari browser cookies and milk), here's where you can share the joy of new ownership. ...

Happy Thanksgiving from TUAW

by Michael Rose (Nov 25th, 2010)

We may forget it from time to time, but today it's clear: all of us at TUAW are exceedingly thankful that we get to write about what we love and share it with you. We wish you and yours the happiest of holidays. The pace of posts may be somewhat slower over the next four days as our US team ...

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 ...

Apple's online store brought the Merry into the 2009 Christmas season

by Steven Sande (Jan 1st, 2010)

In some more bright, shiny, and happy Apple news for this first day of 2010, Computerworld is reporting that Apple's online store took top honors for customer satisfaction in terms of the holiday shopping experience at a computer or electronics manufacturer's site. The numbers from Michigan-based ...

World's most geeky Christmas card includes an iPhone

by Aron Trimble (Dec 14th, 2009)

There's no more procrastinating: the holidays are officially here, and regardless of your celebratory affiliations, some sort of holiday card is going to end up in your mailbox. Typically, these little card stock/construction paper doo-dads end up on the mantle, refrigerator or, in the case of the ...

Cook that turkey, drink that wine! Five cooking apps for Thanksgiving

by Steven Sande (Nov 25th, 2009)

Are you ready for the Thanksgiving Day feast tomorrow? If you're a typical American, the day will go something like this -- wake up, watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV, watch some football, eat some snacks, cook and eat a huge feast, watch some more football while dozing, eat some ...

Happy puzzling holidays! Triazzle Holiday Edition is in the App Store

by David Winograd (Oct 29th, 2009)

We loved Triazzle 3.0 [iTunes Link] when it came out in July, but with winter nearly upon us it's time to dust off the sleigh bells and dreidels because Triazzle Holiday [iTunes Link] is here in a new seasonally-inspired version. This slightly cut-down version of the US$2.99 app sells for ...

Apple to bring changes to retail stores

by Dave Caolo (Oct 29th, 2009)

As the holiday season brings additional shoppers to Apple's retail stores, they'll be making changes to ensure a pleasant experience for the new customers, ifoAppleStore reports. First, they're going to ditch the color-coded Starfleet uniform T-shirts, which shoppers have found confusing. ...