Holidays Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

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. ...

Talkcast reminder: Macs that go bump in the night! 10 pm ET

by Michael Rose (Oct 25th, 2009)

It's the Sunday before Halloween, and that can mean only one thing! No, not that you should have set your clocks back an hour -- that's next weekend. Tonight is about scary tech and the users that love it: Apple's most frightening products of all time. Whether the fuzzy-scary iPod Socks or the ...

New iMacs and MacBooks coming soon?

by Mike Schramm (Sep 17th, 2009)

Maybe so, if you believe the predictions of some analysts at Wedge Partners. They proclaim in their neverending analyst-y wisdom that in the next few weeks, Apple will again refresh its lines of iMacs and MacBooks, including a slimmer iMac and an only slightly updated MacBook. Why would Apple ...

Apple Store window displays receive awards

by Dave Caolo (May 12th, 2009)

When I was a young lad in Scranton, Pa, pierogi in one pocket and anthracite coal in the other, my mother and I would wait for the Colts bus in front of the Globe Department Store. Now, before you assume that this post will be nothing more than endless, irrelevant Andy Rooney-style sentimentality ...

Happy Easter from TUAW

by Mike Schramm (Apr 12th, 2009)

Today is Easter for those of you celebrating around the world, and what better way to celebrate than with Peeps? Specifically Peeps attending an Apple event -- these guys were made by Sarah Kohari and Erin Mastrangelo of Washington, and are part of the Washington Post's yearly Peeps diorama ...

Christmas iPod touch and iPhone gifts boost App Store volume

by Mike Schramm (Dec 29th, 2008)

Hello and welcome once again to The Obvious News. Our top story today: the sky remains blue, and we'll have a full report by our man on the scene Chip Thompson about that later. But first, this: apparently App Store downloads are up thanks to large holiday sales of the iPhone and iPod touch. This ...

Get VMWare Fusion 2.0 at a steal, after rebates, free upgrade

by Cory Bohon (Dec 26th, 2008)

If you have been waiting to get your hands on VMWare's Fusion, then now is the perfect time. Fusion is the software that allows you to run Windows, Linux, and now Mac OS X Server in a virtual machine right inside of Mac OS X! And you don't have to pay the regular $79.99US for it either. MacMall ...

Memento developer offers free holiday greeting card app

by Cory Bohon (Dec 17th, 2008)

A while back we told you about Memento, a quick way to send e-cards right from your iPhone. The developer of that application is back at it again with a Holiday card application. Memento Xmas [iTunes link] is a free application that allows you to send holiday-themed greeting cards to your friends ...