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Free games and big updates this weekend on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Nov 18th, 2011)

Another day of the holiday season brings a whole lot of great downloads from the App Store. What we saw yesterday was mostly new releases, but here's a list of free games (and free updates) you might want to check out. A whole bunch of great games have gone free for the weekend, including ...

Apple begins shipping Thunderbolt displays

by Mike Schramm (Sep 7th, 2011)

The Thunderbolt-compatible displays Apple announced back in July have reportedly started shipping out to stores and retailers. MacRumors reported that the displays shipped this week, and should hit shelves very soon. Electronista has heard that shipping to customers will start up on September ...

New Apple Store planned in El Paso

by Mike Schramm (Jun 22nd, 2011)

ifoAppleStore says that Apple's retail team is bringing a new location to El Paso, Texas, right on the border to Mexico down there. The store will sit on the ground floor of the local Cielo Vista Mall, just three miles from the border, where Mexican customers make up 16 percent of retail sales ...

New iOS releases: Chaos Rings Omega, Ticket to Ride, more

by Mike Schramm (May 20th, 2011)

This mid-week (as with most recent weeks) brought a slew of new and notable iOS releases. Here's the roundup: Square Enix released Chaos Rings Omega, the sequel to its popular original RPG for iOS. It's premium priced at US$11.99 (no kidding) on the iPhone and $14.99 on the iPad. Days ...

Colbert has an iPad 2, already wants the iPad 3

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2011)

Stephen Colbert can finally eat and sleep apparently -- he was able to pick up his own iPad 2. And as you can see in the video below, he's thrilled with it. Sure, it's mostly just because it's new (it doesn't really do much his old tablet doesn't do), but his excitement is essentially ...

OpenFeint sees giant spike in Christmas users and downloads

by Mike Schramm (Dec 31st, 2010)

Here's some more evidence that the App Store had a really amazing holiday weekend last week. OpenFeint has announced that it saw a 184% spike in new users on Christmas Day last week, the largest single day in the service's history for new users. Over the four days around the holiday, OpenFeint ...

Rock Band Reloaded out now on App Store, Puzzle Quest 2 out soon

by Mike Schramm (Dec 2nd, 2010)

Two big sequels have hit the App Store in the past day or so -- as the holidays are here, more big name titles will be forthcoming for sure. First up, EA has released Rock Band Reloaded, a new version of the popular Rock Band music game series for iOS. This one plays generally the same as the first ...

Steve Jobs featured in Icons art exhibit, wins award at MWC

by Mike Schramm (Feb 17th, 2010)

His Steveness was honored twice recently. First, he showed up in a piece of art featured in a New York exhibit. "Icons" is a set of portraits that shows off Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and of course our own iCEO. The art itself isn't ...

New iMac, Mac mini, MacBook ads spotted

by Joachim Bean (Oct 5th, 2009)

As we and others have posted over the past few days, there is a rumor that a new or redesigned iMac, Mac mini and MacBook models are coming very soon. Now, this week brings reports of Google ads supposedly touting the rumored Mac mini, iMac and MacBook models. These ads have been spotted in several ...

Apple Store down, speculation runs wild in the streets for maybe another hour

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 7th, 2009)

UPDATE: And we're back with new Xserves, featuring the snazzy (and totally expected) Intel Xeon "Nehalem" processor. Check out the specs on the store. The headline pretty much says it all. We'll pack up our crystal ball and stick with the refresh button until this clears up. Stay tuned! Note that ...

Shiny new stuff coming to TUAW in 2009

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 2nd, 2009)

The Macintosh turned 25 last week, but we'll be celebrating all year long. Keep checking back each month for Apple history, giveaways, new features and stories about our Apple gear and what we do with it. We may even have a few pleasant surprises this year... Coming this February: Giveaways to ...

A look at Leopard's iTunes visualizers

by Mike Schramm (Sep 28th, 2007)

Mac Rumors has posted screenshots of three new iTunes visualizers coming in Leopard (or sooner, if they're included in the upcoming update). They're called Lathe, Jelly, and Stix-- Lathe is a couple of particle fountains that "pulsate" to the bass notes, Jelly a kalediscope of little colored ...

New Leopard Build Introduces New Feature, Tweaks

by Dan Lurie (Nov 23rd, 2006)

The latest build of Leopard, (9A303) introduced some small but nifty features to the list of enhancements that will ship with the new OS next year. Lets take a look: QuickLook is a new feature which allows users to view a full size preview of any image by right clicking on it, without having to ...

Universal Binary of Flash Player 9 released

by David Chartier (Aug 12th, 2006)

Adobe has cranked out a Universal Binary of Flash Player 9 for Intel Mac consumption. Strangely, a PowerPC-only build is still available on the download page, though Insanely Mac is reporting that it's an earlier build. If you're interested in what's actually new in this latest version, check out ...

Columbia Records & Apple offer exclusive pre-order of Bob Dylan's new album, ticket promo

by David Chartier (Aug 8th, 2006)

I guess the times certainly are a changin', as the man Bob Dylan himself has hopped on board with Apple and the iTunes Music Store to offer an exclusive pre-order ($13.99) of his upcoming new album, Modern Times, which lands on August 29th. Ticketmaster has even tossed their hat in, just like with ...