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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 ...

Pangea iOS games are free for today only

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 11th, 2011)

Pangea Software is celebrating three years of development and US$7 million in sales by making all its iOS applications free for today July 11th. The free-for-all starts at 8 am CST and ends at 8 pm CST. When the free promotion ends, Pangea will lower the price on its iOS apps to 99-cents for a ...

Apple's back-to-school promo reportedly beating Microsoft 8 to 2

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 8th, 2011)

According to a report from Global Equities Research, more incoming college students are picking up an Apple computer than a Windows computer this year. Apple is not just edging out Microsoft either; Macs are beating out Windows machines at an impressive rate of 8 to 2. About 80% of incoming ...

Best Buy to match Apple's $100 Back to School promo

by Steven Sande (Jun 20th, 2011)

If you were waiting for Apple's annual Back to School promotion to pick up a free iPod to go along with your new Mac, you're probably not very happy with this year's deal -- Apple isn't giving away iPods. Instead, you get a $100 gift card that you can spend in the Mac App Store, iTunes Store, ...

Apple's restrictions on iPad and iPhone giveaways

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 2nd, 2011)

Philip Elmer-DeWitt has an interesting article over at his Fortune Apple 2.0 blog that discusses Apple's restrictions on iPad and iPhone giveaways. It's not well-publicized or even strictly enforced by Apple, but the Cupertino company has a two-page policy governing the giveaway or promotion of ...

Apple education deal rumored for WWDC

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 27th, 2011)

BGR broke out a rumor today suggesting Apple may unveil a new Back-To-School promotion at WWDC. As part of this sale, everyone who buys a new Mac with their educational discount would receive a free iPod touch or $200 off the cost of an iPad. For the past several years, Apple has kicked off a ...

TUAW's Daily iOS App: Super 8

by Mike Schramm (May 11th, 2011)

We've seen a bevy of vintage photography apps. Hipstamatic might be the most popular, though Instagram has a solid group of users as well. But, Super 8 brings a new idea to the party: vintage videos [Of course this isn't really "new" as apps like 8mm and Silent Film Director perform a similar ...

Tapjoy alters marketing strategy to comply with App Store changes

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 26th, 2011)

Down but not out, Tapjoy confirmed to AllThingsD that it is modifying its incentivized purchases to work within Apple's new ranking system and to ensure its apps will make their way into the App Store. Last week, Apple made changes in its app store ranking system that downplayed the ranking of ...

Apple banning pay-per-install apps from the App Store says Tapjoy

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2011)

Apple is not only tweaking its App Store rankings to downrank pay-per-install applications, it may be actively banning these applications from the App Store. According to Tapjoy, several developers within their network are receiving rejection notices from Apple because their applications feature ...

Glasshouse shares results of App Store experiment

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 6th, 2011)

Having an application in the App Store can be adventure. The application creation process and App Store submission process are filled with long nights, lots of coffee and many highs and lows. When the app finally gets approved by Apple, the next stage of sales tracking gives you a whole new ...

Twitter for iPhone updated, QuickBar is dead

by Mike Schramm (Mar 31st, 2011)

The Twitter for iPhone app has been updated (again), and this time the company has included the change everyone's been waiting for: the QuickBar, which featured trending terms along with some paid placement phrases, has been removed from the app. Twitter deftly sidesteps the actual reason why ...

Play Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard (kind of) with this interactive trailer

by Mike Schramm (Mar 16th, 2011)

This is a new one -- in order to promote its new iOS title, Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard (coming to the App Store tomorrow), Gameloft has put together this interactive trailer over on YouTube. Not only does the trailer show off some gameplay of the upcoming title, but it also allows you to ...

Ben & Jerry's stores in Singapore giving away free iPhone cases

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2010)

Popular ice cream chain Ben & Jerry's is giving away a set of pretty awesome iPhone cases -- but only in Singapore. Customers in that country will be able to trade in four carton tops to stores there and pick up one of 5,000 completely free iPhone covers. You can see what the covers look like ...

TUAW's Daily App: Scrambleface

by Mike Schramm (Dec 8th, 2010)

Scrambleface is a simple app that does one thing pretty darn well. All it does is take live feed from an iPhone or latest-gen iPod touch's camera (and it does require iOS 4.0 or higher), then it turns that into a sliding puzzle for you to unscramble. It's not flashy or crazy, but it is kind of fun, ...

Toys R Us offering iPod trade-in

by Mike Schramm (Oct 16th, 2010)

We here at TUAW aren't quite sure how great a deal this is, but just in case you want to take advantage, Toys R Us is apparently offering trade-ins on old iPods. From October 17 to the 23rd, the toy chain will take old iPods (no model is specified, but I'd assume older won't get you as much money) ...