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Appcelerator launches app store for app components

by Mike Schramm (Sep 19th, 2011)

Stick with us on this one -- Appcelerator has just launched an App Store, but not for apps. Instead, it's for components for apps, offering designs, templates, extensions, and other tools to app developers, who can then use those to make mobile apps for various other app stores, including ...

Free and sale apps on iOS this weekend

by Mike Schramm (Sep 16th, 2011)

Happy weekend! There are a whole bunch of great iOS apps on sale (and some even free) this weekend, so if you need something fun to play on your iPhone or iPad, look no further: Plushed Gold Fever is a colorful running game that's free this weekend. Tiny Heroes, which we picked as a ...

Belkin sale offers steep accessory discounts through 9/30

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 16th, 2011)

Belkin is holding an incredible sale beginning today. Every single item they make, from routers to keyboards is 50% off when you use the code "FB50" on Belkin.com. Good luck getting through to their site right now, however. It seems to have crashed under the flood of bargain shoppers. But when ...

Capcom puts apps on sale, releases new characters for Street Fighter IV

by Mike Schramm (Sep 15th, 2011)

Capcom has introduced two new characters to the iOS version of Street Fighter IV (subtitled Volt), so fighters now can jump into the ring with Yun and Fei Long, making the character total on the game an impressive 22. The company has also dropped the price. It's usually $6.99, but until next ...

Apple selling refurbished iPad 2s

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 1st, 2011)

For those of you who want to save a little money on an iPad 2, Apple has begun selling refurbished models on its online store. Apple currently has a stock of white and black Wi-Fi iPad 2 models for US$549.99 for the 32 GB model and $649.99 for the 64 GB model. Refurbished iPad 2 3G models will ...

No Comment: Woman buys wooden iPad

by Mike Schramm (Aug 30th, 2011)

This is a completely hypothetical situation: Someone in a McDonald's parking lot says he picked up an iPad for a cheap $300, and wonders if you'd want to buy it off of him for just $180. You decide why not (because reputable salesmen always just hang around in the parking lots of fast food ...

Refurbished iPads now just $299

by Mike Schramm (Aug 22nd, 2011)

Apple's got a new price on a refurbished iPad (that's an iPad 1, not the latest 2), and it's likely the lowest official price you'll ever pay for the tablet. $299 is the new magic number, for a 16 GB iPad Wi-Fi. Of course, that presumes that the unit will come back into stock, but it likely ...

Trucks and Skulls Nitro free, other iOS price drops this weekend

by Mike Schramm (Aug 19th, 2011)

id's Rage app went free earlier on this week, and that seems to have inspired a little avalanche of free and discounted apps on the App Store. Good news for us, of course: There are quite a few solid apps to pick up if you haven't yet. Trucks and Skulls Nitro is now free and so is the HD ...

Apple accused of selling refurbished iPhones as new in China

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 18th, 2011)

Apple may be facing yet another lawsuit, but this one does not involve patents or location-sharing. The Cupertino company is being sued by six Beijing residents who claim Apple sold them a refurbished iPhone as new. These six customers bought their phones at both Apple Stores and at ...

Angry Birds' Rovio aiming for $1.2 billion valuation

by Mike Schramm (Aug 12th, 2011)

Rovio, the development company behind the insanely popular iOS game property Angry Birds, is working on getting more funding. A deal is reportedly underway that would put the value of the studio at $1.2 billion. That's billion with a freakin' B, which is an astronomical number for a mobile game ...

Radio Shack, Target cut iPhone 4 prices

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 2nd, 2011)

Target and Radio Shack are dropping the price on the iPhone 4, in a move many believe is a stock clearing measure to make room for the iPhone 5. Radio Shack is currently running a week-long promotion that drops the price of the 16 GB iPhone 4 to US$169 and the 32 GB iPhone 4 to $269. You can ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Marvel Kapow!

by Mike Schramm (Jul 28th, 2011)

Marvel Kapow is an interesting approach to the licensed game idea. Most superhero games aim to directly control the superhero, letting the player experience being them, but Marvel Kapow is a much more casual, abstract experience, instead simply using the Marvel license and its various heroes to ...

Trainz Simulator for iPad on sale for a buck this weekend

by Mike Schramm (Jul 16th, 2011)

Here's a solid deal for a little weekend R&R -- the famous Trainz Simulator on the iPad, which we've written about before, has dropped down to the low price of just 99 cents in the App Store for this weekend only. If you're interested in model trains at all, this is a really amazing app, ...

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 ...

Final day of July 4 app sales

by Mike Schramm (Jul 4th, 2011)

A lot of the App Store's biggest apps have been on sale this weekend, and a few holdouts dropped prices earlier today. If your head hasn't hit the pillow yet after your local fireworks extravaganza, make sure to grab some of these while the prices are low: The Real Racing series is on ...