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Free music and a chance to win more from Tap Tap Revenge 3

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Oct 22nd, 2009

Tap Tap Revenge 3 is apparently going gangbusters over on the App Store -- Tapulous has gotten in touch with us to let us know about two different free promotions they're doing lately, as well as give you readers a chance to win their entire catalog for free.

First up, the free stuff for everybody. Today, October 22, they're giving away the great song "Fireflies" by one of my favorite new music acts, Owl City. It just happens to also be the number one song in iTunes today as well, which is a pretty big deal for Tapulous -- it's the first time they've been able to pair up a TTR track release with a #1 on the download charts.

To get that free song, just sign in to the application and pick it up. Additionally, if you don't have the app yet, buying the app before this Friday can get you a free premium two-pack -- all you have to do for that is email your iTunes reciept (or a screenshot of it) to "freemusic AT tapulous DOT com" and put your TTR3 username (and only your username) in the email subject line.

And hey, if that's not enough free stuff, keep reading -- here at TUAW, we're giving away licenses to TTR3's entire premium catalog (the whole thing, from A Perfect Circle to Robbie Williams) to three lucky commenters.

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Tags: content, contest, dlc, downloadable-content, fireflies, giveaway, iphone, owl-city, prizes, tap-tap-revenge-3, us

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, Apple Financial, iTunes, iPod touch

Analysis: iTunes holds 12.6% of the US music market

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Dec 4th, 2008

Stick with us here: a new report by Forrester Research claims that of all the music purchased in the US, digital purchases have jumped to 18% of the total, and they expect it to go up to 41% of total sales over the next five years. That means that about 20% of all the music sold in the US is bought digitally. And distorted-loop.com is doing a little reasoning from those numbers -- since Apple's iTunes accounts for 70% of US digital sales, DL has decided that Apple accounts for 12.6% of all music sold in the US.

Can't really argue with that reasoning, and given that we know iPod sales are up (and increased sales of the iPod touch means more people can buy from iTunes straight to their iPods, not to mention that one of the biggest days for iTunes sales is Christmas, thanks to all the new iPods under the tree), we can probably look for that number to head even further north next year.

Tags: analysis, digital, distorted-loop, ipod, ipod-touch, itunes, itunes-sales, music-sales, report, sales, stores, us

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Cool tools, Odds and ends, Internet, Internet Tools, App Store

Vote Report helps poll the polls on Election Day

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Oct 30th, 2008

I love this idea -- if there's one thing our voting system here in the US could use, it's a little more transparency, both in how the votes are counted and weighed, and in how the polling itself takes place. And now there's an iPhone app aimed at making sure that on next month's Election Day, we get exactly that.

Vote Report is currently submitted to the App Store -- all you do is download the app, punch in your Twitter information (although the site says you don't have to, but I'm not sure how it makes the report otherwise), and then when you're done voting, you can fill out a quick form that will send information on how it went straight to Twitter itself (you can see all the reports collected on this page as well).

Of course, the Internet (including Twitter) will be awash with reports from polling places on November 4th, but if you're bringing your iPhone along, this will be a quick and easy way to get the word out if something went right or wrong. And Vote Report has teamed up with Election Protection, so if something does go really wrong at the polls, they'll hopefully be standing by to get the word out.

If you are in the US, no matter what your political leaning or affiliation, do make sure to vote on November 4th -- the wheels of democracy only turn when we all get out and push. Let's exercise those rights while we've got them.

Tags: app-store, democracy, election-day, internet, iphone, november-4th, politics, twitter, us, vote-report

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Other Events, iPhone

Apple Expo '08 dates announced, events detailed

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Jul 4th, 2008

The Apple Expo is Europe's Apple conference -- similar to the Macworld expo in the US. Apple Expo '08 has posted details about the expo, including dates for this year's conference: Wednesday, September 17 through Saturday, September 20, in Paris, France.

Currently, there are only two iPhone events scheduled out of the over 30 planned events. It is a nice change to see that the iPhone will not "steal the show" in Europe like it does at Apple conferences in the US. You can see all of the details, exhibitors, and scheduled events on the Apple Expo website.

As we noted earlier, Apple will not be attending this year's Apple Expo.

Tags: Apple, Apple Expo, AppleExpo, conference, events, Macworld, UK, US

Filed under: Retail, Rumors, Apple

The US Apple Store has gone offline

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Feb 7th, 2008

Our tipline is exploding this evening with announcements of the US Apple Store going offline (is anyone outside the US seeing the same?). It's probably nothing, but just in case, keep your eye on TUAW for updates. If it returns with new goodies in tow, we'll let you know.

Now, you may resume your obsessive watch over store.apple.com.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Tags: apple-store, retail, us

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Retail

Apple's US market share still falling and rising with the tides

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Oct 19th, 2006

Yesterday's prelim 4th quarter report was great news for Apple's health as a manufacturer of personal computers - they shipped over 1.6 million Macs, the most ever in a quarter and 30% more than the previous quarter. Today's news of a rise to 6.1 percent market share in the U.S. from Gartner, however, has the Mac web doing the market share dance all over again, as just a year ago this month it was the NPD Group reporting that Apple's U.S. market share - excluding online sales - had risen to 6.6 percent. The confusion ensues when considering MacNN's conflicting report from Gartner claiming Apple's U.S. share just rose to 6.1 percent. Of course where and how these different groups are getting their numbers is unbeknownst to this blogger, but methinks something might have been lost in translation between all these analysts.

Still, while market share numbers might be getting a little fuzzy as of late, we can at least trust Apple's announcement of selling the most.Macs.evar in a quarter, and that's alright with me.

Tags: analyst, analysts, computers, gartner, hardware, mac, macnn, macs, market share, MarketShare, npd group, NpdGroup, percent, percentage, united states, UnitedStates, us

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