Christmas

Merry Christmas from iMore!

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 a 9:24 am

From all of us at iMore and Mobile Nations, to all of you and yours, in honor of whatever you choose to celebrate, in the spirit of however you choose to celebrate it, we wish you peace and prosperity, health and happiness, love and longevity, geekery and gadgetry, this year and every year that follows.

Weekly Photo Contest: Holidays!

By Leanna Lofte, Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 a 4:26 am

After a short hiatus, iMore's weekly photo contest has returned, and this week's topic is the Holidays! Be it a photo of your gorgeous Christmas tree, a pic of a beautiful holiday decoration, or a snapshot of your kid all dressed up for Hanukkah, we want to see them! Any photo taken with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that reflects the holidays is an acceptable entry. We hope you have a lot of fun with this one!

The contest begins today and ends Wednesday, December 26, the day after Christmas.

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Apple quietly updates its 12 Days of Christmas app for UK and parts of Europe

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 a 3:14 am

Apple has quietly updated its 12 Days of Christmas app for UK and European users. The app is always updated around this time of year but doesn't actually start to be of any use until December 26th. The app gives away apps, books and music content every day for 12 days and It is worth grabbing now just in-case you forge

Best Buy airs its own ad ‘Finding Santa’, solely for Apple products

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Nov 26, 2012 a 4:41 am

Best Buy has put together its own ad for the holiday season, this latest one concentrates solely on Apple products. The ad features a young boy trying to track down Santa. Unfortunately he has little success until the last minute when he manages to get a FaceTime call with the white bearded man in the red suit.

New phishing email scam asks you to update Apple ID billing information

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Dec 28, 2011 a 6:29 pm

The Mac Security Blog points to a phishing email scam in circulation that asks for users to update their Apple ID billing information.

A vast phishing attack has broken out, beginning on or around Christmas day, with e-mails being sent with the subject “Apple update your Billing Information.” These well-crafted e-mails could fool many new Apple users, especially those who may have found an iPhone, iPod or iMac under their Christmas tree, and set up accounts with the iTunes Store or the Mac App Store for the first time. The messages claim to come from “appleid@id.apple.com.”

iPhone activations see huge spike on Christmas day, significant increase in App Store downloads

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011 a 4:30 pm

Apple's iOS device activation numbers saw a huge spike of around 353 percent on Christmas Day. In addition, app sales jumped up a full 252 percent after millions of people opened their new iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iPod touch and headed straight for the App Store.

Reminder: Apple’s 12 Days of Christmas app starts today, free iTunes content for Europe and Canada

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Dec 26, 2011 a 6:09 am

Apple has launched its 12 Days of Christmas app for the third year running. The app offers free content from iTunes for twelve days between December 26^th and January 6^th. Today you can access three live audio tracks and three live videos from Coldplay’s recent appearance at the iTunes Festival in London earlier this year.

Each day between now and January 6^th, when you open the app, new content will be available for free. Last year this included music, movies, books and apps. It is offered by Apple as an introduction for new iOS users to get to know how iTunes works and also as a thank you for existing users too.

Did you get a new iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Apple TV for Christmas? Here's what you need next!

By Georgia, Sunday, Dec 25, 2011 a 8:51 am

Were your stockings stuffed with iPhones and iPods? Did Santa leave an iPad or Apple TV beneath the tree? Well, once you've ripped off the wrapping paper, torn open the boxes, and powered everything up... you may be wondering just what to do next?!

Don't worry, TiPb's here to help! And hey, if you already know everything you need to know, just forward this link to that friend or family member who's about to ask your help. We'll take care of them so you can get on with your own holiday merriment.

Developers rushing to submit apps before Apple's annual holiday break

By Andrew Wray, Monday, Dec 19, 2011 a 12:20 am

The New York Times has a great piece up on how app developers for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are in a mad rush to get their apps submitted and approved into the App Store before it goes dark for Apple's annual holiday break.

Santa uses Siri to help make his Christmas rounds

By Andrew Wray, Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 a 2:28 pm

Apple has released a new iPhone 4S commercial outlining how Santa uses Siri on the new iPhone 4S to help make his rounds on Christmas.

While Siri is still in beta, and still has plenty of rough edges, Apple continues to make it the staple feature in its advertising campaigns. Whether that troubles anyone or not, the ad itself is very well done. My favorite part is near the end when Santa asks Siri how how the rest of his day looks, to which Siri responds with... Well, watch it and find out!