A recent Nielsen survey showed that the iPad is the most wanted gifts of this Christmas season. That may be why Apple has lowered the $499 starting price of the refurbished iPad 2. Starting today, Apple is offering the refurbished base iPad 2 16GB WiFi model for $419 dollars. For the higher capacity iPad 2, Apple is offering great discounts of $80 to $100. Buyers will still enjoy a one year warranty, and each refurbished product is thoroughly tested by Apple.

Hold on to those order buttons, folks; Apple might be offering something good as the compnay joins the Black Friday shopping gig. Apple has unveiled the official teaser for this coming Friday’s Black Friday event, inviting all of use to check out Apple online store to know which products are up for grabs at cheap prices. Specifically, “You’ll find dozens of great iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts for everyone on your list.”

Once again, the end of the Summer break is looming and the education system will soon be back in full swing. It doesn’t have to be all bad, though, because Apple is once again offering some great deals for students (and even teachers) in their Back to School campaign. This year, if you purchase both a qualifying Mac and iPod touch before September 7th, you could receive an online rebate up to $199. You can also get…

Just because Black Friday is behind us, it doesn’t mean the deals are gone too. If you missed out, you’ll want to check out this weeks Cyber Monday deals. If you’re feeling in a giving mood, how about supporting your favorite charity, while buying your holiday shopping? Up to 30% of every purchase you make through GoodShop.com will go to your favorite cause.

If Apple’s rumored Black Friday sale isn’t quite good enough for you, know this; there are other options. Best Buy will be having a Black Friday Apple sale of their own, if the image above is to be believed, and in some cases it will beat the Apple sale. But that’s not all; MacMall.com is currently running a very impressive sale on MacBook Pros.

According to Apple’s website, this Friday will see some great discounts and deals on the range of Apple products available. What’s more, every purchase made this Friday (commonly known as Black Friday), will have free shipping, whatever the total price comes to. There’s no official information on the exact deals and offers that will be available on Friday, but if a leaked image from last week is anything to go by, we could be seeing some decent savings coming our way.

The BoyGeniusReport received a rumor earlier this week that claims to have the details on Apple’s Black Friday plans. The rumor contains a “leaked” image that displays all the deals for the day, which include up to 30% off iPods (excluding the iPhone and iPod shuffle), up to 25% off Macs, and up to 15% off accessories. The sale would only be valid for November 27th, 2009, and as far as I can gather, only in store (not online).

According to a French blog known as ElectronLibre, Apple will be announcing a completely DRM free iTunes music store on December 9th. With information pointing to this being on a global scale, it would mean that Apple has finally come to an agreement with Universal Music, SonyBMG Music and Warner. Furthermore, on top of this more »

It appears as if Apple wants to help your wallet out during this not so good economy. With their new iTunes sections called “This Week’s Great Movies Under $5″ and “This Week’s Great Albums Under $5,” iTunes Store users will now be able to browse through a nice category of limited time, cheaper digital downloads. more »