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Radio BPR v2 update submitted to app store

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plist > JSON > XML

Having developed 4 or 5 iPhone apps now that download remote XML data from servers and populate tables view and other content, I can tell you without reservation that it is the slowest way to go.

Performance using JSON is …

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How To Place a UIWebView inside a UIScrollView

To display several pieces of content on a screen, I needed several views. A scroll view (UIScrollView) was necessary to encompass the headline, photo and story text; I had the headline and photo at the top in a …

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Xcode installation woes.

iPhone developers: if you install Xcode 3.2.3 to start developing iOS4 apps you may be surprised to find that all prior SDKs and Simulators before 4.0 for iPhone (and 3.2 for iPad) get removed. Trying to build using an older …

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There You Go Again, Apple: Reagan App Hits App Store

As you all know by now,, Apple banned our Bush countdown timer for being political: lightly satirizing an almost universally despised leader was in the word of Steve Jobs, potentially offensive to half his customers. That smacked of censorship to …

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Dump mySQL database design into OmniGraffle

Check out this blog entry on Designweenie if you are a Mac user that uses OmniGraffle to design mySQL databases.

One important note: you will need to run AppleScript Editor in 32-bit mode if you are using Snow Leopard (Mac …

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Pocket Troll 1.0 now in the App Store: free for one week!

If you didn’t catch it already, our latest iPhone app, Pocket Troll, is now available in the App Store. And we’re making it free for one week.

App Store link

More on Pocket Troll: juggleware.com

For developers who are keeping …

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Pocket Troll 1.0 Has Been Submitted to the App Store

We’ll let you know here when it’s approved. Thanks to Dave Rhoden for the hilarious animation, and to everyone who helped with the word and syntax selection.

For more info, go here: http://www.juggleware.com/iphone/pocket_troll/

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Right-wing Propaganda OK in App Store

So, it’s not acceptable to poke gentle fun at a politician, and it’s not acceptable to make an app that helps people promote health care reform.

But it is perfectly all right to make an app that spreads …

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Apple Takes a Stand, Resigns From Business Lobby

Kudos to Apple for resigning from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. I’ve been critical of Apple in this blog and I want to make sure I also give them the thumbs up when they do something right. Global warming is …

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