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Apple: Only “professional” satirists can make fun.

alec — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:43:52 +0000

Well the Freedom Time controversy has long passed from my mind, except when some other story pops up that reminds me.

Today I had the chance to read Apple’s new App Store Approval Guidelines (registered developers can read them here…

Apple v. Satire, part 17.

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:59:51 +0000

Pulitzer-prize winning satirist Mark Fiore had his app rejected by Apple because it “ridicules public figures.”

Regular readers will remember that Juggleware’s own app Freedom Time was actually the test case of this unwritten and up-til-then unknown policy, which had …

Juggleware app mentioned on NPR

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:07:12 +0000

NPR ran a story yesterday about Apple’s new iPad which just hit stores, but critics say that the “walled garden” approach (just like the iPhone) makes the Internet a less free place and could spell the end of the net …

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

alec — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:18:41 +0000

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 …

Freedom Time “more important” rejection than Google Voice

alec — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:22:47 +0000

Jason Grigsby wrote an excellent article on Cloud Four about the significance of Apple’s rejection of Freedom Time that anyone who is interested in Apple’s App Store policies, or corporations and censorship should take a look at.

Thanks Jason, I …

Apple tries to defend its App Store to the FCC

alec — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:06:14 +0000

I just saw that Apple has put on its home page now has a public response to justify its App Store policies.

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/apple-answers-fcc-questions/

Of course the FCC is primarily interested in its rejection of big, important apps like Google Voice, …

App Store controversy continues

alec — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:52:07 +0000

Well, I’ve given up on trying anything too humorous for the App Store— if you have to finish your idea BEFORE it’s approved, what’s the point?

But that hasn’t stopped others from trying ideas that are beyond the pale, …

Forced obsolescence; Happy new era.

alec — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:42:20 +0000

It’s a new year and a new era!

Juggleware’s debut iPhone app, Freedom Time, as many of you so cleverly noticed, was an application with a time-specific usage. Funny, it just happened to coincide with the inauguration of President …

Freedom Time now available for your desktop!

alec — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:26:58 +0000

I made a promise to myself on November 3. If Obama wins, I’ll make a downloadable version of Freedom Time for Mac and Windows and let everyone download it.

Well, as everyone in the galaxy knows, we now have two …

Hurrah for Freedom!

alec — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:33:06 +0000

Apple redacted the NDA (Non-disclosure Agreement) that has been such a thorn in the iPhone Developer community’s side. “Thanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter,” they say.

So, in the spirit of open-ness I am hereby …