Juggleware Developers' Blog » apple http://www.juggleware.com/blog news and random thoughts from your friendly neighborhood independent developers at juggleware, llc Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:42:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sol: Sun Clock for iPhone now in App Store http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/sol-sun-clock-for-iphone-now-in-app-store/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/sol-sun-clock-for-iphone-now-in-app-store/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:57:30 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=406

We’ve been working on this one for months and I’m happy to announce that Sol: Sun Clock, our lastest iPhone app, is now available in Apple’s App Store.

It lets you look at the day’s sunlight times, quickly …

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]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2011/08/drawing-text-on-an-arc-in-cocoatouch/feed/ 0 Apple: Only “professional” satirists can make fun. http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/09/apple-only-professional-satirists-can-make-fun/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/09/apple-only-professional-satirists-can-make-fun/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:43:52 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=303 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…

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]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/07/xcode-installation-woes/feed/ 0 Juggleware at WWDC http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/06/juggleware-at-wwdc/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/06/juggleware-at-wwdc/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:40:27 +0000 admin http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=240 WWDC is definitely the top annual event for Apple developers. The event, which took place last week at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco was Juggleware’s first year there, and it was all that it was promised to be. …

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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 …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/04/apple-v-satire-part-17/feed/ 0 Freedom Time “more important” rejection than Google Voice http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/09/freedom-time-more-important-rejection-than-google-voice/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/09/freedom-time-more-important-rejection-than-google-voice/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:22:47 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=168 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 …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/09/freedom-time-more-important-rejection-than-google-voice/feed/ 2 mySQL to SQLite cheatsheet for iPhone developers http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/09/mysql-to-sqlite-cheatsheet-for-iphone-developers/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/09/mysql-to-sqlite-cheatsheet-for-iphone-developers/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:17:26 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=140 Although I started writing this as a cheat-sheet for myself (after many hours of struggling with this by trial-and-error), I figured it would be helpful for other iPhone developers who’d like to take a mySQL database online and migrate it …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/09/mysql-to-sqlite-cheatsheet-for-iphone-developers/feed/ 10 Apple tries to defend its App Store to the FCC http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/08/apple-tries-to-defend-its-app-store-to-the-fcc/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/08/apple-tries-to-defend-its-app-store-to-the-fcc/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:06:14 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=136 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, …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/08/apple-tries-to-defend-its-app-store-to-the-fcc/feed/ 2 Freedom Time now available for your desktop! http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2008/11/freedom-time-now-available-for-your-desktop/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2008/11/freedom-time-now-available-for-your-desktop/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:26:58 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=91 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 …

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