Juggleware Developers' Blog » censor 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 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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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 Juggleware app mentioned on NPR http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/04/juggleware-app-mentioned-on-npr/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/04/juggleware-app-mentioned-on-npr/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:07:12 +0000 admin http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=231 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 …

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]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/09/apple-rejects-health-care-app-for-being-politically-charged/feed/ 0 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 …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2008/11/freedom-time-now-available-for-your-desktop/feed/ 0 Freedom Time rejected by Apple for App Store http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2008/09/freedomtime-rejected-by-apple-for-app-store/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2008/09/freedomtime-rejected-by-apple-for-app-store/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:07:23 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=10 [The following blog entry was deleted by me and is now restored; although originally Apple added a line that said that communications were "under NDA" and as I value my status as an Apple developer and don't have any interest …

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