Juggleware Developers' Blog » iPhone Apps 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 Just Say No to Payola, or Why I’m Not Paying For a Good Review. http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/just-say-no-to-extortion-or-why-im-not-paying-for-a-good-review/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/just-say-no-to-extortion-or-why-im-not-paying-for-a-good-review/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:50:00 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=446 Continue reading →]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/just-say-no-to-extortion-or-why-im-not-paying-for-a-good-review/feed/ 4 Radio BPR v2 update submitted to app store http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/07/radio-bpr-v2-submitted/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/07/radio-bpr-v2-submitted/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:25:19 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=269 http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/07/radio-bpr-v2-submitted/feed/ 0 Streaming Radio app approved http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/04/streaming-radio-app-approved/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/04/streaming-radio-app-approved/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:06:00 +0000 admin http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=238 Fast on the heels of the last post, we are pleased to announce that Apple has approved Juggleware’s latest app, Radio Backporch Revolution.

Initially we received a rejection letter from the App Store review team, saying that the app …

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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 …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/04/juggleware-app-mentioned-on-npr/feed/ 0 Pocket Troll 1.0 Has Been Submitted to the App Store http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/10/pocket-troll-1-0-has-been-submitted-to-the-app-store/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/10/pocket-troll-1-0-has-been-submitted-to-the-app-store/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:11:38 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=188 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/…

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/10/pocket-troll-1-0-has-been-submitted-to-the-app-store/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 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 App Store controversy continues http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/05/app-store-controversy-continues/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/05/app-store-controversy-continues/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 15:52:07 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=133 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, …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/05/app-store-controversy-continues/feed/ 1 Forced obsolescence; Happy new era. http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/02/happy-new-era/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2009/02/happy-new-era/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:42:20 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=104 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 …

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