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Apple tries to defend its App Store to the FCC

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, …

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App Store controversy continues

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, …

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Conqueror! solo game version now available.

Juggleware’s long-standing immensely popular multiplayer game Conqueror! now can be played solo. (Before you had to log in to the server and create a private game in the Lobby to test your skill against the AI’s.)

Conqueror! is a free, …

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Forced obsolescence; Happy new era.

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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The end of an error? Not quite yet…

Steve Jobs might think that counting down the last days of Bush’s grip on authority (and loose grip on reality) might be too controversial to allow in the Apple iPhone world, but today Bush actually said that he did a

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iSnow in N.O.

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Freedom Time now available for your desktop!

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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Hurrah for Freedom!

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 …

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Freedom Time: free for first 100 users.

FreedomTime for iPhoneWell since we can’t sell it for 99 cents on the App Store, we’re going to give it away for free via Apple’s Ad Hoc distribution model.

Send us your iphone’s UDID (unique device ID) on the contact form on …

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Steve Jobs responds

Wow, although I’m not happy with Apple right now, I have to give Apple’s CEO some serious credit for answering the email I wrote yesterday:

Dear Steve,
 
A quick note to let you know what kinds of apps are being
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