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Jobs’ Reasoning for Rejecting Political iPhone app

(This isn’t really a new story, but I didn’t see it get much coverage despite arguably being one of the more interesting iPhone app rejection stories – so I’m bringing it up now a week or two later)
“Freedomtime” is basically a countdown app that lets users track George W. Bush’s last days in office. It’s [...]

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First look: Wordpress for iPhone

This is my first post using the new Wordpress application for iPhone.
Overall I must admit I’m quite impressed! The app downloaded all of my existing posts easily and whilst there aren’t any comment, design or page management features, it’s ideal for posting a quick update whilst on the go.
You can easily add images from your [...]

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Apple Push Notification Service: Bad news for indie devs?

So Apple took the wraps off of the iPhone 3G and the latest 2.0 firmware yesterday. But what I  found particularly interesting was Scott Forstall’s brief explanation of how Apple is going to tackle the issue of background applications.
Basically Apple will rely on a data connection to their “Push Notification” servers to send messages to [...]

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