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BNO News iPhone App Push Alerts Firing on all Cylinders Again?

March 8, 2010

BNO News – which used to always be the fastest provider of news via push alerts on the iPhone – had recently slowed to a very infrequent trickle of alerts for me.  And I know at least some others were experiencing this as well.
As of today, BNO News seems back to its old self [...]

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Boxcar iPhone App Updated To Version 2.3 – Adds A Few New Features

January 28, 2010

Boxcar, the excellent Twitter/Facebook/Email push notification iPhone app, has just been updated to version 2.3, which along with the usual routine bug fixes and code optimizations, also introduces a few new features.
Though none of these new features are breathtaking, they do add to the overall usability of the app, and sometimes it’s just the little [...]

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Gmail Push and Mercury Browser for iPhone updated: a Hit and Miss [iPhone App Updates]

January 12, 2010

Recently iLegendSoft updated two apps that I have recently reviewed – Gmail Push and their Mercury Browser. Of those two, one is a worthy upgrade, and the other I had deleted before the day was over so I could reinstall the older version.

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Push Alerts for iPhone App Updates – Good Idea?

January 6, 2010

A few days back the PhatNotes app generated a push notification to let me know there was a new update for it available in the App Store.
I don’t recall seeing a push alert for a new update from any other apps before.  As much as I tend not to be a big fan of push [...]

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Boxcar 2.2 for iPhone is out, with fresh new features

December 17, 2009

Boxcar, receiver of Macworld’s 2009 App Gem Award for “Best Notification App“, has just been updated to version 2.2. This update brings with it several fresh new features, in addition to a new icon and splash screen.
In case you’re not familiar with Boxcar, it functions as a go-between app for Twitter, Facebook, E-mail, and now [...]

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Our Top Seven Favourite uses of Push Notification

November 22, 2009

Push Notifications took a lot longer to get onto iPhones than Apple had initially promised, and when they came out I think it took a little while for people to get used to the idea — much like it took game developers a while to get used to handling and creating games around the accelerometer [...]

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Boxcar gets quiet time settings via hidden feature

October 28, 2009

Earlier this evening, Jonathan George revealed how one can enable a hidden feature in Boxcar to configure a Quiet Time, during which time sounds and popup alerts will not occur. The Boxcar icon will still receive badge updates, however.
Apparently, this feature was originally planned for the recent 2.1 update, but the backend wasn’t quite ready [...]

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GriP: a free Growl-like notification system for the iPhone (Jailbreak only)

October 28, 2009

GriP, a new notification system based on the well-known Prowl, has been released in Cydia, the alternative jailbreak app-store.
It hasn’t been updated for several months, but now it’s back and it looks promising. Is it the new rival of Elert?

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Boxcar 2.0 Now Free After App Store Policy Change

October 15, 2009

I just saw this post on Jonathan George’s (Boxcar’s developer) Twitter stream (@jdg). It looks like he’s going to try an experiment and offer the premium push notification app, Boxcar 2.0, for free, with additional services increased from $.99 to $1.99. This comes on the heels of a change in App Store policy, allowing even [...]

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IM+ 3.4 for iPhone is out: email push notifications, text to speech in-app purchase

October 15, 2009

I previewed IM+’s 3.4 update in my review of the app a little while ago. The most notable feature I knew of back then was the text-to-speech feature that they added as an in-app purchase ($0.99/month), but I found the conversion from voice to text to take a little too long to be of any [...]

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Boxcar 2.0 Promo Contest – Winners

October 10, 2009

We have our six winners for our recent Boxcar 2.0 promo code contest! Thank you to all who entered, we sincerely appreciate your participation. Winners have been notified via email, so keep an eye on your inbox for your promo code! Make sure to redeem it soon, as the codes don’t last forever!
And our winners [...]

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