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		<title>Blipr: The Story of an iPhone App</title>
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The original idea for Blipr came out of an evening hanging out at the Drew&#8217;s place. My initial thought went along the lines of &#8220;what stupid simple app can we build that suits the App Store masses?&#8221; Yep, the very masses that consumed things like iFart and The Moron Test. We had already done an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/blipr-the-story-of-an-iphone-app</link>
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		<title>Blipr Released! (With a Challenge)</title>
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Blipr is a brand new way to send fun sounds and messages to friends using push notifications. You can use blipr to send your girlfriend a kiss, or make your friend&#8217;s phone fart. Try waking up your brother with an air raid siren or a rooster crowing. There are more than 100 high quality sounds in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/blipr-released-with-a-challenge</link>
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		<title>What Happens When Apple Features Your App?</title>
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BillMinder is our most popular application. It has been in the Top 20 Paid Finance apps since it&#8217;s release over a year ago. We recently made a lot of changes to BillMinder and got some unexpected but appreciated help from Apple, &#60;3. We thought we&#8217;d share what we did and what it changed.
Push
In the middle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/what-happens-when-apple-features-your-app</link>
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		<title>BillMinder Turns One</title>
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This month marks the one year anniversary of BillMinder&#8217;s first appearance on the AppStore.  It has changed quite drastically since it&#8217;s initial version.  Over the past year, it has evolved from a rather simple application to the most feature-rich bill tracker on the AppStore.  Version 2.1 (currently in review) marks the 13th update BillMinder has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-turns-one</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 2.1 &#8211; THEMES!</title>
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We were going to do a minor bug fix release (2.0.1) but we decided to whip something else up at the last second: THEMES! Yep, 2.1 brings:

4 New Themes (5 total: green, blue, yellow, red, gray)
Add &#8220;Variable Amount Due&#8221; switch on the recurring picker for recurring bills that change amount each month
Fix Export
Fix settings being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-2-1-themes</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 2.0 Approved!</title>
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We&#8217;ve been hard at work for a month and a half on version 2.0. It&#8217;s our biggest update yet and we decided to make it free for existing users. It&#8217;s on the store!
Changes in 2.0:

BEAUTIFUL AND EASIER TO USE NEW INTERFACE!
BEAUTIFUL New Icon!
Status icons
Account icons
1-tap to mark bills paid
Improved calendar
Email a backup
More informative errors on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-2-0-approved</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 2.0 Screencast</title>
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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-2-0-screencast</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 2.0 Submitted</title>
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We just submitted BillMinder 2.0 to the Apple. This is our most amazing update yet! Did we mention it&#8217;s a free update for existing users?
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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-2-0-submitted</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 1.6.1 Approved</title>
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BillMinder 1.6.1 was just approved by Apple (Thanks!). It should hit your phones soon and bring the fixes/features mentioned here. We&#8217;re already hard at work on version 2.0, which will bring an entirely rewritten interface that&#8217;s easier to use and easier on the eyes.
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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-1-6-1-approved</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 2.0</title>
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Yea, we&#8217;re already working on it..and yea, it&#8217;s gonna be pretty. Oh, and it&#8217;s a free upgrade for BillMinder 1.x users.  
Here&#8217;s a teaser..

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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-2-0</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 1.6.1 and Push Improvements</title>
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We just sent BillMinder 1.6.1 to the folks at Apple. It includes the following changes:
- You can now choose the hour at which your Push Notifications are sent to your phone. E.g. 3PM. BillMinder automatically compensates for your time zone.
- A small number of users experienced trouble upgrading from version 1.5.1 (especially if you hit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-1-6-1-and-push-improvements</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 1.6 with Push Approved!</title>
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Apple just approved BillMinder 1.6. Go grab it from the store!
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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-1-6-with-push-approved</link>
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		<title>BillMinder Push Notifications FAQ</title>
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BillMinder Push Notifications are almost here!  In preparation for it&#8217;s release, we&#8217;ve added a Push Notifications FAQ to our forums.  Please check it out and let is know if you guys have any other questions.
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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-push-notifications-faq</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 1.6 almost ready, PlaceTagger and ClockIn Submitted</title>
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So we&#8217;ve been working on BillMinder 1.6 and push notifications. We&#8217;re almost finished. There&#8217;s still a little more server stuff to do on our end but it&#8217;s basically working. Drew threw in a nifty calendar view (you guys asked and here it is!) on top of that. Be on the lookout for it soon. We&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-1-6-almost-ready-placetagger-and-clockin-submitted</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 1.6 Preview (for iPhone OS 3.0)</title>
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BillMinder 1.6 is almost ready!  The new features include In-App Email, Calendar View, and Push Notifications Support.  Here are some screens to wet your appetite (keep in mind these are non-final preview screens):
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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-1-6-preview-for-iphone-os-3-0</link>
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		<title>PlaceTagger for iPhone 3.0</title>
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So we&#8217;re going to take advantage of iPhone 3.0&#8217;s new features and add the following:

Improved mapping using Google Maps
GPX Support so Windows users can tag with existing apps
Built in email with attachment support instead of sending through our servers to your inbox

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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/placetagger-for-iphone-30</link>
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		<title>BillMinder Hawtness</title>
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So BillMinder 1.5.1 is out with a bunch of fixes and general goodness. We also just pushed BillMinder Lite 1.5, which is basically BillMinder 1.5.1. This is cool because users of BillMinder Lite can now upgrade to BillMinder and take their data with them via our spiffy backup feature. Hawt. Oh yea, we also just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-hawtness</link>
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		<title>PlaceTagger 1.0 Approved</title>
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Hooray! It&#8217;ll be available tomorrow for 20% off the normal price!
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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/placetagger-10-approved</link>
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		<title>BillMinder 1.5 Almost Ready</title>
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We&#8217;re nearing release of BillMinder 1.5.  This release brings the most new features ever added in a BillMinder update.  Here are a few screens to wet your appetite:
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		<link>http://blog.return7.com/billminder-15-almost-ready</link>
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		<title>A Bit Ridiculous..PlaceTagger Rejected for 3rd Time</title>
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So Apple just rejected PlaceTagger for the 3rd time. This go around, the reviewer kindly sent this useless message:

Your application, PlaceTagger, cannot be posted to the App Store at this time because it does not adhere to the iPhone Human Interface Guidelines as outlined in iPhone SDK Agreement section 3.3.5.
When the device is not connected [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.return7.com/a-bit-ridiculousplacetagger-rejected-for-3rd-time</link>
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