Updates

Updates to USGov RSS iPad, CanGov RSS iPad, EU RSS iPad, and MegaTech iPad have been accepted by the app store. This update fixes a problem when viewing web pages in landscape mode. The view was not being sized properly and as a result part of the pages were being cut off. The pages should now fit perfectly in landscape.

The city of Toronto has released a new DineSafe data set so I'm hoping to have an update to Inspect Tor submitted to the app store some time early next week.

New App - Enviro RSS HD

My latest RSS reader has been accepted into the app store. It comes loaded with over 100 RSS feeds from various organizations which all deal with the environment. I think that this is one of my best RSS readers because the content is so good. A lot of these organizations seem to keep their RSS feeds updated on a regular basis. As well I think that I included some really good organizations. This one I've done as iPad only.

I have updates to all my other iPad RSS readers pending. This update fixes a problem with viewing web pages in landscape. The web view is now resizing properly so that parts of the web page being viewed are not cut off.

Biblicalpedia Update

An update to Biblicalpedia has been accepted into the App Store. This update fixes a few bugs including the navigation data disappearing randomly and the app crashing when moving to the info page and back. This version is far more stable. If you experience any problems please use this blog to report them.

I've submitted another Wikipedia based app and am hoping to submit another RSS reader by the weekend.

Newest App is Out

My newest app is out. It's called Biblicalpedia. It's a Bible themed Wikipedia browser. It displays the Bible category from Wikipedia in a side bar for easy navigation. It is integrated with Facebook and Instapaper. The user can also make notes (which can be exported via email) associated with pages. The one thing I've never really liked about Wikipedia is the navigation so I built an app that works much better in that regard. I will be releasing a few other themed Wikipedia browsers. I'm also intending on enhancing them as much as I can over the next few months. See the side bar for a link to Biblicalpedia.

Apps Updated

Most of my apps have been updated. A user found a minor bug with regards to the search in Inspect Tor which has been fixed and released, (v1.2). USGov, EU RSS and CanGov RSS iPad versions (all now at v1.1) now have Instapaper and Facebook integration. As well I made a few minor GUI updates that should make the apps function/look better.

All Apps In

So I now have 9 apps in the app store. They are as follows

MegaTech - iPad/iPhone - a technology rss reader written for anyone interested in technology but with programmers in mind
USGovRSS - iPad/iPhone - a US government RSS reader
CanGovRSS - iPad/iPhone - a Canadian Government RSS reader
EU RSS - iPad/iPhone - a European Union government RSS reader
Inspect Tor - iPhone - a Toronto food services inspection application. It uses information released by the city of Toronto to allow the user to look up food services establishments located in the city of Toronto and view their inspection records going back to 2008.

MegaTech iPad version has been updated to allow the user to post links from the app to their Facebook wall, and to post links to the user's Instapaper account so that they can read articles offline. All of my iPad apps will have this functionality pretty soon.

I am investigating my next set of apps. I'm hoping to have something going by next week.

I'm now on Twitter as mikesistuff. I will be posting news there occasionally.

More Apps

Two more of my apps were accepted into the App Store today. Both are iPad apps, EU RSS and MegaTech. EU RSS is like the US and Canadian RSS readers that I submitted previously, but obviously focused on the EU. It contains over 150 feeds from the EU government. MegaTech is a tech RSS reader with over 200 feeds. It's got a bunch of good stuff for techies, especially programmers. I've seen RSS apps with as little as 14 feeds selling for $1.99. What's the deal with that? I expect a little more than 14 feeds for 2 bucks. Today I submitted a new app that I'm really excited about. It's called Inspect Tor and it contains food inspection info for the last few years for food services establishments in Toronto. It was a lot of fun to build. It's iPhone only now, but if there's demand I might do an iPad version.