2 posts and columns on Jon Myers

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Apple Taketh and Apple Giveth (Sometimes)

in News on October 19, 2009 at 5:56 pm PT

If iPhone app developers have one complaint about Apple’s App Store, it’s that the approval process for apps isn’t transparent enough. Apps have been known to be rejected, or worse, sent into a black hole without an explanation. Some apps that one might think would be rejected are approved, while others that seem like no-brainers aren’t.

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App Watch: Censored in Canada

in News on October 12, 2009 at 9:15 am PT

When Jon Myers and partner Chuck Hootman created their first iPhone app, “Cornhole All-Stars,” their aim was to come up with a fun, casual game that would give them a foothold for their new game start-up JUFTi. The last thing they expected was to run into censorship troubles, which they did–in Canada.