http://blog.theanimail.com Most recent posts at Animail's posterous posterous.com Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:13:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/_JGzjtY5ydA/animail-16-with-push-notifications http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-16-with-push-notifications <p> <p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Say hello to 2012 and to Animail 1.6 with Push Notifications! Animail now notifies you when a new email or direct message arrives. If a message is new AND important (=highlighted), Animail will even let you know with a bark. A badge on the app icon shows you the number of unread messages in your accounts.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Animail now also offers search when browsing. No need to exit the app for ad-hoc web searches any more. Just drag the&nbsp;search field from the top of the webpage you are viewing.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">We hope you enjoy Animail's new tricks and we wish you a Happy Year 2012!</span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-16-with-push-notifications">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-16-with-push-notifications#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/_JGzjtY5ydA" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-16-with-push-notifications Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:09:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/JT0IewvjSPs/animail-151-update http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-151-update <p> <p>A new update for our little dog puppy just hit the App Store. So, what's new in Animail 1.5.1? <p /> 1) New Twitter Authentication: <p /> Triggered by changes on Twitter's side, we had to change our Twitter authentication procedure. When you first start the new version of Animail, you will be prompted to re-add your Twitter accounts. If you chose not to re-add them before the end of June, Direct Messages will stop working in Animail. <p /> 2) Animail can now resolve Twitter's t.co URLs and display linked images and videos in the file view. Yay! <p /> 3) GMail accounts: As described in the previous blog post, Animail no longer fetches the 'All Mail' folder. <p /> Enjoy!</p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-151-update">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-151-update#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/JT0IewvjSPs" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-151-update Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:26:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/Pmy2mg48d_c/animail-no-longer-fetches-gmails-all-mail-fol http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-no-longer-fetches-gmails-all-mail-fol <p> <p>We changed the behavior of Google Mail accounts in Animail: <p /> Animail will no longer import the 'All Mail' folder - a change that was requested by many of you. <p /> As a consequence, the next 'refresh' will take longer, as Animail does a 'full sync' of all GMail folders except the 'All Mail' folder. But you don't need to wait until Animail is done fetching all the news: feel free to leave the app and check back later, it won't interrupt the process.</p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-no-longer-fetches-gmails-all-mail-fol">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-no-longer-fetches-gmails-all-mail-fol#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/Pmy2mg48d_c" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-no-longer-fetches-gmails-all-mail-fol Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:27:10 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/PFwaQ1dAb_8/animail-15-just-went-live-at-the-app-store http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-15-just-went-live-at-the-app-store <p> It's been a while since our last version 1.0.4., but now we make a big jump straight to version 1.5:<p><div>First of all let's address the most frequently requested feature (by a wide margin), the '<b>Full Tweet View</b>':</div><div>Animail now shows you the full text of a tweet in the timeline. And not only tweets, but also emails now let you peek inside straight from the timeline. No need to open each tweet individually to read it. Here is Animail's new timeline:</div><p><div><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Animail_150_1" height="466" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/theanimail/U2WBRXBkgGC7EGzkNKHWj7RkTo9UYTgy8HxQkIcAyJRgzmua3sWuxdvbQpnN/Animail_150_1.png" width="326" /> </div> </div><p><div>But that's not all. With version 1.5 we introduce '<b>Link Preview</b>'. This feature makes reading tweets much more fun than in other Twitter clients:</div><p><div>When you tap on a tweet to open it, the content of the link now automatically loads and displays in the background. We call it a preview, but it's essentially more than that: it's the real thing, you can start browsing right there. We've used this for a while now and we hope you will love link preview as much as we do. This is how it looks:</div><p><div><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Animail-150-3" height="466" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/theanimail/adRWnH4WWcNlrl84AVZ3jwphxNCFYaZBzwF4pu2SW1XQ0HWgti8w8ajaP0K9/Animail-150-3.png" width="326" /> </div> </div><p><div>Apart from those two major new features, we also <b>made it easier to&nbsp;highlight emails</b>. When you tap &amp; hold an email, a popup menu appears offering to either highlight or darken all emails from that sender. That's it. Starring also works this way now.</div><p><div>We hope you like those new things in Animail, we'd love to hear what you think!</div><p><div>Animail 1.5 is available as a free upgrade for existing users or at $1.99 (1.59 €) for new users. Enjoy!</div></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-15-just-went-live-at-the-app-store">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-15-just-went-live-at-the-app-store#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/PFwaQ1dAb_8" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-15-just-went-live-at-the-app-store Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:29:55 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/7WxJ3ZEpapo/animail-15-beta-survey-questions http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-15-beta-survey-questions <p> <p>Our 1.5 beta is coming to an end and as usual we want to hand our beta users a small (really!) survey to give us some plus or minus points on what we've done. Please share your experience here:<br /><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QJR8YST">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QJR8YST</a></p> <p /> <div>(Hint: If you couldn't join the beta test, but want to take the survey to give us your Animail feedback, just note that in the 'anything else we need to know?' field at the end. Thanks!)</div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-15-beta-survey-questions">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-15-beta-survey-questions#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/7WxJ3ZEpapo" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-15-beta-survey-questions Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:17:15 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/yrEkFsAxNf4/animail-beta-15-feature-preview-video http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-beta-15-feature-preview-video <p> We've just posted a short feature preview video for the upcoming Animail 1.5 beta:<p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PHwoncYi7WU?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div>Please drop us a note if you want to&nbsp;get Animail 1.5 beta and&nbsp;join our beta test program.</div><p /><div>(If you are a 'veteran' beta tester from the days of Animail 1.0, then you are already on our list.)</div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-beta-15-feature-preview-video">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-beta-15-feature-preview-video#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/yrEkFsAxNf4" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-beta-15-feature-preview-video Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:34:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/lk2r2bL1X_I/animail-104-speedy-tweets-and-a-better-email http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-104-speedy-tweets-and-a-better-email <p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Geneva, Verdana, Arial; font-size: medium;">What's New In Version 1.0.4 - now live at the App Store:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Geneva, Verdana, Arial; font-size: medium;">Automatic setup for GMail for Business domains.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Geneva, Verdana, Arial; font-size: medium;">Tweets now show immediately when opening, and can be read without Internet connection.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Geneva, Verdana, Arial; font-size: medium;">Introduces pinch-to-zoom for emails.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Geneva, Verdana, Arial; font-size: medium;">Multiple attachments in emails / tweets can be navigated as an image gallery.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Geneva, Verdana, Arial; font-size: medium;">Fixes resizing problems of some HTML emails.</span></li> </ul> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-104-speedy-tweets-and-a-better-email">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-104-speedy-tweets-and-a-better-email#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/lk2r2bL1X_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-104-speedy-tweets-and-a-better-email Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:43:30 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/96t8FNJrJ94/idg-publication-iphonewelt-reviews-animail http://blog.theanimail.com/idg-publication-iphonewelt-reviews-animail <p> Animail got tested. iPhoneWelt magazine (a publication of IDG Germany) took it for a walk and reviewed and rated it. And they even did their own demo video! Sweet. You can read and watch both (in German) here: <p /> <a href="http://www.macwelt.de/kanal/iphone-welt/apps/produktivitaet/animail/187/1125">http://www.macwelt.de/kanal/iphone-welt/apps/produktivitaet/animail/187/1125</a> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/idg-publication-iphonewelt-reviews-animail">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/idg-publication-iphonewelt-reviews-animail#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/96t8FNJrJ94" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/idg-publication-iphonewelt-reviews-animail Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:21:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/a-AB-qNZ12Q/animail-is-retina-ready-and-now-supports-yaho http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-is-retina-ready-and-now-supports-yaho <p> <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our second update of Animail just went live on the App Store.</span></div> <p /> <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Animail now shines on the gorgeous new iPhone 4 Retina Display. We have redone all the UI elements for the high resolution screen.</span></div> <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Plus Yahoo!Mail users rejoice! We taught Animail a new trick: he now knows how to fetch the news from Yahoo!Mail accounts.</span></div> <p /> <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What's new in version 1.0.2:</span></div> <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Enhanced UI for Retina Display of iPhone 4</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Added Yahoo!Mail support</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Multitasking Support: Sending messages continues after the user switches to another app in iOS4</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Changes in the iPhone's address book are now immediately reflected in Animail's contact list</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Fixed: in some cases a single message was added multiple times to the timeline when refreshing</span></li> </ul> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-is-retina-ready-and-now-supports-yaho">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-is-retina-ready-and-now-supports-yaho#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/a-AB-qNZ12Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-is-retina-ready-and-now-supports-yaho Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:07:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/sDQ0zJs0qDc/animail-dresses-up-for-iphone-4 http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-dresses-up-for-iphone-4 <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">After three days of work, we've finished redoing all custom UI elements of Animail for the new, gorgeous retina display of iPhone 4.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Iphone2x_comparison" height="88" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/theanimail/QaFS79bLmdl59PVWMUPfoNDUgnQD9ub0iysj0idyNGz4tVvjLw3VFiwncgxq/iphone2x_comparison.png" width="164" /> </div> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Judging from what is preinstalled on the showcase iPhone 4s at the Apple Store in Munich, not so many apps seem to be ready for the 960x640 display yet. </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">We would have loved to test the update on a real device but for now the iPhone Simulator remains our only choice as we're stuck on a huge waiting list to get our shiny new gadgets from Deutsche Telekom. </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">Can't wait to see the new polish on the real thing!</span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-dresses-up-for-iphone-4">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-dresses-up-for-iphone-4#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/sDQ0zJs0qDc" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-dresses-up-for-iphone-4 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:17:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/s3m4MbVp_4M/just-submitted-version-101 http://blog.theanimail.com/just-submitted-version-101 <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Version 1.0.1 fixes the following bugs:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Images in the preview are no longer scaled up</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">The timeline correctly displays icons if there are multiple address book entries for the same email address</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Crash during icon loading because of call to already deallocated object</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Crash when icon loading is interrupted</span></li> </ul> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/just-submitted-version-101">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/just-submitted-version-101#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/s3m4MbVp_4M" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/572068/Mystaceus.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KCiJGCnkzv Thomas virtualvoid Thomas http://blog.theanimail.com/just-submitted-version-101 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:40:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/-nRdzy7vccI/animail-looks-pretty-happy-on-the-app-store http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-looks-pretty-happy-on-the-app-store <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our little doggy made his appearance on the App Store today. And you can tell by the look on his face that he's pretty happy about it. So are we. </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">But even if he is happy there, you may pick him up and take him home on your iPhone anyway. He'll love to play fetch with you all the time and we're sure he'll get a nice new home at your place.</span></p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/theanimail/4daUAdN47xJkkwm5ps59Ea390E4G5PetDTTfmmvWuAzRGSvkGGonT7GvSMLt/Screen_shot_2010-06-14_at_08.4.png"><img alt="Screen_shot_2010-06-14_at_08" height="264" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/theanimail/evD6IAvSdOAYSEwKdmqwsMSkhLeEfCYyHvUKzO7WzlkvBTSbGwJX6oblvOdT/Screen_shot_2010-06-14_at_08.4.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-looks-pretty-happy-on-the-app-store">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-looks-pretty-happy-on-the-app-store#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/-nRdzy7vccI" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-looks-pretty-happy-on-the-app-store Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:30:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/BC10klxfacU/introducing-animail http://blog.theanimail.com/introducing-animail <p> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><strong>Introducing Animail: Seize your Inbox!</strong></span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><strong>New iPhone app lets users browse e-Mail and Twitter accounts in a single timeline and makes it easy to uncover what is important - now available at the App Store</strong></span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;">(Munich, 14 June 2010) Today, sixtyten GmbH, headquartered in Munich, Germany, releases its Animail iPhone app. Animail is a social networking app that lets iPhone and iPod touch users browse, read and manage messages from different e-mail and Twitter accounts in one single timeline.</span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> </span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;">The app allows syncing with multiple existing e-mail accounts which support the IMAP protocol and one or more Twitter accounts. The message timeline is compiled from these accounts and can be filtered by person via an automatically generated contact list. An image viewer lets the user browse and view images and PDFs attached to e-mails or linked to in tweets.</span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> </span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;">To facilitate information retrieval and reduce maintenance effort by the user, Animail works without folders. “We want to help the customer cope with an ever-growing inflow of e-mails and communication from social networks”, comments Florian Prabst, co-founder and Managing Partner of sixtyten GmbH, and adds: “With Animail we built an app which is easy to use, but at the same time provides tools to structure personal online communication in a better, an easier way.”</span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> </span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;">Additional features of Animail include:</span></div> <div style=""><span style="font-size: medium;">- Messages from friends and family are highlighted in the timeline. This allows identification of personal communication at a glance.</span></div> <div style=""><span style="font-size: medium;">- A simple starring mechanism makes it possible to mark and later retrieve messages for reading, responding or as a ToDo list.</span></div> <div style=""><span style="font-size: medium;">- Major webmail services like Googlemail, AOL and others can be added in just one easy step - no server configuration needed.</span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> </span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;">“Animail keeps everything in sync with your Desktop e-mail client or webmail service. All the changes you make - like starring or deleting a message - are immediately synced with your existing accounts”, co-founder and Managing Partner Thomas Krammer notes. </span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> </span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;">The Animail app is available at the App Store at an introductory offer price of $1.99 (€1.59). Customers who purchase at the introductory offer price are eligible for a free upgrade to the next release. Features planned for the next release of the app include Facebook integration.</span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> </span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;">The app works with IMAP-enabled e-mail accounts on all versions of iPhone and iPod touch. A network connection is required for syncing.</span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> </span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><strong><em>About sixtyten:</em></strong></span></div> <div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em>Founded in 2009 by Thomas Krammer and Florian Prabst, sixtyten GmbH is a startup company focused on developing web services and mobile applications. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.</em></span></div> <p /> <div style=""><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></em></strong></span><div style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><strong><em>Contact:</em></strong></span></div> <div style=""><em><a href="mailto:animail@sixtyten.de">animail@sixtyten.de</a></em></div> <div style="">---</div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/introducing-animail">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/introducing-animail#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/BC10klxfacU" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/introducing-animail Sat, 08 May 2010 06:40:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/2gJlbkciKMs/animail-private-beta-demo-video http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-private-beta-demo-video <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">We put together a short demo video for Animail private beta 2 which we released today. Enjoy! </span><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oL8b05guPxk?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-private-beta-demo-video">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-private-beta-demo-video#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/2gJlbkciKMs" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-private-beta-demo-video Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:50:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/T4X_QGw2bN8/animail-is-in-private-beta-now http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-is-in-private-beta-now <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">We're in private beta now. Yay! </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">Rolled it out today, with a few improvements for the final release still missing. Let's see what we can find out about how people use our app and what they like most (and least)... actually pretty exciting after months of development and only a maximum of two opinions on how to do things. Now we get a couple more opinions and I'm curious what the differences and similarities will be.</span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-is-in-private-beta-now">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-is-in-private-beta-now#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/T4X_QGw2bN8" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/animail-is-in-private-beta-now Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:34:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/qaAMy4Xp_Tk/admob-smartphone-metrics-january-2010 http://blog.theanimail.com/admob-smartphone-metrics-january-2010 <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Data from a survey that AdMob conducted in February 2010 among smartphone users, paired with their data from ad requests: </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">- iPod touch users rank first in mobile downloads with 12 apps per month. But only 35% of iPod touch users purchase at least one app per month. (compared to 50% of iPhone users)- This is apparently due to skewed demographics, with 78% of iPod touch users being 24 or younger. </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">- Daily app usage is at amazing 100 minutes for the iPod touch, 25% more than iPhone or Android users. If I would have to guess, the Facebook app gets a large amount of this airtime. </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">That's impressive. Lot of potential for... well, free apps. Maybe also ad-based free apps, judging from the request numbers, especially in the US and UK. Regrettably, I can't figure out if in-app purchases were included in the metrics... </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">(The report can be downloaded at <a href="http://metrics.admob.com">http://metrics.admob.com</a>)</span></p> <p><div class='p_embed p_file_embed'> <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/admob-smartphone-metrics-january-2010"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/pdf.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>AdMob-Mobile-Metrics-Jan-10.pdf</strong> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/theanimail/dRXdhnd5ynqNJ9oWD8x1t4Jm9O1QjHH2aUlWnGMunjt7uLwIimFa9fjCZMiC/AdMob-Mobile-Metrics-Jan-10.pdf">Download this file</a> </div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/admob-smartphone-metrics-january-2010">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/admob-smartphone-metrics-january-2010#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/qaAMy4Xp_Tk" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/admob-smartphone-metrics-january-2010 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:56:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/bMcn8vMi7Cc/mass-market-encryption-case-closed-our-app-go http://blog.theanimail.com/mass-market-encryption-case-closed-our-app-go <p> <p><span style="color: #bcbcbc; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: medium;">(see our <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/iphone-encryption-export-compliance-for-apps" title="first blog post" style="color: #5ec7f5; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">first blog post</a> to start from the beginning of our mass market encryption journey)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Good news everyone! We have received our CCATS number from the DOC on Friday and are now officially allowed to sell our (upcoming) app to all App Store countries. Hooray!</span></p> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: medium;">When we started the process, we would have loved to have such a template, so we decided to share our Letter of Explanation. The LoE covers the questions that our Apple contact told us to use for our case. Your case might be different, so please don't just copy &amp; paste, you probably need to make changes for your app. But we hope to at least provide you with a starting point...</span></div> <div> </div> <div>----</div> <div> </div> <div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="font: 11.0px Optima; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Mass Market Encryption Classification Request<br /></span></span> </strong></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Letter of Explanation with Supplement No. 6 to Part 742 Responses<br /> ACN Reference: Zxxxxxx</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">SNAP-R Reference: &lt;REF YOU CHOSE ON SNAP-R&gt;<br /></span></span> </strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Company Contact: &lt;CONTACT&gt;</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">To whom it may concern,</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">We're requesting that &lt;PROGRAMNAME&gt; be reviewed and classified as a Mass Market Encryption product. &lt;PROGRAMNAME&gt; is an iPhone application that will be sold through Apple Inc.'s iTunes App Store.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The following points provide the information requested under Supplement No. 6 to Part 742.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(1) State the name(s) of each product being submitted for review and provide a brief non-technical description of the type of product (e.g., routers, disk drives, cell phones, chips, etc.) being submitted.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">&lt;PROGRAMNAME&gt; is &lt;DESCRIPTION&gt; that synchronizes sensitive personal data like &lt;DESCRIPTION&gt; via a HTTPS connection with a server.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(2) Indicate whether there have been any prior reviews of the product(s), if such reviews are applicable to the current submission. For products with minor changes in encryption functionality, you must include a cover sheet with complete reference to the previous review (Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS) number, Application Control Number (ACN), Export Control Classification Number (ECCN), authorization paragraph) along with a clear description of the changes.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">There have been no prior reviews of the product.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(3) Describe how encryption is used in the product and the categories of encrypted data (e.g., stored data, communications, management data, internal data, etc.).</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Encryption is used to secure the transfer of personal communication (&lt;KIND OF DATA&gt;) and authentication information (&lt;KIND OF DATA&gt;) between the iPhone App and a server used for processing and synchronizing.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(4) For mass market review requests, describe specifically to whom and how the product is being marketed and state how this method of marketing and other relevant information (e.g., cost of product and volume of sales) are described by the Cryptography Note (Note 3 to Category 5, Part 2).</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The product is being marketed through the iTunes App Store and therefore generally available to the public. There will be a marketing website at &lt;WEBSITE&gt; that gives further information and support for end users. This marketing website also links to the iTunes App Store where the App can be purchased. Cryptography Note’s List of Controlled Items (g) applies.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(5) Is any “encryption source code” being provided (shipped or bundled) as part of this offering? If yes, is this source code publicly available source code, unchanged from the code obtained from an open source web site, or is it proprietary “encryption source code?”</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">No encryption source code is being provided.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(b) State that a duplicate copy has been sent to the ENC Encryption Request Coordinator.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">A duplicate copy has been sent to the ENC.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(c) For review requests for a commodity or software, provide the following information:</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(1) Description of all the symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms and key lengths and how the algorithms are used, including relevant parameters, inputs and settings. Specify which encryption modes are supported (e.g., cipher feedback mode or cipher block chainingmode).</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The encryption algorithms used in &lt;PROGRAMNAME&gt; are those provided by the iPhone OS, namely a HTTPS connection that is created via the public API NSURLConnection class implemented by iPhone OS. The iPhone OS HTTPS connection establishes a 128-bit AES encrypted connection.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(2) State the key management algorithms, including modulus sizes, that are supported.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">N/A</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(3) For products with proprietary algorithms, include a textual description and the source code of the algorithm.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">N/A</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(4) Describe the pre-processing methods (e.g., data compression or data interleaving) that are applied to the plaintext data prior to encryption.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The HTTP response bodies are GZIP compressed.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(5) Describe the post-processing methods (e.g., packetization, encapsulation) that are applied to the cipher text data after encryption.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The cipher stream is packetized into TCP packages.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(6) State all communication protocols (e.g., X.25, Telnet, TCP, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.16, SIP ...) and cryptographic protocols and methods (e.g., SSL, TLS, SSH, IPSEC, IKE, SRTP, ECC, MD5, SHA, X.509, PKCS standards...) that are supported and describe how they are used.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">&lt;PROGRAMNAME&gt; connects to the server via HTTP 1.1 over TCP, the data is encrypted using TLS 1.0.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(7) Describe the encryption-related Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that are implemented and/or supported. Explain which interfaces are for internal (private) and/or external (public) use.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">No encryption-related APIs are implemented and/or supported.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(8) Describe the cryptographic functionality that is provided by third-party hardware or software encryption components (if any). Identify the manufacturers of the hardware or software components, including specific part numbers and version information as needed to describe the product. Describe whether the encryption software components (if any) are statically or dynamically linked.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The Apple iPhone OS 3.0 or later is used to establish the HTTPS connection. Its NSURLConnection class is dynamically linked to in &lt;PROGRAMNAME&gt;.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(9) For commodities or software using Java byte code, describe the techniques (including obfuscation, private access modifiers or final classes) that are used to protect against decompilation and misuse.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">N/A</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(10) State how the product is written to preclude user modification of the encryption algorithms, key management and key space.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The product uses Apple’s iPhone OS public API for encryption. iPhone OS does not allow user modification of algorithms, key management and key space. &lt;PROGRAMNAME&gt; does not provide any proprietary modification or management functions related to encryption.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(11) License Exception ENC 'Restricted' commodities and software described by the criteria in §740.17(b)(2) require licenses to certain “government end-users.” Describe whether the product(s) meet any of the §740.17(b)(2) criteria. Provide specific data for each of the parameters listed, as applicable (e.g., maximum aggregate encrypted user data throughput, maximum number of concurrent encrypted channels, and operating range for wireless products). If the §740.17(b)(2) parameters are not applicable to the commodity or software, clearly explain why, (e.g., by providing specific data evaluated against the §740.17(b)(2) thresholds.)</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">N/A</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(12) For products which incorporate an open cryptographic interface as defined in part 772 of the EAR, describe the Open Cryptographic Interface.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">N/A</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(d) For review requests for hardware or software “encryption components” other than source code (i.e., chips, toolkits, executable or linkable modules intended for use in or production of another encryption item) provide the following additional information:</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">N/A</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(e) For review requests for “encryption source code” provide the following information:</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">N/A</span></span></span></p> <div> </div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Thank you for your consideration.</span></span></span></p> </div> <div>----</div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/mass-market-encryption-case-closed-our-app-go">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/mass-market-encryption-case-closed-our-app-go#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/bMcn8vMi7Cc" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/mass-market-encryption-case-closed-our-app-go Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:55:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/38l6Txeysj8/no-news-is-good-news-right http://blog.theanimail.com/no-news-is-good-news-right <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Quite a while since I last updated you guys on this export encryption thing. Simple reason: we're in the process and it takes 30 days. Which are not over yet. And I guess it's good news if you don't get messages from the government while your application is pending. I didn't hear anything from Apple either, so there's nothing much to report. </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">So how have you guys been doing? Did anyone make any different experience or got different answers or additional insight? </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">Would be great if you would share them via the comments! </span><p /> <span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks!</span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/no-news-is-good-news-right">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/no-news-is-good-news-right#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/38l6Txeysj8" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/no-news-is-good-news-right Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:07:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/J74OBiG7CYk/one-more-thing-on-encryption-export-complianc http://blog.theanimail.com/one-more-thing-on-encryption-export-complianc <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let me add an important thing to the previous posts </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: #bcbcbc; line-height: 18px;">(see our <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/iphone-encryption-export-compliance-for-apps" title="first blog post" style="color: #5ec7f5; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">first blog post</a> to start from the beginning)</span><span style="font-size: medium;">:</span></p> <p /> <div><span style="font-size: medium;">Apple offers a three-step approval that allows you to start selling your application on the iTunes App Store (to limited markets) even before you went through the whole review and approval process with the Government.</span></div> <p /> <div> <span style="font-size: medium;">Here it is:</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> <p /> <div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you confirm to Apple that you agree to go through with the CCATS review process, they offer:</span></div> <p /> <div><span style="font-size: medium;">1) To allow sales in the U.S. and Canada immediately. For that, first uncheck all the other countries in iTunesConnect (Manage your Application -&gt; Edit Information -&gt; Pricing). Btw. that's 75 clicks, folks. There is no 'uncheck all' button...</span></div> <p /> <div><span style="font-size: medium;">2) Now to the most important part of this post: upon receipt of your CCATS application by the Bureau of Information Security, Apple allows sale in the following 34 additional countries:</span></div> <p /> <div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Malta Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom</span></span></div> <p /> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That is BEFORE the approval of the Government, which should save you at least 30 days in the process. And I would say that is a significant amount of countries (and potential customers) that you can sell to prior to approval.</span></span></div> <p /> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3) When you have got approval and therefore received your CCATS number, Apple will allow worldwide sales. (or to all countries your CCATS allows you to sell to)</span></span></div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/one-more-thing-on-encryption-export-complianc">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/one-more-thing-on-encryption-export-complianc#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/J74OBiG7CYk" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/one-more-thing-on-encryption-export-complianc Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:27:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theanimail/~3/Ev9YMOo40Vg/iphone-encryption-export-compliance-for-apps-0 http://blog.theanimail.com/iphone-encryption-export-compliance-for-apps-0 <p> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We just received an answer from Apple regarding our inquiry about whether our iPhone app requires encryption export approval because we use https connections to a webserver. (see our <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/iphone-encryption-export-compliance-for-apps" title="first blog post">first blog post</a>)</span></div> <div> <br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The short (and depressingly definitive) answer is: YES. We have to go through the Government review, just because we use a https connection.</span><p /><span style="font-size: medium;">Our contact at Apple replied today that she double checked with the Government: they confirm that "sending information over https is forcing the data to go through a secure channel from SSL, therefore it falls under the U.S. Government requirement for a CCATS review and approval."</span><p /><span style="font-size: medium;">As simple as that. She also added that she asked if our type of data (private communication / messages) would fall under a new exception category, but "unfortunately it does not."</span><p /><span style="font-size: medium;">So it looks like we've got to go through a process that will take at least a month, probably significantly longer.</span><p /><span style="font-size: medium;">The only relief that Apple can offer is that if you agree (in written) to go through with the CCATS process and you've already submitted your application to the Government, Apple lets you start selling your app in the U.S. and Canada, adding more countries in a second step and finally opening all for sale when approval is obtained.</span><p /><span style="font-size: medium;">Again, I have to say that Apple (and the Sr. Export Compliance Specialist dealing with us there) always offers support in every way she can. Very helpful, very good service! I suspect it won't be the same with the Department of Commerce and its Bureau of Information Security...</span><p /><span style="font-size: medium;">We'll keep you posted on our journey. At least it involves "fun" stuff that you don't usually do in your every day life like writing letters of explanation to the NSA...</span> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/iphone-encryption-export-compliance-for-apps-0">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.theanimail.com/iphone-encryption-export-compliance-for-apps-0#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theanimail/~4/Ev9YMOo40Vg" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/335595/animail.png http://posterous.com/users/4afzodmUXSFP The Animail The Animail The Animail http://blog.theanimail.com/iphone-encryption-export-compliance-for-apps-0