Monthly Archives: July 2008

iPhone Application Update Mechanism Not Working

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This morning, as I have for the couple of days, I checked the App Store in iTunes for new applications for my 8GB iPhone 3G.  I noticed that when I sorted the new applications by release date that the NYTimes application showed a release date of July 16, 2008.  I thought that it was odd since I know I got that application on the first day of the 3G release.

Turns out that it is an updated version, however when clicking the Check for Updates link in Applications section of my iTunes library I got the following dialog box:

iTunes - No Updates Available dialog box

So apparently the update check mechanism in iTunes doesn’t work.  I hope that they get this fixed soon.  Even better would be an e-mail notification that a new version of the application is available.

Arrest the politicians too

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There is an AP story out about a Minnesota college student attempting to sell his vote on eBay. He is being charged with a felony under an 1893 law that makes it a crime to sell your vote in Minnesota.

Seems to me that if the teenager is going to be charged and prosecuted for selling his vote, then maybe there needs to be some investigation of the politicians while they are at it.  How many of them could be guilty of violating the spirit, if not the letter, of the same law?