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					<title>Brazilian television guide app TV Magazine uses iLime for Push Alerts</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2010/1/22/brazilian-television-guide-app-tv-magazine-uses-ilime-for-push-alerts/</link> 
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Brazilian TV guide publication TV Magazine  recently launched their iPhone application, offering a full TV listing experience for Brazil, including entertainment news, show times, discussion forum, and video content.  TV Magazine bills the application as the fullest-featured television directory application available for Brazilian iPhone users.



The TV Magazine application allows users to select favorite TV shows and schedule Push Notifications in advance of a show's start time.  After weighing the options between developing their own infrastructure as well as alternative providers, the TV Magazine development team selected iLime to power the push alerts they send to the application's users. 



Ricardo Vianna, TV Magazine’s owner, approached iLime several months back as he and his development team considered the various options to make use of Apple’s Push Notification Service (APNS).  Native XML support, comprehensive documentation, and aggressive pricing made the decision for him, he tells us.



We're thrilled for the TV Magazine team on the successful launch of their application, available in the Brazil iTunes store.  Click to view the TV Magazine iPhone application page (Portugese or via Google Translate).
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					<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>iLime Easier to Find, Listed on Programmable Web</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2010/1/4/ilime-easier-to-find-listed-on-programmable-web/</link> 
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Happy New Year!  We’d like to welcome everyone who has recently found iLime via Programmable Web.  Last week the Programmable Web team added iLime to their database of APIs, so now it’s even easier for people looking for iPhone resources to find and get started with the service.  The PW team also graciously announced the iLime listing on their blog.



See the iLime API listing on Programmable Web.



iLime will soon be adding In App Purchase support to the existing Push Notification service in addition to new Push API features.
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					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:39:45 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>The Secret&amp;amp;trade; Daily Teachings using iLime for Push Notifications, climbing App Store Ranks</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/10/30/the-secret-trade-daily-teachings-using-ilime-for-push-notifications-climbing-app-store-ranks/</link> 
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We’re pleased to announce that The Secret&trade; Daily Teachings iPhone application, which is using iLime for push notifications, is climbing the ranks in the app store.  As of this Thursday, just 48 hours after release, the app sat in the #1 slot for paid apps in the Lifestyle category, and #49 overall.  A huge congratulations to the team at Prime Time Productions!



The app allows users to read a daily affirmation or teaching from the popular book and film The Secret.  They can also bookmark favorite teachings and share them with friends.



The app uses push notifications to send daily reminders to users’ phones, reminding them to read their daily teaching either at a time of day they specify or at a random time each day.  KeyLimeTie, creators of iLime, were contracted to build the app and are relying on the iLime infrastructure to push notifications to the popular application.



You can purchase The Secret™ Daily Teachings on the iTunes App store at http://appsto.re/dailyteachings.
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					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:11:10 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>iLime Presents at Voices That Matter iPhone Developers Conference</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/10/19/ilime-presents-at-voices-that-matter-iphone-developers-conference/</link> 
					<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Boston!  We’re here at the Voices That Matter iPhone Developers Conference to spread the word about iLime, and educate developers on ways to monetize apps and increase engagement through both Push Notifications and In App Purchase.  We gave a brief talk orienting attendees on Push and Purchase, and have been having some great conversations during breaks.

The speaker lineup is second to none.  Erica Sadun (TUAW), August Trometer, Aaron Hillegass (Big Nerd Ranch), and Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch (C4 developers conference), to name a few.  We’re learning a lot, just as everyone else here, and are thrilled to be in such good company.

You can follow iLime’s live tweets of the event at @iLimeBuzz, or follow the hashtag #VTM_iPhone and @VTM_iPhone for official conference tweets.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:25:20 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>iLime Presenting at Voices That Matter - $200 Off Registration</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/9/30/ilime-presenting-at-voices-that-matter-iphone-conference-in-boston/</link> 
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We're happy to announce that KeyLimeTie will be sponsoring the Voices That Matter iPhone Developers Conference, October 17-18 in Boston.  In the days leading up to the conference, the iLime team is focused on the next release of the iLime API and delivering you a new and improved Admin Console.



At this event, we'll be giving a slightly more targeted talk about gaining new revenue streams and increasing engagement with both In App Purchase and Push Notifications.  We're looking forward to talking with iPhone developers and businesspeople alike about how they can make the most out of their apps.



If the above interests you, please join us at Voices That Matter!  And thanks to the team at Voices That Matter, there are now 200 additional reasons to attend. iLime users and blog readers can receive $200 off the registration price of Voices That Matter.  Simply use code PHNBLG3 when you register!  We look forward to seeing you there.
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					<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:24:43 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>360iDev Wrap-Up and Thanks</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/9/30/360idev-wrap-up-and-thanks/</link> 
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First and foremost, we want to say a huge "thank you" to Tom and John and the 360iDev staff!  Thanks for encouraging us to sponsor and for all of your support before and during the event.  You put on a fantastic event, brought together talented and passionate people, and did it with a smile.

		
Huge thanks to Steven Sande of TUAW, who we were able to sit down with on Tuesday afternoon and chat about iLime in-depth.  Steve wrote a great post summarizing where iLime is now and where it's going.

		
We learned a lot from everyone at the event and consider ourselves privileged to spend a couple days with those on the bleeding edge of iPhone development.

		
Most of all, thank you to everyone at 360iDev who spoke with us about iLime.  We're pleased with the interest and happy that many of you decided to check out the service and begin integrating with your applications.  Please keep questions and suggestions coming, and if we can at all be of assistance, don't hesitate to reach out at info (at) iLime (dot) com.

		
We're looking forward to seeing the apps you build, and looking forward to continuing to support your server-side iPhone app needs with both Push Notifications and In App Purchase!

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					<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:18:44 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>New iLime features, sample code, and updated documentation</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/9/27/new-ilime-features-sample-code-and-updated-documentation/</link> 
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Your team here at KeyLimeTie is happy to announce the latest iLime enhancements, including three new API features, updated documentation, and sample integration code for two languages.




API Enhancements - Now Available!


Device Lists and Tags 
Implement custom tags in your app that can be configured by you and your user to profile the user’s device.  Use the API to set tag values, get a list of devices by tag, and push notifications to devices using specific tags (for example, send an alert to people who prefer Pirates over Ninjas).

Improvements to Notification Request Reporting
It’s now easier to get reports of the notification requests iLime has received.  New paging and total count features help you make more use of the reports.

Delete Scheduled Notifications
Additions to the API set allow you to query for and cancel notification requests that iLime has received. Check out our updated API documentation for details on this new feature.



Sample Code 
We’ve made available sample code illustrating how you can quickly integrate your existing web site, service, or social network with iLime!  We’ve added .NET (C#) and Java sample code along with the XSD schema for iLime. 



More Robust Documentation 
Now you don’t need to be signed into the admin control panel to view documentation.  You can access these new features, as well as more complete developer documentation for existing features, via the API Documentation now available on the iLime web site. 








Connect With Us at 360iDev!
Are you coming to 360iDev this weekend? If so, we'd love to connect at the event (make sure you come to the iLime party Tuesday night, too!). To get in touch, either send an email to info@ilime.com or follow us at @iLimeBuzz on Twitter.
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					<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:06:21 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title> iLime Enters Amazon AWS Start-Up Challenge</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/9/25/ilime-enters-amazon-aws-start-up-challenge/</link> 
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Amazon's 2009 AWS Start-Up Challenge is underway and we’re proud to say we’ve thrown our hat into the ring with iLime, as we’ve built the service "in the cloud" to support Apple iPhone developers with a user a base of any size and scale.  The AWS Start-Up Challenge is a contest Amazon started three years ago to find the most promising start-ups that can grow into significant, meaningful and lasting companies that leverage AWS. 

		
The prize? The overall winner gets $50,000 in cash, $50,000 in AWS credits, mentoring sessions from AWS technical experts, and AWS Premium Support Gold for one year.  All runner-up finalists will receive $5,000 in AWS service credits and all finalists will be included in various promotional activities.  With our constantly growing user base and use of AWS, let’s just say we’d be thrilled to win at any level. 

		
May the best application win the Amazon AWS Start-Up Challenge (but please, let it be iLime)! 
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					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:04:40 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>iLime Sponsoring 360iDev in Denver</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/9/16/ilime-sponsoring-360idev-in-denver/</link> 
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		iLime is pleased to be sponsoring the 360iDev conference in Denver, coming up at the end of the month! iLime's principal architect, Chris Grove, will guide attendees through implementing Push Notifications with their iPhone app in his session on Monday afternoon. We're looking forward to attending the conference, meeting new iPhone developers, seeing old friends from iPhoneDevCamp, and helping developers bring their apps to market faster! 
		Here are details on Monday afternoon's iLime talk: 
		
				Integrating Push Notifications in your iPhone application with iLime
				Monday, September 28, 1:00-2:20 P. M.Chris Grove, Enterprise Architect for Mobile, KeyLimeTieLearn about Apple’s Push Notification Service, introduced in iPhone OS 3.0, and how you can quickly and easily implement push in your app using the most cost-effective push API on the market. Topics will include getting started with iLime, overview of the iLime API, writing your first iLime application, and integrating your existing server software to use iLime. Code examples will be given for iPhone and server-side integration. 
		
				We're also sponsoring Tuesday night's party with The Compilers and Rock Band!
				Join us Tuesday night just outside the meeting rooms for drinks, food, music, and Rock Band! We're happy to put a twist on Tuesday night libations and encourage each of you to come out. We'll be demonstrating iLime as the Compilers wrap up and as the party kicks off, and then opening it up for free-form Rock Band and a Rock Band contest complete with prizes. Just what we'll need after several exciting days at what's shaping up to be an amazing conference! 
		
				Connect With Us
				Are you coming to 360iDev also? If so, we'd love to connect before the event so we can find you when we're there. You can either send an email to info@ilime.com or follow us on Twitter at @iLimeBuzz. See you there!
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					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:53:04 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>iPhone reaches into the enterprise with Apple’s iPhone Configuration Utility 2.0</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/8/24/iphone-reaches-into-the-enterprise-with-apples-iphone-configuration-utility-20/</link> 
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Apple has been making steady strides into the enterprise with each new release of the popular iPhone OS.  Until recently, when talking with people about iPhone in the enterprise, I had been telling people that one of the last barriers was allowing IT administrators to configure groups of phones using saved profiles and granular controls, similar to the enterprise tools made available to Blackberry and Windows Mobile administrators.  Little did I know, Apple’s tool already existed; the iPhone Configuration Utility, now in its second version.

		
If you are an IT administrator or a decision-maker exploring the viability of deploying the iPhone in your organization, the iPhone Configuration Utility (ICU) allows administrators to “create, maintain, encrypt and push configuration profiles—XML files on the iPhone which contain information crucial to the device’s secure communication on a corporate intranet,” says John C. Welch in this recent Macworld article.

		
If you’re serious, take a look at Apple’s iPhone OS Enterprise Deployment Guide (PDF Link).  This 83-page document covers everything from profiles to manually configuring devices, managing iPhone applications, Cisco VPN, and advanced security features.

		
Now that the iPhone has grown up, it’s time for organizations to take it seriously.  Key enterprise-related features include: 

		
				The most diverse app store with over 65,000 apps
				Push email and calendars, Microsoft Exchange support
				Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe features keep your phone secure
				Administration via iPhone Configuration Utility
				Push Notifications (via iLime, of course)
		
		
		
Like what you see?  So do we.  If you find this article helpful, and especially if you decide to deploy the iPhone in your organization, please drop us a line and let us know.  Send a note to info@ilime.com or find us on Twitter via @iLimeBuzz.

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					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:10:08 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>iLime Demos at TECH cocktail Chicago 11</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/8/7/ilime-demos-at-tech-cocktail-chicago-11/</link> 
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		Last night, Chris Pautsch and I headed down to TECH cocktail Chicago 11 to mix it up with others in the Chicago technology scene and to further share iLime with the world. Wow, what a packed event! Even though this is the first time TECH cocktail has charged admission ($10), it was more packed than I ever recall. 
		
				 We're pleased to report that iLime is building more momentum, coming off the heels of iPhoneDevCamp, now we're now engaging developers about iPhone Push Notifications (APNS) and In App Purchase in our hometown. Thanks to all of you who came by to talk with us and expressed genuine interest in this new service offered by KeyLimeTie. We're looking forward to partnering with you to make your iPhone applications a smashing success. 
		Thanks, Frank & Eric, for allowing us at KeyLimeTie to promote iLime to the TECH cocktail audience. For those unfamiliar, TECH cocktail's Frank Gruber and Eric Olson both do an outstanding job amplifying the signal in our often noisy tech community. For the past couple years, they've championed local startups by providing free demo space for local startups to get the word out at TECH cocktail. Keep it up! 
		If you're reading this as a TECH cocktail attendee, be sure to check out the main iLime site. iLime's web service for iPhone Push Notifications and In App Purchase will enable you to bring your push- and purchase-enabled apps to market faster and at significantly less cost than it would take architecting your own scalable environment, writing your own server code and maintaining a costly dedicated hosting plan. 
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					<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:16:38 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>iPhoneDevCamp - iLime Wrap-up and Thanks</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/8/5/iphonedevcamp-ilime-wrap-up-and-thanks/</link> 
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We are back home, caught up on sleep, and still glowing from the experience at iPhoneDevCamp 3 at Yahoo in Sunnyvale.  What an honor it was to contribute to an event filled with so many energetic and creative developers.  A big thanks goes to Raven Zachary, Dom Sagolla, and Christopher Allen.

		
		
				
		
		
		
		
This past weekend, we witnessed an amazing amount of energy and ingenuity.  While we were there to launch iLime and get the word out, we had even more fun seeing what everyone was building.  From the eye candy of Avatar Wall, new social applications like Foodspotting, apps to improve healthcare like Chief Medical Officer and NurseBrain, to Getaround; an app that allows you to crowdsource the Zipcar model and rent out your own car to trusted friends, there was no shortage of innovative output from the conference. 

		
Amidst all of the excitement, we successfully launched iLime:Push to the public on Saturday morning and gave our talk on "Integrating Push Notifications in your iPhone application with iLime."  We enjoyed taking time with developers who were integrating iLime into their applications (and the process of launching at the event allowed us to correct for a couple documentation oversights, too).

		
Here are the slides from the presentation:

		
		
				Integrating Push Notifications in your iPhone application with iLime
				
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
				
		
		
		
		Contest Winner: Best use of Push Notifications
		
iLime also sponsored the "Best Use of Push Notifications" category in yesterday’s Hackathon contest.  Congratulations to Damon Danieli with his project Z2NotifyMe!  Damon takes home an iPod Touch and up to 1,000,000 free push notifications per month for his new application, for an entire year using iLime.

		
You can see all of the the Hackathon contest winners from iPhoneDevCamp on the event web site.

		
We’re looking forward to iPhoneDevCamp next year!

		
				Sign Up Today
				
You can now sign up for iLime and begin integrating the iLime:Push APIs into your application for free by visiting this link: http://www.ilime.com/sign-up/.

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					<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:47:13 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>iLime:Push Launches at iPhoneDevCamp</title> 
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Greetings from iPhoneDevCamp in Sunnyvale, CA!  We couldn’t image no more fitting location from where to announce the General Availability of iLime:Push.  Effective August 1, 2009, iPhone developers can create an iLime account and immediately begin implementing iLime’s APIs for sending alerts to their applications through Apple's Push Notification Service (APNS).  Visit http://www.ilime.com/sign-up/ for pricing information and to get started.




If you're reading this from iPhoneDevCamp, note that iLime is sponsoring the Best Use of Push Notifications prize for this year’s Hackathon.  We're giving away an iPod Touch and 1,000,000 free pushes/month for one year using iLime to the winning team.  If you haven't yet implemented push alerts into your application, it's not too late!



Relevant Links:



iLime   Developer Resources
Follow @iLimeBuzz  > on Twitter
View our iPhoneDevCamp  photos on Flickr

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					<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:18:41 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Preview of iPhone OS 3.0 Features and the iPhone 3.0 SDK </title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/6/2/preview-of-iphone-os-30-features-and-the-iphone-30-sdk/</link> 
					<description><![CDATA[June 8 is just around the corner, and the buzz surrounding iPhone OS 3.0 is mounting.  Here at KeyLimeTie, we’ve been working hard to release iLime, which will provide hosting and API support for two exciting new features of 3.0: 
The APNS (Apple Push Notification Service) will allow your app to receive messages and audible alerts even while the iPhone is asleep. 
The Store Kit will allow your users to purchase additional content from within your application, leveraging the iTunes In App Purchase system. Stay tuned for more on how iLime will make these services a cinch to use.  However, iPhone OS 3.0 doesn’t stop there.  In addition to push notifications and the in-app content purchases, here are our favorite new API features:The Map Kit will finally make it easy to embed those beautiful Google maps into your application. Combined with the powerful location service we’ve already grown to love, the possibilities here are endless. Move over Garmin! 
Cut, copy, and paste operations are here! UIKit will now support clipboard operations within and between applications. 
Spotlight Search will make your entire iPhone searchable for keywords. Your app can plug into this and make all of your custom data, whether in files or databases, searchable. 
The External Accessory framework lets you develop for devices made to plug into the iPhone. Want to monitor a car engine on your phone? Record blood sugar measurements to your phone? All you need is the right hardware. 
The Game Kit framework allows peer-to-peer communication between iPhones using Bluetooth, without having to muck about with pairing. Multiplayer games are the main driver behind this, but we can think of a lot of non-game applications for this as well. 
Ever wanted your app to be able to play songs from your users’ own iPod libraries? The sandbox restrictions wouldn’t let you do this – until now. The Media Player framework has been updated to give your apps access to every song your user already has. 
Tired of writing plumbing code for accessing your structured data? The Core Data framework is coming to your rescue! Use graphical tools in XCode to generate your entities, tied to a SQLite database, with features like undo/redo, validation, grouping, filtering, and sorting. 
Web application developers aren’t left out of this bonanza either. New enhancements include Safari support for streaming audio and video, and JavaScript access to the location services. There is more to 3.0 than this – much more, with more than 1000 new APIs introduced.  Registered iPhone developers can check all of this out now at the iPhone Developer Connection and install beta versions of the new SDK and iPhone OS.  We can’t wait to see what apps start hitting the store in the coming months!]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:13 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>5 Ways to Increase App Engagement with iLime and Apple Push Notification Service (APNS)</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/5/28/5-ways-to-increase-app-engagement-with-ilime-and-apple-push-notification-service-apns/</link> 
					<description><![CDATA[So you’ve integrated iLime with your application, submitted your new app to the App Store, and your app has been approved. Now the fun begins! Here are five ways you can use iLime to push notifications to users that increase engagement with your application:Shotgun Approach: Push notifications to all of your application's users at once. Use this approach if you want to direct users to a promotion or deliver content updates to everyone at the same time. Your message can prompt the user to open your application or perform a desired action. 
Sniper Approach: Push notifications to individual users on a per-user basis. This is useful in social networking and messaging situations when a message comes to a user, or for e-commerce applications when a user's favorite product goes on sale or has a special promotion. Examples include a Twitter client, when concert tickets go on sale, or for news alerts such as PEOPLE.com's Celebrity News Tracker. 
Alarm Clock: Send a timed alert to your users on a user-defined basis. Social applications can send alarms to a group, such as a fitness app waking a morning running group. 
Audible Alerts: Have your users’ iPhone play a custom sound to alert them of an event happening on your application, such as an incoming message, an album release, or an item on sale. 
Numbered Badges: Your application’s icon can display a badge, similar to the Phone, Mail, and SMS applications, indicating the number of items waiting for them. This badge can be updated via push, prompting your user to open your application to see the waiting items. We can't wait to see all of the innovative alerts that applicaiton developers create. Once you've integrated your app with iLime, stop back for a visit, comment, and show us what you've done (unless of course you tied alerts to iFarts, that’s just too much information).]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 20:29:18 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>In App Purchasing: Apple brought the cash register, iLime is your warehouse.</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/5/20/in-app-purchasing-apple-brought-the-cash-register-ilime-is-your-warehouse/</link> 
					<description><![CDATA[Apple’s In App Purchasing feature lets your users purchase items from directly within your application using the App Store as a payment processor.  This brilliantly conceived new revenue stream for Apple is a great new opportunity for you.  However, when Apple cheekily said, “You create the app, we’ll bring the cash register,” they forgot to tell you that you also needed to build a warehouse for your stuff.  You must host your own content.As an app developer, hosting headaches should be among the last of your concerns.  That’s why we built iLime, so you can focus on building and selling your application, leaving the API development and infrastructure to us.If you already administrate a large e-commerce store and manage the databases yourself, you might not need iLime.  But if iPhone applications are all you do, or all you want to do, we’re confident you’ll benefit from the service.  Give iLime a try.  Read about how to integrate your application with iLime and sign up for the private beta for both early access and to receive an email when iLime goes live.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:19 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Considerations for Implementing Apple Push Notification Service (APNS)</title> 
					<link>http://www.ilime.com/blog/2009/5/19/considerations-for-implementing-apple-push-notification-service-apns/</link> 
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		Push-based services are useful in any application that needs information updates. For example, they can notify users of new messages on a social network sites or provide a scheduled message or alert. If there is new information available for a client, a server process pushes that update through a remote notification system. That notification then transmits directly an iPhone or iPod Touch. When a message arrives, that device can respond in one of three ways:Playing a sound 
Displaying a text alert 
Performing a custom actionApple's Flavor of Push Breeds a New ChallengeBecause of concerns with battery consumption, Apple has a strict "one application may run at a time" policy. This precludes having a background process for handling notification from running on the iPhone.  In response to this, the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) moves this processing off of the device. Doing so spares local CPU cycles and lets these external services produce asynchronous alerts while satisfying Apple’s policies on background processes. However, implementing this service creates some new problems for iPhone application developers: scalability, reliability and security. Size Matters: Scalability and ReliabilityThe size of your user base matters, because developers must build a service layer and an infrastructure that handles the operations for every unit sold. The more user devices supported, the greater the costs will be. As the number of users increases, the load that places on a server increases proportionately. To build a reliable, fault-tolerant infrastructure, even with an elastic computing solution, requires a significant operations investment and commitment. Security is ParamountThe information required to complete a transaction using APNS, such as device tokens and application credentials must, be stored remotely.  Should a user's device token and application credentials be stolen, spammers could send unsolicited alerts.  Thus, any Push service infrastructure requires secure credential storage. iLime: App-Peels to All ThreeConcerns over scalability, reliability and security highlight the fact that push notifications require adequate design and planning. Because of this the infrastructure required to adequately provide this kind of service may be financially and operationally be out of reach for smaller-sized development shops.  iLime provides developers all three, while allowing them to focus on developing and selling their own applications.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:25:41 GMT</pubDate>
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