My Secrets has been suddenly removed from sale in the App Store, together with its free version. No word from Apple as to why. I’m trying to figure out what the hell is going on. I will update this post in the process.

Update

I got the following response from iTunes Connect:

Your application was removed from sale due to export compliance issues. You will be contacted by the Apple Export Compliance Team by the end of the week.

I will refrain from commenting it until I have all the details. My gut feeling is that the issue is with the US encryption export laws.

Update 2

After a delay caused by Apple having to set up an internal procedure to handle export compliance rejections My Secrets is back to the App Store. For now it’s available in the US and Canada only.

Update 3

After a two months worth hiatus My Secrets is available in some countries. The rest of the world is due within a month, if the Bureau of Industry and Security can do their job on schedule.

Update 4

The nightmare is over! My Secrets is now officially authorized for export from the US and classified as mass market encryption software. That means it’s available in all App Stores across the globe. Life’s going on!

If you wonder what the heck it’s all about, it took me 3 months to get the US Bureau of Industry and Security to classify My Secrets.

At long last there is a solution to save My Secrets’ data on your Mac. And, what a pleasure to say that, it’s a one-click solution which does not need any setup! As secure as possible. As fast as USB 2.0. No jailbreak required.

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With an update out in the wild, I think it’s time to sum up the first three weeks in the life of My Secrets. I have received a lot of suggestions and questions which need to be answered publicly for those of you who did not find time to send an email.

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I’m thrilled to introduce a new iPhone application, My Secrets. It’s a personal organizer using the standard 256-bit AES encryption for data protection. Read more »

In the first part of this post I promised to publish my own App Store statistics as an example of how things can go in the world of iPhone applications.

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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of the world. At least, of the one some of us kept affection for. At the very least, of the one we’ve got used to. Anyway. The big bad crisis of good old capitalism is here and now. It’s time to reassess our work and our pay, time to move the goalposts around a bit while panic keeps others so busy that they won’t notice.

What about App Store? Is it a market vulnerable enough to drive coders out of business? Is it even a kind of market we fully understand?
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Another refresh bringing both bug fixes and new features. Read more »

Hot on the heels of Mobile Lines 1.1 update here comes a certain rise in popularity. As I’m writing this post, Mobile Lines has reached #41 in Top Paid Games and #90 in Top Paid Apps in the Russian App Store.
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After a whole week in review the update is finally out. There’s a lot in it. Read more »