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I’ve submitted the official I Can Has Cheezburger iphone app to the app store. Hopefully it will be approved. I also removed the original LOLcats from sale, to avoid any confusion.
Unlike the original LOLCats, which searched Flickr for public photos, the new app uses RSS feeds from I Can Has Cheezburger and related sites, including [...]

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My “offishul” I Can Has Cheezburger app is feature complete. Once I finish testing it I’ll submit it to the App Store.
This app is a complete rewrite from the original LOLCATS. Instead of searching for images on Flickr & Zooomr, which are often mislabeled and incorrectly tagged, it uses the feeds from ICanHasCheezburger, IHasAHotdog, FAIL [...]

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LOLCats 1.2 is now available in the app store. The major change in this version is support for Zooomr as well as Flickr. This will be the last update, unless a critical bug is found.
This application will be superseded by the Official LOLCATS application, which will get content from I Can Has Cheezburger and several [...]

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I just submitted LOLCats 1.2, which will most likely be the last version. The major new feature is Zooomr support.
I’ve shifted my attention to the Official I Can Has Cheezburger app, which will use RSS feeds from that site & related sites. Most likely I will pull this application when I release the official [...]

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After reading the reviews of LOLCats in the App Store, I’m seriously considering pulling it. That application has become a nightmare for me.
Some asshole put up an inappropriate image which they tagged LOLCATS, causing the application to display it. Even though that image has been removed, every single review mentions it. The application has NO [...]

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UPDATE: Minutes after I posted this, I got a notice from Apple that the update has been approved and is now ready for sale.
Apple still hasn’t approved my update to LOLCats. Still no response from Apple for the second update, which I feel is pretty urgent, since it reduces the possibility of inappropriate images appearing, [...]

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Inspired by John Casasanta’s blog post, here are my sales figures for LOLCats. Since this is a free application, the figures are fairly high.

Day 1 - Jul. 31
2393

Day 2 - Aug. 1
6801

Day 3 - Aug. 2
5909

Day 4 - Aug. 3
5420

Total:
20523

I would expect a paid application to sell about half that amount.

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I just submitted LOLCats 1.1, although it will probably take a few days before the update becomes available.
New in this version:

You can now choose sort order: interestingness, relevance, or date. Date works the same as the previous version.

Purges cached images on low memory warning

Displays an alert if no network connecton or Flickr [...]

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I’ve received a few complaints about some images that showed up in the LOLCats application.
Unfortunately I have very little control over which images appear (except for the one that appears in the initial loading screen, which is my own cat, Cody). I simply search Flickr for the tags ‘LOLCAT’ or ‘LOLCATS’ and present any [...]

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