I've got an idea for an app As more and more people got to know that I’m an iPhone developer, I got to hear the following phrase more often: “Hey, you know, I got a great idea for an app”. It started with tech-savvy people saying this, but now it seems like everybody and their mother
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How times have changed Three years ago I wrote this post where Steve Jobs said that the App Store will launch with over 500 apps. At the time that was remarkable. Today the app store has over 400,000 apps.
Voicemail Hacking - It's Easier Than You Think. In light of the News of the World scandal here’s a piece about how easy it is to hack someone’s voicemail. I spoke with John Hering CEO of Lookout, the most downloaded mobile security app. He has over 10 years mobile security experience and works to protect people
YES IS FOR WIMPS. GET USED TO HEARING “NO”. A few weeks ago I posted about the power and benefits of saying or hearing No. If you’re… …not hearing “no”, you’re not really getting your work out there enough, pushing what’s possible, pushing yourself. -Chase Jarvis Hearing “no” is a good thing.
Initial Google+ thoughts I was one of the few who stormed the front and gained a Google+ beta invite (actually, I got one from my good friend Joel). After breaching the invite only front door of Google’s new social networking website, Google+, I noticed a few things strikingly similar but with a
Performance is a feature Clearly the most important feature: [Google found that] the page with 10 results took 0.4 seconds to generate. The page with 30 results took 0.9 seconds. Half a second delay caused a 20% drop in traffic. Half a second delay killed user satisfaction. In A/B tests, [Amazon]
The Daily loses $500,000 per week Robert Andrews of paidContent.org “In the quarter, we have lost about $10 million on The Daily,” News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) president Chase Carey told analysts on the group’s Q3 earnings call. A colleague also said The Daily has seen 800,000 downloads since launch. I’m not the
apple Finally. The iPhone is now available in white. Rumor: The unicorn and Sasquatch will be announced soon.
iphone Visa backs Square Edwin Chan of Reuters: The credit-card company has made an unspecified investment in Square, a two-year-old service that helps businesses and consumers pay with credit cards on a mobile phone or Apple Inc iPhone, both companies said in a statement. I’ve been using the Square with my iPhone since
apple Charley and the Apple Factory Simply great. From the guys at College Humor: watch Charley and the Apple Factory on YouTube.
Email of the week I’m looking for a new apartment. I found a listing on craigslist and requested more info and some pictures—this is what I got in return: Hi, I am out of town. If you want to see the apartment the rear porch door is unlocked. Just go around back
2011 April Fools 2011 around the web Here’s a collection of April Fools day jokes from around the web. I’ll update this every so often as I find new content. Google Motion — Turn your email into a body of work. Pinboard.in no](GHOST_URL/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-01-at-8.48.18-AM.png "Pinboard
bugs The operation can’t be completed because the item “libsmime3.dylib” is in use. A little bug when trying to drag & drop install the new Firefox 4 into the applications folder on your Mac. (Or maybe you got to this error another way? Please let me know in the](GHOST_URL/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-22-at-12.06.55-PM.png "Firefox 4 error&
apple Apple said Yes. One iPad came back with a post it note on it that said “Wife said no.” It was escalated as something funny, and two of the VPs got wind of it. They sent the guy an iPad 2 with a note on it that said “Apple said yes.” via MacRumors
definition No. It’s something I heard often as a kid, but something I find that I have a hard time expressing. Nobody wants to hear no, but yes will kill you. If my parents said yes to everything, I would have 43 versions of the spiderman action figure, 6 million pogs,
chart Radiation Chart (xkcd) Another great compilation from xkcd’s Randall Monroe. Radiation levels are often described as “ times the normal level” or “% over the legal limit,” which can be pretty confusing. Did you know that bananas have radiation? Check it out.
donate Donate to the American Red Cross I’ve donated twice already because I strongly believe it is the best way that can help and will bring the most benefit without physically helping. I strongly encourage you to to donate to the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Fund. Your donation will directly help those
clients Money follows friendships There are two parts to any successful business: having a product and selling it. Selling is the hard part. The famous quote, “If you build it they will come” is wildly optimistic and situational. It’s not a bad thing, but anyone can build something. I’ve built a product
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iphone Ditching Android for an iPhone Brian Osborne: For me personally, it comes down to the fact that I want to simplify my life when it comes to my smartphone. I prefer the hardware and the OS to be created by the same company because logically the performance should be better. I also prefer not to
facebook Social Media Tip of the Week Facebook and Twitter are everywhere. You can tweet this or share that all over the web, but most likely, you’re doing it wrong. While they are powerful platforms, most companies, brands, and people are doing it all wrong. In this new series I’ll introduce tips that will help