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Who remembers the 'Yo!' app? I had facepalmed when I learnt it got funding - https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/18/yo-raises-1-5m-in-funding-at-a-10m-valuation-inv

by surds 7y ago

Who remembers the 'Yo!' app? I had facepalmed when I learnt it got funding - https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/18/yo-raises-1-5m-in-funding-at-a-10m-valuation-investors-include-betaworks-and-pete-cashmore/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/18/yo-raises-1-5m-in-funding-... and I just checked - it is still live on the App Store! :)

Bombthecat 7y ago
Yo!
- driesdep 7y ago
  Yo!
quickthrower2 7y ago
I remember the Bro! app.
- 83457 7y ago
  Dude
mLuby 7y ago
Friends got $1K for winning a Yo hackathon with "Marko Yolo" X~D
lucb1e 7y ago
A few years ago I (jokingly) argued that the way to make a killer app today is to take something good and make it bad. Take YouTube and allow people to only upload videos of a few seconds: Vine Create a blogging platform where people can write only 2-3 sentences per blog post: Twitter The "Yo!" and "Die With Me" apps seem to fit right in.
- camjohnson26 7y ago
  Instagram with no persistence? Snapchat!
- perl4ever 7y ago
  Wasn't there something where people were saying Uber or Lyft was increasing rates according to how little battery remained on your phone? Clearly what is needed is a new app to get a ride when your phone is about to die.
  - Scoundreller 7y ago
    I think people were more likely to accept any surge premium when faced with low battery. Makes sense, they can’t wait it out, but could also be a proxy for poor planners or compulsions. They didn’t say they raised prices based on battery life, but I could see why they could.
    - ge96 7y ago
      random unrelated thought: What if your phone clocked itself down super low when it was about to die/killing all apps except one. Then it used this simple UI that has cached app processes/requests so it would just make that network request instead of going into the app/starting it... Ehh nvm makes no difference right? Probably barely any performance gains. Was thinking of that buy now button idea of Amazon. App-less apps Also expired tokens and what not
maxwin 7y ago
constraints bring creativity

by surds 7y ago

Bombthecat 7y ago

Yo!

driesdep 7y ago
Yo!

quickthrower2 7y ago

I remember the Bro! app.

83457 7y ago
Dude

mLuby 7y ago

Friends got $1K for winning a Yo hackathon with "Marko Yolo" X~D

lucb1e 7y ago

A few years ago I (jokingly) argued that the way to make a killer app today is to take something good and make it bad. Take YouTube and allow people to only upload videos of a few seconds: Vine Create a blogging platform where people can write only 2-3 sentences per blog post: Twitter The "Yo!" and "Die With Me" apps seem to fit right in.

camjohnson26 7y ago
Instagram with no persistence? Snapchat!
perl4ever 7y ago
Wasn't there something where people were saying Uber or Lyft was increasing rates according to how little battery remained on your phone? Clearly what is needed is a new app to get a ride when your phone is about to die.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  I think people were more likely to accept any surge premium when faced with low battery. Makes sense, they can’t wait it out, but could also be a proxy for poor planners or compulsions. They didn’t say they raised prices based on battery life, but I could see why they could.
  - ge96 7y ago
    random unrelated thought: What if your phone clocked itself down super low when it was about to die/killing all apps except one. Then it used this simple UI that has cached app processes/requests so it would just make that network request instead of going into the app/starting it... Ehh nvm makes no difference right? Probably barely any performance gains. Was thinking of that buy now button idea of Amazon. App-less apps Also expired tokens and what not

maxwin 7y ago

constraints bring creativity