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The article's main point is that the founders didn't do anything really noteworthy, technologically speaking, and so Yahoo overpaid for the talent in question.
by omellet 14y ago
The article's main point is that the founders didn't do anything really noteworthy, technologically speaking, and so Yahoo overpaid for the talent in question.
- snaky 14y ago>the founders didn't do anything really noteworthy 1M+ downloads for an app with licensed technology is noteworthy.
- 31reasons 14y ago1M downloads with 1M+ dollars in investment is not noteworthy. You can basically pay for that much downloads. Not to mention its a FREE app!
- nilkn 14y agoThey got that through marketing, not technology. Have you seen the launch video for Summly?
- flyosity 14y agoA million downloads of a free app is not really that noteworthy. My friend made a simple, free iPhone game in a weekend where you tap on a soccer ball and keep it from dropping and routinely gets 10s of thousands of downloads a month with absolutely no marketing.
- badgar 14y agoYour friend is a genius and might be the next pg.