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by credo 16y ago
It isn't great that Telstra customers have to wait for their operator to approve WP7 updates. Of course, this still sounds better than the Android model (where many customers can never get upgrades for their phones).This is a case where App
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by credo 16y ago
Personally, I think that it is unfortunate that the $41M investment has made Color everyone's favorite punching bag. Right now, three of the top 15 HN threads seem to be focused on Color Sequoia had made an investment based (on among other
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by credo 16y ago
>>Everybody's 1.0 app crashes. No, that is wrong. My 1.0 apps don't crash (as per itunesconnect which says "No Crash Reports" for my last 3 iPhone/iPad apps which are all on their 1.0 version). One of them was recently ranked #1 o
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by credo 16y ago
However, the perception of being unfair can potentially hurt Apple. I'm sure a number of religious conservatives are going to be unhappy with Apple's removal of the app. People like me (who think the app is absurd and are not religious cons
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Effectual Reasoning: How Great Entrepreneurs Think(inc.com)
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T-Mobile Sale May Close Tough Chapter for Deutsche Telekom(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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by credo 16y ago
imo AT&T's exclusive iPhone deal was one of the reasons for T-Mobile's gradual decline. So it probably wouldn't be a stretch to say that Apple played a role (albeit unintentional) in this acquisition.
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by credo 16y ago
Congratulations on the launch (and welcome to HN, since I see that your account is just 3 hours old :) That said, your post suggests that you acquired domain knowledge at Zendesk, then decided to use that knowledge to immediately and direct
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by credo 16y ago
A VC's goal and responsibility is to maximize returns on investment. Imo changing the world etc. is just meaningless PR-speak for most of them. They'd be violating their fiduciary responsibilities if they really believed that changing the w
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by credo 16y ago
sure, and the average man on the street may prefer that he become a multi-millionaire within a year. However, that sort of preference isn't as important as the realistic outcomes that a VC aims for. Unfortunately, I don't have specific da
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by credo 16y ago
More options are great. I have always said that the bootstrapped model and the vc-funded model are both good legitimate models for businesses. My problem with the parent post was the absurd notion it promoted about companies that didn't run
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by credo 16y ago
>>it took years for microsoft to gring out decent revenues and profits. Microsoft's first profitable program was Basic and it was released soon after the company's launch in 1975. 6 years after Microsoft launched, TVI invested and o
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by credo 16y ago
Microsoft was a bootstrapped company and at the time, I suspect that some people derided it as a "lifestyle business". They didn't go chasing after VC money and didn't use the zero-revenue customer acquisition model to grow. Are you sure th
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by credo 16y ago
'When something is commoditized, an adjacent thing becomes valuable' is an old truism that O'Reilly seems to be repeating in the video. However, imo when he says that he 'realized that software was becoming a commodity', he is over-generali
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Xcode 4 - review(fireballed.org)
89 points by credo 16y ago|31 comments
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by credo 16y ago
I agree but would add that it is not just about context. imo a desire for privacy is not the same thing as a "lack of integrity".
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by credo 16y ago
To reiterate (1) The security problem existed for more than a week. (2) Google's post makes no mention of (1). Instead it talks about how the issue didn't impact certain Android versions and about how they removed the malicious apps "within
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by credo 16y ago
>> On Tuesday evening, the Android team was made aware of a number of malicious applications published to Android Market. Within minutes of becoming aware, we identified and removed the malicious applications. As per http://www.re
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by credo 16y ago
When I read Scoble's post, it was clear that he was being sarcastic. I'm surprised that anyone (and especially a senior Microsoft guy who claims to love Scoble :) would write a long serious response criticizing individual points from that p
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by credo 16y ago
>> we did not understand the economic disruptive force of either Intel or open source until it was too late. I find your comment about open-source confusing My sense is that (a) Sun was a hardware company and (b) they were obsesse
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by credo 16y ago
I understand the sentiment, but you're overlooking one big factor. In a true free market scenario with freely floating currencies, currencies in countries like Spain, Italy, Ireland, Greece would have devalued. Germany's currency would have
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by credo 16y ago
I agree with one theme of the article. It is a good idea for Microsoft to encourage its developers (and other employees) to write WP7 apps. Pizza parties etc. are also good. However, the article is misleading when it talks about "rule chang
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App usage higher than voice usage and web browsing for smartphones(zokem.com)
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About This Whole Subscription Hubbub(appleoutsider.com)
1 points by credo 16y ago|0 comments
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by credo 16y ago
It will be great if someone from Apple officially confirms that the IAP subscription policy will not apply to SaaS. It will also be interesting to see whether they provide clear definitions for what they consider as SaaS. In general, the ma
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Jilted in the U.S., a Site Finds Love in India(nytimes.com)
65 points by credo 16y ago|22 comments
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Free Trade's Great, but Offshoring Rattles Alan Binder(washingtonpost.com)
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Dubious (Computer programmer) Deal, Cloaked by National Security Claim(nytimes.com)
19 points by credo 16y ago|1 comments
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Apple's Subscription Rules draw scrutiny from federal antitrust regulators(nytimes.com)
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by credo 16y ago
Here is a summary :) 1. Wisconsin governor wants to pass a bill - that among other things drastically cuts state workers benefits and strips unions of collective bargaining rights etc. 2. Bill contains exemption for police union and a coupl

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