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by ja27 14y ago
Teachers don't take on the financial risk of failing or spend 6-12 months teaching before they ever know if they'll be paid for it.
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by ja27 14y ago
This is a follow-up from Pierre's 2011 numbers post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3157739
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How I Made $600K in the iOS Education Market (2012 update)(blog.lescapadou.com)
268 points by ja27 14y ago|116 comments
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by ja27 14y ago
I tried Basecamp and some iOS todo list tools, but in the end, I have one Google Doc with lists of tasks. I should dump Google for Evernote (better mobile support and less connection issues) but I once had a sync issue on Evernote and lost
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by ja27 14y ago
Or you can give the app away for free and charge for a subscription through your site (Netflix, Instapaper, etc.)
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by ja27 14y ago
There certainly is. I know from how well our iOS apps chart based on their sales numbers that there must be a huge long tail making nearly zero. 10 paid downloads a day is enough to break the top 1000 in many categories, so that leaves 20-7
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by ja27 14y ago
Right. I'd much rather have an Asus Transformer style Windows 8 tablet + keyboard dock / second battery. Hopefully they'll come with more storage and battery time than the Surface Pro. Plus they'll likely be in the major retailers rather th
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by ja27 14y ago
I saw a geo-targeted Facebook post yesterday telling me (and everyone in Florida) to come to the Microsoft Store to check out the Surface RT. Problem is, the nearest store is a 4 hour round trip. They have exactly one store in Florida, in O
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by ja27 14y ago
They have found and fined jammers of other services. Ham radio operators deal with this all the time. http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-takes-strong-stance-against-rad...
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by ja27 14y ago
It's a little more like MS-DOS clones vs. the Apple II line. The Apple II had an early lead in the personal computer market, especially for businesses. The IBM PC eventually took over, but mostly thanks to third party PCs running licensed M
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by ja27 14y ago
It sounded like the same exact Windows Phone Connector as the current one. It's not bad, but I've got a lot of music, movies, etc. outside of iTunes that I'd like to sync to the device.
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by ja27 14y ago
I haven't submitted a Windows 8 app yet (soon) but I've had apps rejected by Apple and Nook. I have to say that Apple's rejections so far have been very clear on what needs to change. Nook has been 50-50. One rejection was clear, but anothe
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by ja27 14y ago
I love my Nexus 7. I have multiple Windows Phone, iOS and Android devices (and develop for all three), but for me, the shared, non-sandboxed file system on Android is the huge productivity win (despite the security risks). It's very easy to
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by ja27 14y ago
I constantly talk to "normals" that don't understand whether the iPad can run programs like their computer at home. I've seen a lot of iPhones with 5 or less downloaded apps: Facebook and a couple top casual games.
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by ja27 14y ago
I think these are taken directly from the Reddit AMAA: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/11kyja/iam_panos_panay...
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by ja27 14y ago
It's interesting that Microsoft has multiple apps on Android (11) and iOS (23), Google has 22 apps on iOS and even 1 app on Windows Phone, while Apple has 0 on any platform except iOS.
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by ja27 14y ago
Institutional buyers, especially schools, usually can't do IAPs. Heck, we're lucky when they even have an app budget at all.
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by ja27 14y ago
I didn't get an iPad 1, partly because I figured the 2nd or 3rd gen device would be so much better. Standing behind me in the iPad 2 line was a guy that had just sold his iPad 1 for $100 less than he'd paid for it. Essentially leasing an iP
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by ja27 14y ago
There would certainly be more apps in the store if they had opened the store up for more developers before now. They've only been accepting app submissions from most companies for about 45 days and individual developers were only allowed to
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by ja27 14y ago
"So what's left? What material would you suggest they could use?" Type III Hard Anodized Aluminum, not the thinner, weaker Type II they apparently used. Also, a little more texture on the back would have disguised scratches better. I carrie
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by ja27 14y ago
Those ratings are up to the app submitter. Apple can reject the app if they feel the ratings aren't appropriate, but it's entirely possible that some of the mature rating levels were selected by the submitters. What I don't get is why Twitt
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by ja27 14y ago
Plus, they only need 8% of the market to be #3, not the whole 15%.
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by ja27 14y ago
"Protected computer" is an incredibly broad term that covers almost any modern computer or device: (2) the term “protected computer” means a computer— ... (B) which is used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication, in
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by ja27 14y ago
There is no official Picasa in the iTunes App Store.
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by ja27 14y ago
Yes it is because it is interstate commerce. Even if you are located in the same building as the server, just being connected to the internet raises the potential for it to be interstate commerce so it falls into the federal domain. 18 USC
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by ja27 14y ago
I once had the same confusion, even as an iOS developer. That makes me try to offer individual buttons for actions that don't fit into a "share" metaphor I at least until I run out of space.
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by ja27 14y ago
Or that he might want to change it but knows that changing it will result in complaints and negative reviews because something changed?
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by ja27 14y ago
If it's essentially the new iPod Touch with a bigger display and $100 bigger price, will they still sell like crazy? The iPod Touch (32GB) starts at $299. I could maybe see a 16GB iPad Mini at $299 but it could be $349 or $399 for the cheap
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by ja27 14y ago
Then extend the microUSB port, similar to what HTC did with ExtUSB. That would allow charge / sync with a microUSB cable but still allow extended features through the same port.
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FIRST Tech Challenge 2012-13 robot game video(youtube.com)
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