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by ja27 14y ago
I wonder why the sales dropped so low on June 16th. Didn't the "Chomp" update not roll out on the 22nd? I don't like the Timer example because it's such a new app. Let's see how it places in 3 months. It's also competing on a crowded search
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by ja27 14y ago
First known case.
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by ja27 14y ago
In the same spot. We have multiple apps with updates, partly to get our keywords back together after the "Chomp" store search update. I had been hoping we'd get reviewed in the next day or two, but now I'm happy to wait a few more days so w
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by ja27 14y ago
Argh. Now I need the 40mm pancake lens. I normally shoot the most with my 50mm 1.4 on my T2i but it's pretty big to pack in my bag, especially with the lens hood to absorb bumps and grabby kids.
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by ja27 14y ago
It shows up for "Instagram" and "camera" but not "Instagram camera". That's a fundamentally broken search feature.
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by ja27 14y ago
I never realized that. One of my apps has it's title in keywords and clearly the Angry Birds apps do too. But I know it often comes down to the luck of which reviewer you get.
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by ja27 14y ago
I don't agree with that. If you have a low budget and rely on keywords for discovery, you shouldn't be competing in a crowded niche in the first place. Unfortunately, all niches will eventually get more crowded. I'm not thrilled with the ch
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by ja27 14y ago
Yeah I noticed this yesterday and didn't get time to really research it. I thought I might be crazy, but sure enough, now app name and keywords are searched independently. You can search for "Instagram camera" and not find Instagram. That's
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by ja27 14y ago
Yes. The white on solid color tiles look good with a couple of colors on the screen but once there are 8 animated tiles in different colors and background images on the screen, it looks more like the TV ads on Idiocracy: http://creativebit
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by ja27 14y ago
Good point. How do you access settings for an iOS app? Some are in the Settings app, under that app's name. Some are in the Settings app, under Notifications. Some are in a settings view within the app itself that's accessed by a gear icon
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by ja27 14y ago
Before Windows Phone 7 even shipped, I was talking to my Microsoftie friends and said that I thought there was a great opportunity to build a phone that had the best Microsoft enterprise (Exchange and Sharepoint) integration, good free deve
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by ja27 14y ago
I suspect the lack of upgrade path was planned well before the Lumia 900 actually found a bit of traction with consumers. Wave goodbye to that momentum. That would be a big blow to Nokia. Does that drive their price down even lower until Mi
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by ja27 14y ago
Yeah but an indie developer with $100k in revenue will turn their nose up at $10k of Android revenue.
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by ja27 14y ago
Get busy on LinkedIn (and I guess Meetup.com). I get multiple emails a week from recruiters and others looking for iOS and Android developers.
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by ja27 14y ago
I just flashed back to Ballmer mocking the MacBook Air 4 years ago. I guess he did want one after all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYcxvEfUikg
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by ja27 14y ago
The Win8Pro version has about the same 42 W-h battery size as in the new iPad. I doubt it can manage the same battery life, especially if it has to have vents.
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by ja27 14y ago
The link to creative samples and the topic of icons was discussed here a couple of weeks ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4031157
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by ja27 14y ago
It's the same with cameras, iPods, and everything else at a lot of retailers. They often aren't even charged. Why even have a real one on display then? I had a somewhat similar experience with the Apple Store though. I wanted the 15" MacBoo
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by ja27 14y ago
It's frustrating because ads don't work well for the users and parents often hate in-app-purchases. Really the best way to monetize a kid's app is to charge for it up-front. But that makes it hard to market. You want to get free downloads t
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by ja27 14y ago
I've read that it's structurally pretty much the same as the existing MacBook Pro matte finish screen. As a matte user, I didn't realize it, but the glossy models have an extra pane of glass covering the entire display. The retina displays
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by ja27 14y ago
And iOS 6 dropped the third generation iPod Touch. Even iOS 4 is noticably laggy on mine.
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by ja27 14y ago
They're still selling the iPhone 3GS. http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iph...
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by ja27 14y ago
So compete by doing something innovative on the phone hardware. Who was the first to have a self-portrait mirror on the back of the phone? (Palm I think.) Who had the first forward-facing camera on a phone? (Not sure.) Things like that sell
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by ja27 14y ago
I just generated a new random one in Lastpass and changed it. I switched to Lastpass and mostly generated passwords after the Gawker mess.
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by ja27 14y ago
Welcome to the club. If you haven't already, come check out MomsWithApps.com and the associated forums and Facebook group. It's not just moms but a lot of indie mobile app developers. Most members are in the educational market but many have
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by ja27 14y ago
Story Dice - iOS / Android app for young writers http://thinkamingo.com/story-dice/
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by ja27 14y ago
I liked using Picplz too, and it was free.
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by ja27 14y ago
I used to use Psion Series 3 "palmtops". One of the best thumb-typing experiences I've had and it ran for days on 2 AA cells. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3
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by ja27 14y ago
See if there are some local developer Meetups or user groups. Microsoft does a lot of them, at least in my area. There are things like Barcamp and other things that draw techies. If you dig around on Twitter for local developers you'll even
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by ja27 14y ago
The 99-cent War and Peace I see on their site is published by a third party, Superior Format Publishing. Could they not be the ones that search-and-replaced "kindle" with "nook"?

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