By admin 3/03/11 2:17pm

Business Models

Marco Arment Prefers Customers To VCs

In the current climate, it would be easy for Instapaper creator Marco Arment to raise a couple million dollars in order to scale his business. 

But Arment isn’t interested in chasing user growth like most startups. He would prefer to build something his users care about a lot, enough to actually pay for it themselves.  Read More

By admin 2/24/11 2:42pm

app store

NY’s Allify Lets Developers Avoid Kissing Apple’s Ass

One of the big problems for folks developing mobile apps is the expensive and random process of promoting the finished product.

“Right now, the only way to get distribution for your application is to pay out the nose on an existing ad network, get “TechCrunched,” or to call in a favor at Apple (presuming you Read More

By Mike Taylor 2/01/11 5:00pm

almighty apple

Apple’s App-Store Crackdown

Content providers beware — Apple is putting the squeeze on publishers that use its App Store as a platform for selling their own programs. The New York Times reports:

Apple rejected Sony’s iPhone application, which would have let people buy and read e-books bought from the Sony Reader Store.

Apple told Sony that from now on, Read More