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By Nitasha Tiku 6/07/11 5:55pm

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By admin 3/03/11 2:17pm

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 Adrianne Jeffries 2/22/11 10:05pm

ios obsession

Steve Jobs Fielding Emails, but NYC Developers Still Have Questions

Apple rejected the New York-based Readability’s app, which strips ads from content, on the grounds that it refreshes content without adhering to the new Apple rules seemingly designed for subscription-based content providers such as magazines and Hulu.

Not fair, Readability cried, loudly, in an open letter yesterday that said the new policy Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 2/10/11 2:15pm

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Here Come the Instapaper Apps

Marco Arment of Tumblr, Instapaper and Build and Analyze fame had been holding out on us until yesterday.

Since quitting Tumblr, his main project has been Instapaper, the killer “read it later” iPhone and iPad app so beloved by New Yorkers who ride the subway. There’s a free version Read More

By admin 2/04/11 1:25pm

walled garden

Marco Arment’s Ode to The App Store Review

Like many developers, Marco Arment was not initially a fan of the secretive review process for Apple’s app store.

But in a blog post today Arment says he’s changed his mind, perhaps motivated by some of the problems he’s been seeing in the Google app store.

“Another day, another batch of Instapaper trademark Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 1/18/11 8:43pm

App Knockoffs Thrive On Google's Watch

Google’s “automatic approval” policy for the Chrome Web Store and Android App Market is great for growing the number of available apps. But the low barrier to entry also means developers can sneak in with apps that are malicious or buggy.

It also means developers can coast on someone else’s good name. There are Read More

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A Shortlist of Everyone Steve Jobs Pissed Off Yesterday

Marco Arment Prefers Customers To VCs

Steve Jobs Fielding Emails, but NYC Developers Still Have Questions

Here Come the Instapaper Apps

Marco Arment’s Ode to The App Store Review

App Knockoffs Thrive On Google's Watch

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