OS Footprint Is Not a Proxy for Application
Footprint

post from Daring Fireball on 06 April 2011 06:04:28 PM. © Daring Fireball

Greg Cox:

This analysis by Henry Blodget on Business Insider makes theclassic (repeated ad-nauseam) mistake of putting Apple in a racethey?re not in. Apple does not make a third party OS platformfor phones. It makes phones and it makes an application platformfor developers. What he is implicitly doing is using OS footprintas a proxy for app platform footprint, and at this point in themobile market?s evolution, that is just wrong headed.

An older piece by Cox that’s also worth a read: “The Only App Phone” — a really good multivariate argument about why iOS has such a strong software market. Includes this observation:

Turn on the iPhone and the first, and only, thing you see is apps.
When the iPhone came out it was striking that everything,everything, was an app. Even the voice call functionality wasencapsulated in an app. This was a massive departure from phonesat the time, which all had send and end buttons. The mobile phonehad been a physical thing and the iPhone made it a software app.

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Lukas Mathiss Skype 5 Ideas

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Lukas Mathis:

After complaining bitterly about Skype 5, I should probablyoffer some suggestions on how to improve it. Redesigning somebodyelse?s product is always a tricky business. You don?t know whythey made the decisions they made. You don?t have the data theyhave. You don?t know what constraints they had. So this is notmeant as a «here?s how Skype should look like» article.Instead, these are five ideas that might make Skype better.

Very thoughtful ideas, and some great links at the end to discussion by others.

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The Libations of James Bond, Drinker, Sailor,
Connoisseur, Spy

post from Daring Fireball on 06 April 2011 05:05:06 PM. © Daring Fireball

This is why they invented the Internet:

From Casino Royale (1953) to Quantum of Solace (2008), findevery alcoholic beverage consumed by the world?s most famoussecret agent.

Detailed catalog of every drink from the Bond movies and novels, dutifully researched. The original site is, alas, no longer online, but the Internet Archive has it.

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Mac 911: Creating iTunes account without a credit
card

post from Mac 911 on 06 April 2011 01:30:00 PM. © Mac 911

Mac 911: Creating iTunes account without a credit card Issue: You've given your child an iPod touch. That child naturally want to buy stuff. You, however, don't want to give them access to your credit card. Here's how to setup a credit-card-free Apple ID.

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Increasing The Profits For Businesses Now There's
An App For That

post from prMac on 06 April 2011 12:30:00 PM. © prMac

Unique Profit Systems highlights iProfits 1.0, their breakthrough business-oriented app for iOS devices. iProfits helps clients by allowing them to spread their efforts to increase profits across multiple fronts, instead of focusing on just one method of increasing profits. iProfits helps identify multiple marketing opportunities that will allow a business to achieve a pre-determined increase in sales using the business' current sales numbers, & desired growth percentages, as the starting point.

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Apparent delivers open QR Codes for App Store
Apps on iPhone

post from prMac on 06 April 2011 12:00:00 PM. © prMac

Apparent's new Barcode Producer 6.5 creates smart QR Codes for text, URLs to the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. Popular for downloading Android apps, Barcode Producer now delivers QR Codes that automatically bring up apps on the App Store, and are readable with any QR Code reader app for iOS. Barcode Producer's design-driven interface makes creating barcodes easy for designers and industry professionals.

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Fabulapps' Chop Booth for iPhone Puts Users'
Friends in the Game

post from prMac on 06 April 2011 11:43:00 AM. © prMac

France based Fabulapps announces the release of Chop Booth 1.0 for iOS. Chop Booth, one of the newest apps in the iPhone App Store, is an addictive skill game that involves throwing axes at the player's friends while they wear one of several amusing bodies. Users take a picture of their friends through the game app, which then places the faces on a body of the player's choice. Players can unlock hilarious new bodies for their friends in the game by scoring points.

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Movie Stabilization App Leverages iPad 2
Enhancements

Belgian based Creaceed announces Movie Stiller 1.1 is now fully compatible with the brand new iPad 2, making it the perfect companion to Apple's iMovie. Movie Stiller stabilizes videos recorded with the iPad (or iPhone), automatically removing unpleasant camera shake. The user interface is optimized for Retina display, and supports all device orientations, so that you can watch the videos at full size. Movie Stiller uses the same technology as Elasty for the Mac.

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The Gracious Few 1.15 for iOS - Former Members of
Live and Candlebox

BKS Technologies today announces The Gracious Few 1.15 for iOS, an update to their free music app that allows fans to follow the activities, appearances, and new releases of this outstanding hard rock group, it enables them to post comments within the app. The five-man group includes former members of Live and Candlebox, two bands that together sold over 30,000,000 albums, and have toured all over the world. The app features push notifications and its own social network.

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Let your baby Kick to Pick their own name

Independent developer Nathan Parks today introduces Kick to Pick 1.0 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Kick to Pick randomly cycles through thousands of baby names whilst monitoring a baby's movements to sense any signs of enthusiasm there may be. Any kick detected by the program will then stop the cycle at the baby's chosen name, ready for the parents to accept their child's choice or dismiss the name and start their search again.

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