Apple Buys Another Map App, Embark

Re:Apple Buys Another Map App, Embark by gfosco on Thursday August 22, 2013 @06:57PM (#6260640)

Embark and HopStop are both Parse-powered apps, which allows them to focus on providing a great UX and not have to worry about servers.

Disclaimer: I work on the Parse team.

Come to Parse Developer Day: http://www.parsedeveloperday.com/

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Re:Apple Buys Another Map App, Embark by JoeCortopassi on Thursday August 22, 2013 @08:28PM (#6260975)

I'm sure Parse has a great team at it's disposal, but once they were purchased by Facebook I wrote them off completely. Absolute last company I want to trust with the system critical infrastructure for my apps is Facebook.

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Re:Apple Buys Another Map App, Embark by davidu on Friday August 23, 2013 @02:21AM (#6261999)

Facebook infrastructure and systems teams are the best I've ever seen, assembled from some of the other best teams I've ever seen.

Or perhaps you're concerned about Facebook changing the business of Parse or shutting it down? They went out of their way to disclaim that when they did the MA, so I would worry about your own business long before I worried about Parse being the reason you win or fail.

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Re:Apple Buys Another Map App, Embark by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday August 22, 2013 @08:53PM (#6261072)

Who wants to bet that next year they'll shut down Parse?

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Re:Apple Buys Another Map App, Embark by c1sc0 on Friday August 23, 2013 @01:06AM (#6261815)

What are some good alternatives to Parse then?

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Re:Apple Buys Another Map App, Embark by shawkinaw on Friday August 23, 2013 @11:11AM (#6264064)

Check out FatFractal (http://fatfractal.com). Disclaimer: I'm on the FatFractal team.

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Re:Apple Buys Another Map App, Embark by skc on Friday August 23, 2013 @04:07AM (#6262305)

I've dabbled with Buddy before. http://www.buddy.com/ I'd recommend them.

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