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Re:$15,000 In Income From An EBook, How I Did It on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @01:49PM (#4544614)
I think another key to your success: you are writing a book about design and your front page is stunning... congrats! I would happily trust your judgement on design based on your home page. Did you design this yourself?
Re:$15,000 In Income From An EBook, How I Did It on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @11:39AM (#4544019)
$15k certainly sounds impressive, but how many hours have been spent researching, writing and marketing the book? Only once we have a ratio'd figure to compare can we claim success.
Re:Parse Switches to Amazon SSD-backed Instances With Huge Performance... on Monday September 17, 2012 @08:13PM (#4535577)
Could someone explain the following terms: Elastic Block Storage unit, IOPS, Striped 1000-IOPS EBS volumes, Memory warmup time.
Re:Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding on Thursday September 13, 2012 @02:48AM (#4515075)
Unfortunately Apple have adopted a philosophy of rejecting any app that loosely competes with iOS native apps - we for example had an app rejected for allowing users to share apps on Facebook/Twitter... the reason given was apparently it didn't provide any additional functionality over the native app (even though it did!)
Re:Parse Launches Cloud Code to Run Custom Code for Your App on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @06:19PM (#4508048)
What now is an API call that counts towards your quota? An API call to the Cloud Code from the client, or each call to a Parse method within the Cloud SDK?
Re:We Are Now One Year Away From Global Riots, Complex Systems Theoris... on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @11:59AM (#4506155)
Peer-reviewed science is built on anonymous reviewing so that assumptions like this are not an issue. Look at the data, not the publisher.

Ask HN: Does 'prior art' apply to trademarks?

Posted by majorapps on Monday September 03, 2012 @04:39AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I had an iPhone app that was reviewed and approved by Apple last year. A day after my app was approved, a large multinational got a trademark approved that was the name of my app. Apple have now asked that I rename the app as it infringes on the company's newly issued trademark. Where do I stand here?

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Re:Marathon Man: A Michigan dentist’s improbable transformation on Sunday September 02, 2012 @07:06AM (#4466744)
I find Richard Feynmanns accounts of hacking (non-computer) systems at Los Amos to be fascinating - I was hoping once the cheating was revealed we were going to be treated to a story of how someone cleverly found a loophole in the system that was then closed, improving the system for everyone. Rather we got a smear article...
Re:One More Thing on Sunday July 22, 2012 @04:13PM (#4278363)
So do you really believe that the whole secrecy thing is just so Steve Jobs could surprise Apple employees at WWDC?

I believe sir you are suffering from choice-supportive bias.

Re:Google halts new orders for 16GB Nexus 7, surprised by demand on Sunday July 22, 2012 @02:54PM (#4278150)
Interestingly, the journalist who wrote this article also wrote a terrible review of the Nexus 7 when it first came out slating the device with multiple inaccurate statements. He was roasted in the comments & had to append the article with a justification for his viewpoints.

I'd like to know what he thinks now.

Original review link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/jul/13/google...

Re:Ask HN: Best way to stream video from an event? on Sunday July 22, 2012 @01:43PM (#4277915)
Google Hangouts

Apple will reject any app containing a mic icon

Posted by majorapps on Saturday July 21, 2012 @01:10PM
from the self-post dept.

This article provides several examples where popular apps have been rejected just for having a mic icon in the UI. When the icon was replaced with another icon, the app was approved.http://www.addictivetips.com/ios/does-interface-matter-in-app-submission-approval-by-apple-case-study/

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Re:Has anyone successfully proposed a website replacement to a small b... on Friday July 20, 2012 @11:38AM (#4271244)
There is so much wrong with this comment. Why spend thousands on a website? Why rand, an obscure South African currency? Will clients leave you..not if you dont have any clients due to your competitor down the road appearing top of the search results with a good site? What about customers who want to research the company? Branding?
Re:How One Business Guy Earned the Opportunity to Co-Found a Tech Startup on Thursday July 19, 2012 @03:19PM (#4267623)
I don't know how I would feel if I pitched my side project to someone and they then went and cold called 40 companies discussing the project without my knowledge. This time it worked out great, but what if one of those larger companies had decided to run with it? I realise that it's good to share your ideas, but I would at least like to have had an input. Thoughts?
Re:The $25,000 PDF at Amazon on Thursday July 19, 2012 @01:44PM (#4267161)
So you can review a product thats available on Amazon without actually having purchased it? Surely thats a flaw?
Re:Apple granted broad mobile patent on Thursday July 19, 2012 @11:27AM (#4266439)
I honestly believe that this is the beginning of the end for the patent system. If this was granted and enforced we would see something along the lines of the advertising mantra: "good advertising the the fastest way to kill a bad product"
Re:15-Year-Old Maker Astronomically Improves Pancreatic Cancer Test on Thursday July 19, 2012 @11:02AM (#4266289)
I'd love to hear the reaction of those universities who initially rejected this and their reasons.
Re:Ask HN: How to Learn a Musical Instrument Like a Hacker? (specifica... on Thursday July 19, 2012 @03:33AM (#4264906)
Also http://www.chromeweblab.com/ :)
Re:Google Chrome Web Lab is now live in beta. on Thursday July 19, 2012 @03:31AM (#4264898)
This is truly awesome.
Re:Ask HN: What's the best movie recommendation system? on Thursday July 19, 2012 @02:59AM (#4264824)
http://www.majorapps.com/movies.html
Re:Ask HN: How to Learn a Musical Instrument Like a Hacker? (specifica... on Thursday July 19, 2012 @02:56AM (#4264814)
I begged my parents to buy me a piano when I was a child, there was something amazing about being able to produce sound that would have an impact on people.

Find the music you love, and learn how to play that... it mightn't be efficient or thorough, but man it'll be engaging.. which is what I believe counts.

Re:What's the next big thing for the Internet of Things? on Thursday July 19, 2012 @02:52AM (#4264805)
NFC - once NFC becomes ubiquitous, it'll be a lot easier for developers and manufacturers to integrate solutions. The problem at the moment is that we don't have critical mass of readers.
Re:Ask HN: How to become a renaissance man? on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @09:45PM (#4264007)
What are your goals? A high level "renaissance man" is a good start, but how about breaking these down into tangible 'deliverables'. E.g. what languages do you specifically want to learn? Do you want to spend time in a country applying those language skills in a natural context...

The reason I suggest this is without clear goals and a practical application for those goals, you may not get the outcome you desire.

Re:Show HN: Scoutzie, 444 best mobile designers for hire. on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @12:49AM (#4259399)
It would be great to know how much each designer charged.