http://alexmarktl.soup.io/ http://alexmarktl.soup.io/ http://8.asset.soup.io/asset/0360/6312_53e3.jpeg 128 128 Need iPhone apps? Contact me: sonicomobile.com {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"New Netflix \u2018Tablet\u2019 Experience","source":"http://blog.netflix.com/2011/11/new-experience-now-available-for-all.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://daringfireball.net/\"\u003EDaring Fireball\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENetflix:\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EToday we\u2019re excited to let you know that we\u2019ve launched a fully\nredesigned experience for our free app on all Android tablets\nincluding the Kindle Fire and NOOK Tablet. [\u2026]\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis experience will be ready for the iPad in the coming weeks, so\nstay tuned. We listened to you, revamped our design, and hope\nyou\u2019ll enjoy it.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003C/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c(iPad Coming Soon)\u201d is a phrase you don\u2019t see often. Anyway, the ...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://daringfireball.net/">Daring Fireball</a></p><p>Netflix:</p><blockquote> <p>Today we’re excited to let you know that we’ve launched a fully redesigned experience for our free app on all Android tablets including the Kindle Fire and NOOK Tablet. […]</p> <p>This experience will be ready for the iPad in the coming weeks, so stay tuned. We listened to you, revamped our design, and hope you’ll enjoy it.</p> </blockquote><p>“(iPad Coming Soon)” is a phrase you don’t see often. Anyway, the ...</p>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:33:31 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/193306520/New-Netflix-Tablet-Experienceurn:www-soup-io:1:193306520regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc\u0026#38;feature=autoshare","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/thedude20020\"\u003EYouTube-Aktivit\u00e4t von thedude20020\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIch habe ein YouTube-Video zu meinen Favoriten hinzugef\u00fcgt.: Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- i...\u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thedude20020">YouTube-Aktivität von thedude20020</a></p><div></div><div>Ich habe ein YouTube-Video zu meinen Favoriten hinzugefügt.: Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- i...</div>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:46:31 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/174502602/Steve-Jobs-2005-Stanford-Commencement-Addressurn:www-soup-io:1:174502602regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Alex Saidac - We Shine (Oficial Video)","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWyIz8oZOUE\u0026#38;feature=autoshare","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/thedude20020\"\u003Ethedude20020's YouTube Activity\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EI favorited a YouTube video: \u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thedude20020">thedude20020's YouTube Activity</a></p><div></div><div>I favorited a YouTube video: </div>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:28:06 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/161722824/Alex-Saidac-We-Shine-Oficial-Videourn:www-soup-io:1:161722824regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Bayern - Freiburg 7-0 All Goals \u0026amp; Highlights HD - 2011","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2SCOtkL4qg\u0026#38;feature=autoshare","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/thedude20020\"\u003Ethedude20020's YouTube Activity\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EI liked a YouTube video: Acc FaceBook : http://www.facebook.com/ThESnIBeR\u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thedude20020">thedude20020's YouTube Activity</a></p><div></div><div>I liked a YouTube video: Acc FaceBook : <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThESnIBeR">http://www.facebook.com/ThESnIBeR</a></div>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:53:48 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/159326476/Bayern-Freiburg-7-0-All-Goals-ampurn:www-soup-io:1:159326476regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Google+ 1 More: I'm Joining Google Monday","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LouisgraycomLive/~3/hzMoleJxid0/google-1-more-im-joining-google-monday.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://blog.louisgray.com/\"\u003E\u00a0louisgray.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003EIn the world of tech, you can make the news or you can break the news. I like to do both.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AL2DK2vRXIg/TgrCTIWSDGI/AAAAAAAACks/FWBxIf6-V2E/s1600/googleplus_125.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AL2DK2vRXIg/TgrCTIWSDGI/AAAAAAAACks/FWBxIf6-V2E/s1600/googleplus_125.jpg\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003ENever wanting to just play the role of armchair quarterback, I have over the last 12+ years actively played a direct or advisory role to dozens of startup companies, both consumer and enterprise. In the last 5+ years, I have shared with you many of my own experiences here on this blog, be it what I am..."} <p class="from"><a href="http://blog.louisgray.com/"> louisgray.com</a></p>In the world of tech, you can make the news or you can break the news. I like to do both.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AL2DK2vRXIg/TgrCTIWSDGI/AAAAAAAACks/FWBxIf6-V2E/s1600/googleplus_125.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AL2DK2vRXIg/TgrCTIWSDGI/AAAAAAAACks/FWBxIf6-V2E/s1600/googleplus_125.jpg" /></a>Never wanting to just play the role of armchair quarterback, I have over the last 12+ years actively played a direct or advisory role to dozens of startup companies, both consumer and enterprise. In the last 5+ years, I have shared with you many of my own experiences here on this blog, be it what I am...Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:00:00 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/154278151/Google-1-More-Im-Joining-Google-Mondayurn:www-soup-io:1:154278151regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"iCloud is sticky, even before birth","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MobileOpenSource/~3/g6tfhOZlqxs/icloud-is-sticky-even-before-being-real.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.fabcapo.com/\"\u003EMobile Open Source\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003EI was reading an interesting \u003Ca href=\"http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/survey_finds_iphone_owners_far_more_satisfied_than_android/?utm_source=macobserver\u0026amp;utm_medium=rss\u0026amp;utm_campaign=rss_everything\"\u003Eanalysis\u003C/a\u003E today. It is a survey on smartphones, customer satisfaction and the like. The last part talks about iCloud and its effect on users. Let me copy it here for the link-clicking-averse:\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EThe survey found that 29% of Apple\u2019s existing company were \u201cMore Likely\u201d to buy Apple products in the future because of iCloud, a service that was announced only a month ago and ...\u003C/blockquote\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.fabcapo.com/">Mobile Open Source</a></p>I was reading an interesting <a href="http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/survey_finds_iphone_owners_far_more_satisfied_than_android/?utm_source=macobserver&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_everything">analysis</a> today. It is a survey on smartphones, customer satisfaction and the like. The last part talks about iCloud and its effect on users. Let me copy it here for the link-clicking-averse:<br /><blockquote>The survey found that 29% of Apple’s existing company were “More Likely” to buy Apple products in the future because of iCloud, a service that was announced only a month ago and ...</blockquote>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:41:37 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/147568915/iCloud-is-sticky-even-before-birthurn:www-soup-io:1:147568915regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Bericht: \u2018iTunes in the Cloud\u2019 f\u00fcr Europa verz\u00f6gert?!","source":"http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32789/f/525640/s/15ce00c2/l/0L0Siphoneblog0Bde0C20A110C0A60C10A0Cbericht0Eitunes0Ein0Ethe0Ecloud0Efur0Eeuropa0Everzogert0C/story01.htm","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de\"\u003EiPhoneBlog.de\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/mattgemmell/status/79125691165192192\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/iPhoneBlog.de_@mattgemmell.jpg\" height=\"201\" alt=\"IPhoneBlog de mattgemmell\" width=\"500\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003E\u2018\u003Cem\u003EThe Telegraph\u003C/em\u003E\u2018 berichtet, dass sich die Verhandlungen um \u2018\u003Ca href=\"http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/\"\u003EiTunes in the Cloud\u003C/a\u003E\u2018 (zumindest) f\u00fcr Gro\u00dfbritannien noch \u201c\u003Cem\u003Ein einem sehr fr\u00fchen Stadium\u003C/em\u003E\u201d befinden.\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EEin Sprecher der \u003Ca href=\"http://www.prsformusic.com/\"\u003Edortigen\u003C/a\u003E Lizenzierungsgesellschaft gab zu Protokoll: \u003C/p\u003E \u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETentative talks have begun between the major labels and Apple in the UK. However, all talks are at the really early stages and no one expects to see the cloud music...\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de">iPhoneBlog.de</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/mattgemmell/status/79125691165192192"><img src="http://www.iphoneblog.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/iPhoneBlog.de_@mattgemmell.jpg" height="201" alt="IPhoneBlog de mattgemmell" width="500" /></a></p> <p>‘<em>The Telegraph</em>‘ berichtet, dass sich die Verhandlungen um ‘<a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/">iTunes in the Cloud</a>‘ (zumindest) für Großbritannien noch “<em>in einem sehr frühen Stadium</em>” befinden.</p> <p>Ein Sprecher der <a href="http://www.prsformusic.com/">dortigen</a> Lizenzierungsgesellschaft gab zu Protokoll: </p> <blockquote><p>Tentative talks have begun between the major labels and Apple in the UK. However, all talks are at the really early stages and no one expects to see the cloud music...</p></blockquote>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:56:43 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/137597594/Bericht-iTunes-in-the-Cloud-f-rurn:www-soup-io:1:137597594regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"\u2018If You See a Stylus, They Blew It\u2019","source":"http://www.androidcentral.com/digital-pen-and-leather-pouch-htc-flyer-get-prices-best-buy","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://daringfireball.net/\"\u003EDaring Fireball\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe distinguishing feature of the $499 HTC Flyer \u2014 HTC\u2019s first Android tablet \u2014 is that it has a stylus. Which stylus is not included and costs $80. Good luck with that.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/05/06/flyer\" title=\"Permanent link to \u2018\u2018If You See a Stylus, They Blew It\u2019\u2019\"\u003E\u00a0\u2605\u00a0\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://daringfireball.net/">Daring Fireball</a></p><p>The distinguishing feature of the $499 HTC Flyer — HTC’s first Android tablet — is that it has a stylus. Which stylus is not included and costs $80. Good luck with that.</p> <div> <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/05/06/flyer" title="Permanent link to ‘‘If You See a Stylus, They Blew It’’"> ★ </a> </div>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:34:48 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/129904504/If-You-See-a-Stylus-They-Blewurn:www-soup-io:1:129904504regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Nielsen: 82% vom US-Tablet-Markt geh\u00f6ren Apple","source":"http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32789/f/525640/s/14a02790/l/0L0Siphoneblog0Bde0C20A110C0A50C0A50Cnielsen0E820Evom0Eus0Etablet0Emarkt0Egehoren0Eapple0C/story01.htm","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de\"\u003EiPhoneBlog.de\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iPhoneBlog.de_Nielsen.jpg\" height=\"296\" alt=\"IPhoneBlog de Nielsen\" width=\"276\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003E82-Prozent vom (jungen) US-Tablet-Markt verleibt sich Apples iPad ein. Soweit eine \u003Ca href=\"http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=27570\"\u003ENielsen-Umfrage\u003C/a\u003E aus dem vergangenen Monat. \u003C/p\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003Evia \u003Ca href=\"http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/05/nielsen-apples-ipad-still-commands-82-of-the-u-s-tablet-market/\"\u003Etech.fortune.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/div\u003E \u003Cp\u003EVerwunderlich ist das nicht, wenn man sich die ersten Gehversuche von Motorola, Samsung und Co. anschaut. Noch verpackt keiner der bisherigen Konkurrenten seine IT-Komponenten in nur ann\u00e4hernd vergleichbar reizvoller Hardware \u2013 vom Preis ganz...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de">iPhoneBlog.de</a></p><p><img src="http://www.iphoneblog.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iPhoneBlog.de_Nielsen.jpg" height="296" alt="IPhoneBlog de Nielsen" width="276" /></p> <p>82-Prozent vom (jungen) US-Tablet-Markt verleibt sich Apples iPad ein. Soweit eine <a href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=27570">Nielsen-Umfrage</a> aus dem vergangenen Monat. </p> <div>via <a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/05/nielsen-apples-ipad-still-commands-82-of-the-u-s-tablet-market/">tech.fortune.com</a></div> <p>Verwunderlich ist das nicht, wenn man sich die ersten Gehversuche von Motorola, Samsung und Co. anschaut. Noch verpackt keiner der bisherigen Konkurrenten seine IT-Komponenten in nur annähernd vergleichbar reizvoller Hardware – vom Preis ganz...</p>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:46:31 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/129562855/Nielsen-82-vom-US-Tablet-Markt-gehurn:www-soup-io:1:129562855regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Neue iPad-Ad: \u201cIf You Asked\u201d","source":"http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32789/f/525640/s/1497cffd/l/0L0Siphoneblog0Bde0C20A110C0A50C0A40Cneue0Eipad0Ead0Eif0Eyou0Easked0C/story01.htm","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de\"\u003EiPhoneBlog.de\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://youtu.be/Um4gLMZDXkA\"\u003EDirektIfYouAsked\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EAuf \u201c\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2011/04/02/neue-ipad-ad-we-believe/\"\u003EWe Believe\u003C/a\u003E\u201d folgt \u201cIf You Asked\u201d \u2013 die neue iPad-Ad verzichtet erneut komplett auf die (sprachliche) Erw\u00e4hnung des Produktnamens. Ein wei\u00dfes iPad-2-Modell zeigt der 30-Sekunden-Spot auch nicht. Als Sprecher bezahlt Apple weiterhin \u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/05/13/apple-werbung-what-is-ipad/\"\u003EPeter Coyote\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003Evia \u003Ca href=\"http://www.apple.com/ipad/\"\u003EApple.com/iPad\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/div\u003E \u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/?flattrss_redirect\u0026amp;id=16423\u0026amp;md5=93877d8b6031cf56a4de02f508d323ae\" title=\"Flattr\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/wp-content/plugins/flattr/img/flattr-badge-large.png\" alt=\"flattr this!\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32789/f/525640/s/1497cffd/mf.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ctable\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_de.html?title=Neue+iPad-Ad%3A+%E2%80%9CIf+You+Asked%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iphoneblog.de%2F2011%2F05%2F04%2Fneue-ipad-ad-if-you-asked%2F\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_de.cfm?title=Neue+iPad-Ad%3A+%E2%80%9CIf+You+Asked%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iphoneblog.de%2F2011%2F05%2F04%2Fneue-ipad-ad-if-you-asked%2F\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003C/table\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://da.feedsportal.com/r/101091270942/u/31/f/525640/c/32789/s/1497cffd/a2.htm\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://da.feedsportal.com/r/101091270942/u/31/f/525640/c/32789/s/1497cffd/a2.img\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de">iPhoneBlog.de</a></p><p></p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/Um4gLMZDXkA">DirektIfYouAsked</a></p> <p>Auf “<a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2011/04/02/neue-ipad-ad-we-believe/">We Believe</a>” folgt “If You Asked” – die neue iPad-Ad verzichtet erneut komplett auf die (sprachliche) Erwähnung des Produktnamens. Ein weißes iPad-2-Modell zeigt der 30-Sekunden-Spot auch nicht. Als Sprecher bezahlt Apple weiterhin <a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/05/13/apple-werbung-what-is-ipad/">Peter Coyote</a>.</p> <div>via <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/">Apple.com/iPad</a></div> <p></p> <p><a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/?flattrss_redirect&amp;id=16423&amp;md5=93877d8b6031cf56a4de02f508d323ae" title="Flattr"><img src="http://www.iphoneblog.de/wp-content/plugins/flattr/img/flattr-badge-large.png" alt="flattr this!" /></a></p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32789/f/525640/s/1497cffd/mf.gif" height="1" width="1" /><div><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_de.html?title=Neue+iPad-Ad%3A+%E2%80%9CIf+You+Asked%E2%80%9D&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iphoneblog.de%2F2011%2F05%2F04%2Fneue-ipad-ad-if-you-asked%2F"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_de.cfm?title=Neue+iPad-Ad%3A+%E2%80%9CIf+You+Asked%E2%80%9D&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iphoneblog.de%2F2011%2F05%2F04%2Fneue-ipad-ad-if-you-asked%2F"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/101091270942/u/31/f/525640/c/32789/s/1497cffd/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/101091270942/u/31/f/525640/c/32789/s/1497cffd/a2.img" /></a>Wed, 04 May 2011 05:56:21 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/129233011/Neue-iPad-Ad-If-You-Askedurn:www-soup-io:1:129233011regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Mobile App Developer Outfit7 Hits 100 Million Downloads In Under 10 Months","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/NkJ4zszRTLA/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com\"\u003ETechCrunch\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/outfit7.png\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMobile application developer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/outfit7\"\u003EOutfit7\u003C/a\u003E, maker of the \u003Ca href=\"http://gigaom.com/2011/02/23/how-outfit7-built-a-toy-app-powerhouse/\"\u003Ehugely popular\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://outfit7.com/\"\u003ETalking Friends\u003C/a\u003E series of apps, has announced that its iOS and Android apps have hit the 100 million downloads milestone, roughly 3 months after \u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/23/outfit7-hits-60-million-downloaded-apps-made-200000-on-christmas-day-alone/\"\u003Ehitting the 60 million\u003C/a\u003E downloads milestone.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENotably, Outfit7 launched its first Talking Friend app less than ten months ago (July 2010). \u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe series of apps, which include breakout hits...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://techcrunch.com">TechCrunch</a></p><p><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/outfit7.png" /></p><p>Mobile application developer <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/outfit7">Outfit7</a>, maker of the <a href="http://gigaom.com/2011/02/23/how-outfit7-built-a-toy-app-powerhouse/">hugely popular</a> <a href="http://outfit7.com/">Talking Friends</a> series of apps, has announced that its iOS and Android apps have hit the 100 million downloads milestone, roughly 3 months after <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/23/outfit7-hits-60-million-downloaded-apps-made-200000-on-christmas-day-alone/">hitting the 60 million</a> downloads milestone.</p><p>Notably, Outfit7 launched its first Talking Friend app less than ten months ago (July 2010). </p><p>The series of apps, which include breakout hits...</p>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:59:09 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/126846069/Mobile-App-Developer-Outfit7-Hits-100-Millionurn:www-soup-io:1:126846069regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Another Y Combinator Win: WuFoo Exits For $35 Million, After Raising Only $118,000","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/XI9YEQYtSgw/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com\"\u003ETechCrunch\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/wufoo.jpg\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnline forms are not sexy, but every Website that wants to collect information or payments from visitors needs them. Today, SurveyMonkey acquired online form maker \u003Ca href=\"http://wufoo.com/\"\u003EWuFoo\u003C/a\u003E to its growing bevy of tools for $35 million in cash and stock. I\u2019ve confirmed the price with a source. \u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u2019s really great about this story is that WuFoo is another \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ycombinator.com/\"\u003EY Combinator\u003C/a\u003E win. The startup \u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2006/07/05/make-powerful-online-forms-easily-with-wufoo/\"\u003Elaunched way back in 2006\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://techcrunch.com">TechCrunch</a></p><p><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/wufoo.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>Online forms are not sexy, but every Website that wants to collect information or payments from visitors needs them. Today, SurveyMonkey acquired online form maker <a href="http://wufoo.com/">WuFoo</a> to its growing bevy of tools for $35 million in cash and stock. I’ve confirmed the price with a source. </p><p>What’s really great about this story is that WuFoo is another <a href="http://www.ycombinator.com/">Y Combinator</a> win. The startup <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2006/07/05/make-powerful-online-forms-easily-with-wufoo/">launched way back in 2006</a></p>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:52:05 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/126619868/Another-Y-Combinator-Win-WuFoo-Exits-Forurn:www-soup-io:1:126619868regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Appsterdam","source":"http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2011/04/appsterdam.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/\"\u003EiPhone Development\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003EYou may have been hearing some rumors and jokes around Twitter concerning something called \"Appsterdam\". If you've been wondering what that's all about, \u003Ca href=\"http://mur.mu.rs/\"\u003Ewonder no longer, Mike Lee lays it all out for you.\u003C/a\u003E It's an interesting idea, and I must admit I'm intrigued and would love to go. For a handful of personal reasons, I simply can't expatriate to Amsterdam at this point in my life, but I am..."} <p class="from"><a href="http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/">iPhone Development</a></p>You may have been hearing some rumors and jokes around Twitter concerning something called "Appsterdam". If you've been wondering what that's all about, <a href="http://mur.mu.rs/">wonder no longer, Mike Lee lays it all out for you.</a> It's an interesting idea, and I must admit I'm intrigued and would love to go. For a handful of personal reasons, I simply can't expatriate to Amsterdam at this point in my life, but I am...Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:28:43 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/125694327/Appsterdamurn:www-soup-io:1:125694327regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Saying no to great ideas and customers","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextBigThing/~3/FvpXF9SMfAo/saying-no-to-great-ideas-and-customers.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/\"\u003EDon Dodge on The Next Big Thing\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFocus is critically important to startups and large companies. Focus means saying no to some great ideas. Having lots of smart people and lots of money in the bank can make it hard to say no. I was mentoring a startup, helping them sort through where to focus and how to prioritize the opportunities. I told them to choose their customers carefully. Huh? That's right, choose your customers...\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/">Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing</a></p><div><p>Focus is critically important to startups and large companies. Focus means saying no to some great ideas. Having lots of smart people and lots of money in the bank can make it hard to say no. I was mentoring a startup, helping them sort through where to focus and how to prioritize the opportunities. I told them to choose their customers carefully. Huh? That's right, choose your customers...</p></div>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:51:12 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/125164715/Saying-no-to-great-ideas-and-customersurn:www-soup-io:1:125164715regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Apple Clamps Down On Incentivized App Downloads","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZkgixgejZUQ/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com\"\u003ETechCrunch\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/tapulousshot.png\" alt=\"\" /\u003EBad news for Tapjoy, Flurry, and numerous other mobile advertising platforms that cater to iOS developers: Apple is clamping down on incentivized downloads. In other words, it\u2019s now much harder to buy yourself popularity on the App Store. Developers who submit applications with these offer walls are having their applications rejected, on the grounds that they are violating section 3.10 of the d...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://techcrunch.com">TechCrunch</a></p><p><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/tapulousshot.png" alt="" />Bad news for Tapjoy, Flurry, and numerous other mobile advertising platforms that cater to iOS developers: Apple is clamping down on incentivized downloads. In other words, it’s now much harder to buy yourself popularity on the App Store. Developers who submit applications with these offer walls are having their applications rejected, on the grounds that they are violating section 3.10 of the d...</p>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:13:09 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/124922479/Apple-Clamps-Down-On-Incentivized-App-Downloadsurn:www-soup-io:1:124922479regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Apple Reportedly Adjusts How Apps Are Ranked","source":"http://gigaom.com/2011/04/18/apple-reportedly-adjusts-how-apps-are-ranked/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://gigaom.com\"\u003EGigaOM\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/screen-shot-2011-04-18-at-6-23-18-am.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Screen shot 2011-04-18 at 6.23.18 AM\" src=\"http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/screen-shot-2011-04-18-at-6-23-18-am-e1303133810273.png?w=300\u0026amp;h=187\" height=\"187\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003EApple is apparently tweaking its App Store rankings to factor in more than pure download numbers, a welcome sign if true.\u00a0It could be an attempt to mimic what \u003Ca href=\"http://gigaom.com/2011/04/06/google-tweaks-android-rankings-to-reward-engagement/\"\u003EGoogle\u2019s done with the\u00a0Android Market\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u00a0which now appears to take into account daily and monthly engagement data, so this seems to be a case of Apple playing catch-up.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2011/04/18/apple-app-store-ranking-changes/\"\u003EAccording to Inside Mobile Apps\u003C/a\u003E, several ad network and pay-per-install ...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://gigaom.com">GigaOM</a></p><p><a href="http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/screen-shot-2011-04-18-at-6-23-18-am.png"><img title="Screen shot 2011-04-18 at 6.23.18 AM" src="http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/screen-shot-2011-04-18-at-6-23-18-am-e1303133810273.png?w=300&amp;h=187" height="187" alt="" width="300" /></a>Apple is apparently tweaking its App Store rankings to factor in more than pure download numbers, a welcome sign if true. It could be an attempt to mimic what <a href="http://gigaom.com/2011/04/06/google-tweaks-android-rankings-to-reward-engagement/">Google’s done with the Android Market</a>  which now appears to take into account daily and monthly engagement data, so this seems to be a case of Apple playing catch-up.</p><p><a href="http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2011/04/18/apple-app-store-ranking-changes/">According to Inside Mobile Apps</a>, several ad network and pay-per-install ...</p>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:30:56 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/124472868/Apple-Reportedly-Adjusts-How-Apps-Are-Rankedurn:www-soup-io:1:124472868regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Featured on Techcrunch today: one of my favorite companies","source":"http://scobleizer.com/2011/03/05/featured-on-techcrunch-today-one-of-my-favorite-companies/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://scobleizer.com\"\u003EScobleizer\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscobleizer.com%2F2011%2F03%2F05%2Ffeatured-on-techcrunch-today-one-of-my-favorite-companies%2F\"\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cimg src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif\u0026amp;source=scobleizer\u0026amp;style=normal\u0026amp;service=TinyURL.com\u0026amp;b=2\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C/a\u003E\n\t\t\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/pwIoHhx_4iM\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;feature=player_embedded\u0026amp;version=3\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"390\" width=\"640\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI love 955 Dreams. It\u2019s great to see them get accolades and be featured in the press all over the place. Why did it take so long? Maybe the $10 price for their iPad app.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/05/history-of-jazz-ipad/\"\u003EToday they are featured in Techcrunch\u003C/a\u003E and that makes me happy.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOf course you already know this company, \u003Ca href=\"http://scobleizer.com/2011/01/18/behind-one-of-the-best-designed-ipad-apps-history-of-jazz/\"\u003EI featured them back in January\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you didn\u2019t see my video back then, it\u2019s worth watching this one. They...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://scobleizer.com">Scobleizer</a></p><div> <a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscobleizer.com%2F2011%2F03%2F05%2Ffeatured-on-techcrunch-today-one-of-my-favorite-companies%2F"><br /> <img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif&amp;source=scobleizer&amp;style=normal&amp;service=TinyURL.com&amp;b=2" height="61" width="50" /><br /> </a> </div><p></p><p>I love 955 Dreams. It’s great to see them get accolades and be featured in the press all over the place. Why did it take so long? Maybe the $10 price for their iPad app.</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/05/history-of-jazz-ipad/">Today they are featured in Techcrunch</a> and that makes me happy.</p><p>Of course you already know this company, <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2011/01/18/behind-one-of-the-best-designed-ipad-apps-history-of-jazz/">I featured them back in January</a>.</p><p>If you didn’t see my video back then, it’s worth watching this one. They...</p>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:14:45 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/114075422/Featured-on-Techcrunch-today-one-of-myurn:www-soup-io:1:114075422regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"\u2605 The Chair","source":"http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/the_chair","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://daringfireball.net/\"\u003EDaring Fireball\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven the chair on the stage was the same.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYesterday\u2019s iPad 2 introduction felt like a repeat of last year\u2019s event for the original iPad. Same place. Same pace and structure for the presentation: a brief prelude of statistics showing how well Apple is doing company-wide; a positioning statement for where the iPad fits, why it exists; the reveal of the product; the specs; a tour of the system...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://daringfireball.net/">Daring Fireball</a></p><p>Even the chair on the stage was the same.</p><p>Yesterday’s iPad 2 introduction felt like a repeat of last year’s event for the original iPad. Same place. Same pace and structure for the presentation: a brief prelude of statistics showing how well Apple is doing company-wide; a positioning statement for where the iPad fits, why it exists; the reveal of the product; the specs; a tour of the system...</p>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:28:05 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/113780796/The-Chairurn:www-soup-io:1:113780796regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"The iPad 2 Rant","source":"http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2011/03/ipad-2-rant.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/\"\u003EiPhone Development\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003EMartianCraft has a fair amount of Android work right now. Personally, I try to focus on the iOS work whenever possible, but we're a small company, so nobody gets to play the primadonna. As a result, I spend a good chunk of my time on Android projects and have to stay abreast of both the Android and iOS worlds from both a hardware and a software perspective.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003ELast week, I found myself grudgingly a..."} <p class="from"><a href="http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/">iPhone Development</a></p>MartianCraft has a fair amount of Android work right now. Personally, I try to focus on the iOS work whenever possible, but we're a small company, so nobody gets to play the primadonna. As a result, I spend a good chunk of my time on Android projects and have to stay abreast of both the Android and iOS worlds from both a hardware and a software perspective.<br /><br />Last week, I found myself grudgingly a...Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:17:38 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/113780795/The-iPad-2-Ranturn:www-soup-io:1:113780795regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bmppLUwqQaQ/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com\"\u003ETechCrunch\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/justin-bieber.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"justin bieber\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/justin-bieber.jpg?w=300\u0026amp;h=211\" height=\"211\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI know what you\u2019re thinking \u2013 link bait title, right? Wrong. I will stand 100% behind my assertions in this post. Justin Bieber is unbelievably entrepreneurial and most of you will never know it because he serves a target demo that doesn\u2019t include you. I promise you can learn from him and this movie. \u00a0I\u2019m also betting that in 10 years he\u2019ll be a mainstream talent rather than a pre-teen girl...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://techcrunch.com">TechCrunch</a></p><p><a href="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/justin-bieber.jpg"><img title="justin bieber" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/justin-bieber.jpg?w=300&amp;h=211" height="211" alt="" width="300" /></a></p><p>I know what you’re thinking – link bait title, right? Wrong. I will stand 100% behind my assertions in this post. Justin Bieber is unbelievably entrepreneurial and most of you will never know it because he serves a target demo that doesn’t include you. I promise you can learn from him and this movie.  I’m also betting that in 10 years he’ll be a mainstream talent rather than a pre-teen girl...</p>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:00:32 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/112859735/What-Every-Entrepreneur-Could-Learn-from-Justinurn:www-soup-io:1:112859735regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Space Shuttle Launch: Viewed From an Airplane","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM\u0026#38;feature=autoshare","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/thedude20020\"\u003EYouTube-Aktivit\u00e4t von thedude20020\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIch mag ein YouTube-Video.: Flying from Orlando, FL I had the rare opportunity to be able to watch Discovery's final launch as it embarks on STS-133.\u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thedude20020">YouTube-Aktivität von thedude20020</a></p><div></div><div>Ich mag ein YouTube-Video.: Flying from Orlando, FL I had the rare opportunity to be able to watch Discovery's final launch as it embarks on STS-133.</div>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:16:08 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/112771660/Space-Shuttle-Launch-Viewed-From-an-Airplaneurn:www-soup-io:1:112771660regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Kill yr ads\u2026 the don\u2019ts of iPhone app marketing","source":"http://taptaptap.com/blog/kill-yr-ads-the-donts-of-iphone-app-marketing/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://taptaptap.com/blog\"\u003Etap tap tap\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs I\u2019m writing this, our iPhone app, \u003Ca href=\"http://campl.us\"\u003ECamera+\u003C/a\u003E, is ranked #3 Top Paid in the US App Store, selling over 1,300,000 copies and netting over $1,300,000 since debuting in the App Store about 9 months ago. \u003Cstrong\u003EWe\u2019ve accomplished this without spending a single dime on advertising.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the two years that the App Store has been in existence, we\u2019ve gotten tons of attention, both because we\u2019ve had a string of...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://taptaptap.com/blog">tap tap tap</a></p><p>As I’m writing this, our iPhone app, <a href="http://campl.us">Camera+</a>, is ranked #3 Top Paid in the US App Store, selling over 1,300,000 copies and netting over $1,300,000 since debuting in the App Store about 9 months ago. <strong>We’ve accomplished this without spending a single dime on advertising.</strong></p><p>In the two years that the App Store has been in existence, we’ve gotten tons of attention, both because we’ve had a string of...</p>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:52:58 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/111543598/Kill-yr-ads-the-don-ts-ofurn:www-soup-io:1:111543598regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Why I believe Microsoft will buy Nokia","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MobileOpenSource/~3/Zpp_wfLxutM/why-i-believe-microsoft-will-buy-nokia.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.fabcapo.com/\"\u003EMobile Open Source\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003EI have been \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fabcapo.com/2011/01/next-nokia-os-android-or-windows.html\"\u003Epretty lucky in January\u003C/a\u003E to predict that Nokia would pick Windows 7 as its new OS. I even won a beer in a bet with the Honorary Consul to Finland in Silicon Valley, clear sign the Finns were not expecting it at all...\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EI felt it made sense for the situation Nokia was in. I do not think they had many choices. I believed Android was a better option, but it was just not going to happen..."} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.fabcapo.com/">Mobile Open Source</a></p>I have been <a href="http://www.fabcapo.com/2011/01/next-nokia-os-android-or-windows.html">pretty lucky in January</a> to predict that Nokia would pick Windows 7 as its new OS. I even won a beer in a bet with the Honorary Consul to Finland in Silicon Valley, clear sign the Finns were not expecting it at all...<br /><br />I felt it made sense for the situation Nokia was in. I do not think they had many choices. I believed Android was a better option, but it was just not going to happen...Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:10:51 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/111543599/Why-I-believe-Microsoft-will-buy-Nokiaurn:www-soup-io:1:111543599regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"I'm famous for my teases","source":"http://scripting.com/stories/2011/02/17/imFamousForMyTeases.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://scripting.com/\"\u003EScripting News\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/5453671828/#/photos/scriptingnews/5453671828/lightbox/\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://scripting.com/images/2011/02/17/radio2thumb.gif\" height=\"244\" alt=\"A picture named radio2thumb.gif\" width=\"350\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EI'm famous for my teases. Especially when it comes to things called \u003Ci\u003ERadio.\u003C/i\u003E \u003Cimg src=\"http://scripting.com/gifs/QBullets/qbullets/sidesmiley.gif\" height=\"11\" alt=\":-)\" width=\"11\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://scripting.com/">Scripting News</a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/5453671828/#/photos/scriptingnews/5453671828/lightbox/"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2011/02/17/radio2thumb.gif" height="244" alt="A picture named radio2thumb.gif" width="350" /></a></p> <p>I'm famous for my teases. Especially when it comes to things called <i>Radio.</i> <img src="http://scripting.com/gifs/QBullets/qbullets/sidesmiley.gif" height="11" alt=":-)" width="11" /></p>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:42:37 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/109572380/Im-famous-for-my-teasesurn:www-soup-io:1:109572380regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Facebook Photos: The Facts [Infographic]","source":"http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/02/17/facebook-photos-the-facts-infographic/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://thenextweb.com\"\u003EThe Next Web\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFacebook photo plugin creators \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pixable.com/blog/2011/02/14/facebook-photo-trends-infographic/\"\u003EPixable\u003C/a\u003E have created a new infographic charting the progress of Facebook\u2019s Photo feature on the social network, highlighting the explosion in growth over the last year.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPixable\u2019s plugin has sorted through 10 billion photos in just one month after its launch but even that doesn\u2019t touch on the staggering statistics that Facebook Photos are generating.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPixable took a g...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://thenextweb.com">The Next Web</a></p><p>Facebook photo plugin creators <a href="http://www.pixable.com/blog/2011/02/14/facebook-photo-trends-infographic/">Pixable</a> have created a new infographic charting the progress of Facebook’s Photo feature on the social network, highlighting the explosion in growth over the last year.</p><p>Pixable’s plugin has sorted through 10 billion photos in just one month after its launch but even that doesn’t touch on the staggering statistics that Facebook Photos are generating.</p><p>Pixable took a g...</p>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:39:31 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/109572379/Facebook-Photos-The-Facts-Infographicurn:www-soup-io:1:109572379regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Nokia Plan B \u00bb An open letter to Nokia shareholders and institutional investors","source":"http://nokiaplanb.com/2011/02/14/an-open-letter-to-nokia-shareholders-and-institutional-investors/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://nokiaplanb.com/\"\u003Enokiaplanb.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EShared by Alex \n\u003Cbr /\u003E\nNokia should have bought WebOS back when it was available for a bargain. But this strategy still makes more sense than being a slave for Microsoft...\u003C/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe are a group of nine young Nokia shareholders. All of us have worked with Nokia in different capacities in the past. We plan to challenge the company\u2019s \u003Ca href=\"http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/open-letter-from-ceo-stephen-elop-nokia-and-ceo-steve-ballmer-microsoft/\"\u003Estrategy and partnership with Microsoft\u003C/a\u003E in the next \u003Ca href=\"http://nokia.com/agm\"\u003EAnnual General Meeting\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://nokiaplanb.com/">nokiaplanb.com</a></p><blockquote>Shared by Alex <br /> Nokia should have bought WebOS back when it was available for a bargain. But this strategy still makes more sense than being a slave for Microsoft...</blockquote><p>We are a group of nine young Nokia shareholders. All of us have worked with Nokia in different capacities in the past. We plan to challenge the company’s <a href="http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/open-letter-from-ceo-stephen-elop-nokia-and-ceo-steve-ballmer-microsoft/">strategy and partnership with Microsoft</a> in the next <a href="http://nokia.com/agm">Annual General Meeting</a></p>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:47:14 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/109085517/Nokia-Plan-B-An-open-letter-tourn:www-soup-io:1:109085517regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Nokia: Now Comes the Hard Part","source":"http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2011/02/nokia-now-comes-hard-part.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/\"\u003EMobile Opportunity\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003EWow, what a week!\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EBefore I get to all of the happenings in tech, I want to acknowledge that the real news this week is coming out of Egypt.\u00a0 Nothing happening in our industry is significant compared to that.\u00a0 All I can say is that I hope the people of Egypt get the government they want, without bloodshed.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EWhile the fates of nations get played out on the world stage, the tech industry has been..."} <p class="from"><a href="http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/">Mobile Opportunity</a></p>Wow, what a week!<br /><br />Before I get to all of the happenings in tech, I want to acknowledge that the real news this week is coming out of Egypt.  Nothing happening in our industry is significant compared to that.  All I can say is that I hope the people of Egypt get the government they want, without bloodshed.<br /><br />While the fates of nations get played out on the world stage, the tech industry has been...Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:12:00 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/108019488/Nokia-Now-Comes-the-Hard-Parturn:www-soup-io:1:108019488regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"First Impressions Using Android Honeycomb, Google\u2019s iPad Rival","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/DKSbeMXGj_4/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com\"\u003ETechCrunch\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/honeycombbee.png\" alt=\"\" /\u003EThis morning Google \u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/live-from-googles-android-honeycomb-event/\"\u003Eheld an event\u003C/a\u003E to showcase Android Honeycomb, the new version of the mobile OS that is focused on tablets. There wasn\u2019t much news around the OS \u2014\u00a0we\u2019ve seen it previewed in a few demos \u2014\u00a0but the team did show off some of Honeycomb\u2019s slickest features, like widgets and an improved 3D rendering engine.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut what about actually \u003Cem\u003Eusing\u003C/em\u003E the tablet OS? For all the whiz-bang previews ...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://techcrunch.com">TechCrunch</a></p><p><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/honeycombbee.png" alt="" />This morning Google <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/live-from-googles-android-honeycomb-event/">held an event</a> to showcase Android Honeycomb, the new version of the mobile OS that is focused on tablets. There wasn’t much news around the OS — we’ve seen it previewed in a few demos — but the team did show off some of Honeycomb’s slickest features, like widgets and an improved 3D rendering engine.</p><p>But what about actually <em>using</em> the tablet OS? For all the whiz-bang previews ...</p>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:01:34 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/106231991/First-Impressions-Using-Android-Honeycomb-Google-surn:www-soup-io:1:106231991regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Launch: Basecamp Mobile","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/37signals/beMH/~3/kv-VF_Y-Fag/2761-launch-basecamp-mobile","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://37signals.com/svn/posts\"\u003ESignal vs. Noise\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday we launch \u003Ca href=\"http://basecamphq.com/mobile\"\u003EBasecamp Mobile\u003C/a\u003E for phones and devices with WebKit browsers. This includes the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, Samsung Galaxy S, \u003Cspan\u003EHTC\u003C/span\u003E Incredible, \u003Cspan\u003EHTC\u003C/span\u003E Evo, Palm Pre 2, BlackBerry Torch, or any other device running iOS 4+, Android 2.1+, webOS 2, or BlackBerry 6.\u003C/p\u003E\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/37assets/svn/552-bc-mobile-spread.jpg\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\t\u003Cp\u003EBasecamp Mobile is not an native app, it\u2019s a web app. All you have to do is visit \u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts">Signal vs. Noise</a></p><p>Today we launch <a href="http://basecamphq.com/mobile">Basecamp Mobile</a> for phones and devices with WebKit browsers. This includes the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, Samsung Galaxy S, <span>HTC</span> Incredible, <span>HTC</span> Evo, Palm Pre 2, BlackBerry Torch, or any other device running iOS 4+, Android 2.1+, webOS 2, or BlackBerry 6.</p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/37assets/svn/552-bc-mobile-spread.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Basecamp Mobile is not an native app, it’s a web app. All you have to do is visit </p>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:25:00 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/105787346/Launch-Basecamp-Mobileurn:www-soup-io:1:105787346regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Google to change its policy on mobile apps. Native apps to come.","source":"http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2011/01/31/google-to-change-its-policy-on-mobile-apps-native-apps-to-come/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://thenextweb.com\"\u003EThe Next Web\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s no secret that \u003Ca href=\"http://thenextweb.com/google\"\u003EGoogle\u003C/a\u003E has intentionally stayed clear of developing native smart phone apps \u2013 particularly for the iPhone. Instead, the Internet giant has focused its attentions on developing web based mobile websites/web-applications where access is only limited by a browser. Well, according to a \u003Ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703554204576112723686094898.html\"\u003Ereport on the WSJ\u003C/a\u003E, that is all soon to change.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith an upcoming\u00a0\u003Ca href=\"http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/01/20/big-management-changes-come-to-google/\"\u003Echange in CEO\u003C/a\u003E comes a change...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://thenextweb.com">The Next Web</a></p><p>It’s no secret that <a href="http://thenextweb.com/google">Google</a> has intentionally stayed clear of developing native smart phone apps – particularly for the iPhone. Instead, the Internet giant has focused its attentions on developing web based mobile websites/web-applications where access is only limited by a browser. Well, according to a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703554204576112723686094898.html">report on the WSJ</a>, that is all soon to change.</p><p>With an upcoming <a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/01/20/big-management-changes-come-to-google/">change in CEO</a> comes a change...</p>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:14:38 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/105432856/Google-to-change-its-policy-on-mobileurn:www-soup-io:1:105432856regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Jeff Yang on Apple and Sony","source":"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/01/28/apop012811.DTL","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://daringfireball.net/\"\u003EDaring Fireball\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe headline is \u201cHow Steve Jobs \u2018Out-Japanned\u2019 Japan\u201d, but it\u2019s more about how he out-Sony\u2019d Sony. Spot-on analysis.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/01/28/yang-apple-sony\" title=\"Permanent link to \u2018Jeff Yang on Apple and Sony\u2019\"\u003E\u00a0\u2605\u00a0\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://daringfireball.net/">Daring Fireball</a></p><p>The headline is “How Steve Jobs ‘Out-Japanned’ Japan”, but it’s more about how he out-Sony’d Sony. Spot-on analysis.</p> <div> <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/01/28/yang-apple-sony" title="Permanent link to ‘Jeff Yang on Apple and Sony’"> ★ </a> </div>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:27:23 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/104791275/Jeff-Yang-on-Apple-and-Sonyurn:www-soup-io:1:104791275regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Why 3D Doesn\u2019t Work and Never Will","source":"http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/01/post_4.html","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://daringfireball.net/\"\u003EDaring Fireball\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWalter Murch, in a letter to Roger Ebert:\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E \u003Cp\u003EThe biggest problem with 3D, though, is the \u201cconvergence/focus\u201d issue. A couple of the other issues \u2014 darkness and \u201csmallness\u201d \u2014 are at least theoretically solvable. But the deeper problem is that the audience must focus their eyes at the plane of the screen \u2014 say it is 80 feet away. This is constant no matter what.But their eyes must converge at...\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://daringfireball.net/">Daring Fireball</a></p><p>Walter Murch, in a letter to Roger Ebert:</p><blockquote> <p>The biggest problem with 3D, though, is the “convergence/focus” issue. A couple of the other issues — darkness and “smallness” — are at least theoretically solvable. But the deeper problem is that the audience must focus their eyes at the plane of the screen — say it is 80 feet away. This is constant no matter what.But their eyes must converge at...</p></blockquote>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:48:21 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/104597908/Why-3D-Doesn-t-Work-and-Neverurn:www-soup-io:1:104597908regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Eric Schmidt sees next decade as age of \u201caugmented humanity\u201d","source":"http://feeds.venturebeat.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/1RW84i091Mw/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://venturebeat.com\"\u003EVentureBeat\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"eric schmidt\" src=\"http://cdn.venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eric-schmidt.jpg\" height=\"414\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" /\u003EEric Schmidt may not be chief executive of Google for long (he turns that title over to Larry Page on April 4). But he isn\u2019t going to stop sharing his\u00a0vision for the future.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"eric schmidt 2\" src=\"http://cdn.venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eric-schmidt-2.jpg\" height=\"283\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" /\u003EThe chairman of Google\u00a0talked about the next decade and how it will be a time when we are the masters of technology, and not visa versa. You could think of it, he said, as the era\u00a0of \u201caugmented humanity.\u201d If you\u2019re looking f...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://venturebeat.com">VentureBeat</a></p><p><img title="eric schmidt" src="http://cdn.venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eric-schmidt.jpg" height="414" alt="" width="630" />Eric Schmidt may not be chief executive of Google for long (he turns that title over to Larry Page on April 4). But he isn’t going to stop sharing his vision for the future.</p><p><img title="eric schmidt 2" src="http://cdn.venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eric-schmidt-2.jpg" height="283" alt="" width="400" />The chairman of Google talked about the next decade and how it will be a time when we are the masters of technology, and not visa versa. You could think of it, he said, as the era of “augmented humanity.” If you’re looking f...</p>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:53:32 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/104597915/Eric-Schmidt-sees-next-decade-as-ageurn:www-soup-io:1:104597915regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Shai Agassi (Better Place) im Interview: \\\"Better Place is gonna end oil\\\"","source":"http://www.gruenderszene.de/interviews/shai-agassi-better-place-sap?utm_source=rss\u0026#38;utm_medium=rss\u0026#38;utm_campaign=rss\u0026#38;utm_source=rss\u0026#38;utm_medium=rss\u0026#38;utm_campaign=shai-agassi-better-place-sap","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.gruenderszene.de\"\u003EGr\u00fcnderszene.de - Infos f\u00fcr Gr\u00fcnder, Unternehmer, StartUps\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEr galt als designierter CEO von Deutschlands gr\u00f6\u00dftem Software-Konzern SAP \u2013 nun ist er so etwas wie das pan-europ\u00e4ische Aush\u00e4ngeschild f\u00fcr den Klimaschutz: Shai Agassi plant mit \u003Ca href=\"http://www.betterplace.com\" title=\"Webseite von Better Place\"\u003EBetter Place\u003C/a\u003E das Konzept der Elektroautos mit Hilfe von Elektro-Tankstellen weltweit salonf\u00e4hig zu machen. Gr\u00fcnderszene traf Shai Agassi zum Gespr\u00e4ch und lie\u00df sich die Vision des charismatischen Israeli beschreiben.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003Eimg\u003Cimg title=\"Shai Agassi im Interview\" src=\"http://www.gruenderszene.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/shai-agassi-betterplace-interview-joel-kaczmarek-570.jpg\" height=\"290\" alt=\"Shai Agassi, Better Place, Elektroautos, Elektro-Autos, SAP\" width=\"570...\u0026amp;lt;/div\u0026gt;\u0026amp;lt;/p\u0026gt;\" /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.gruenderszene.de">Gründerszene.de - Infos für Gründer, Unternehmer, StartUps</a></p><p>Er galt als designierter CEO von Deutschlands größtem Software-Konzern SAP – nun ist er so etwas wie das pan-europäische Aushängeschild für den Klimaschutz: Shai Agassi plant mit <a href="http://www.betterplace.com" title="Webseite von Better Place">Better Place</a> das Konzept der Elektroautos mit Hilfe von Elektro-Tankstellen weltweit salonfähig zu machen. Gründerszene traf Shai Agassi zum Gespräch und ließ sich die Vision des charismatischen Israeli beschreiben.<span></span></p><p></p><div>img<img title="Shai Agassi im Interview" src="http://www.gruenderszene.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/shai-agassi-betterplace-interview-joel-kaczmarek-570.jpg" height="290" alt="Shai Agassi, Better Place, Elektroautos, Elektro-Autos, SAP" width="570...&amp;lt;/div&gt;&amp;lt;/p&gt;" /></div>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:30:48 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/104597937/Shai-Agassi-Better-Place-im-Interview-Betterurn:www-soup-io:1:104597937regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Apple\u2019s iPad Is Everywhere!","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NW2OWAkAbFU/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://gigaom.com\"\u003EGigaOMTech\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/ipad-appstore.jpg?w=210\u0026amp;h=131\" height=\"131\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" /\u003EEven the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.asymco.com/2011/01/19/unforeseeable-growth-analyst-failure-on-ipad-as-indicator-of-disruptive-change/\"\u003Emost bullish estimates\u003C/a\u003E for iPad sales were not bullish enough. In the holiday quarter (which is Apple\u2019s first quarter for fiscal 2011), the company sold 7.3 million iPads, bringing \u003Ca href=\"http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-q1-2011-apple-wins-christmas/\"\u003Ethe total to about 15 million iPads sold\u003C/a\u003E for 2010. (\u003Ca href=\"http://gigaom.com/mobile/ipad-to-kickstart-an-8b-tablet-app-market-report/\"\u003EGigaOM Pro had initially\u003C/a\u003E forecasted about 7 million sold for 2010 and we were on the higher end of the spectrum.) I am personally not surprised.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI fell in l...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://gigaom.com">GigaOMTech</a></p><p><img src="http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/ipad-appstore.jpg?w=210&amp;h=131" height="131" alt="" width="210" />Even the <a href="http://www.asymco.com/2011/01/19/unforeseeable-growth-analyst-failure-on-ipad-as-indicator-of-disruptive-change/">most bullish estimates</a> for iPad sales were not bullish enough. In the holiday quarter (which is Apple’s first quarter for fiscal 2011), the company sold 7.3 million iPads, bringing <a href="http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-q1-2011-apple-wins-christmas/">the total to about 15 million iPads sold</a> for 2010. (<a href="http://gigaom.com/mobile/ipad-to-kickstart-an-8b-tablet-app-market-report/">GigaOM Pro had initially</a> forecasted about 7 million sold for 2010 and we were on the higher end of the spectrum.) I am personally not surprised.</p><p>I fell in l...</p>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:00:00 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/104597945/Apple-s-iPad-Is-Everywhereurn:www-soup-io:1:104597945regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Dropbox Founder on New Features and Global Expansion.","source":"http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/01/24/dropbox-founder-on-new-features-and-global-expansion/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://thenextweb.com\"\u003EThe Next Web\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://thenextweb.com/apps/?attachment_id=68024\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68024\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Arash Dropbox FY Pic\" src=\"http://thenextweb.com/files/2011/01/Arash-Dropbox-FY-Pic.jpg\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI recently had the chance to sit down with\u003Ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/\"\u003E Dropbox\u003C/a\u003E cofounder and CTO \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/arashf\"\u003EArash Ferdowsi\u003C/a\u003E. The interview took place in their swanky new office in downtown San Francisco. We talked in-depth about the major changes coming to Dropbox and the success of the company to date.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2007, Ferdowsi dropped out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help build Dropbox with fellow cofounder \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/drewhouston\"\u003EDrew...\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://thenextweb.com">The Next Web</a></p><div><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/apps/?attachment_id=68024"><img title="Arash Dropbox FY Pic" src="http://thenextweb.com/files/2011/01/Arash-Dropbox-FY-Pic.jpg" height="250" alt="" width="550" /></a></p><p>I recently had the chance to sit down with<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/"> Dropbox</a> cofounder and CTO <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/arashf">Arash Ferdowsi</a>. The interview took place in their swanky new office in downtown San Francisco. We talked in-depth about the major changes coming to Dropbox and the success of the company to date.</p><p>In 2007, Ferdowsi dropped out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help build Dropbox with fellow cofounder <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/drewhouston">Drew...</a></p></div>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:59:33 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/104597941/Dropbox-Founder-on-New-Features-and-Globalurn:www-soup-io:1:104597941regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Apple now the largest mobile phone vendor in the world by revenue","source":"http://feeds.appleinsider.com/click.phdo?i=4a09acb97e22904353e433a0148966d4","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/\"\u003EAppleInsider\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003EWith sales of its iPhone handset and accessories hitting $10.47 billion in the winter 2010 quarter, Apple has now surpassed Nokia to become the world's largest mobile phone maker in terms of revenue.\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cbr /\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:71f3fff8d3789c2641e86aaea85db253:RognUz%2BO0jm0Uy5UKwlFQk6ysGLHkoeGeUnfiZjrZqoEApeygSc4z8hIT1j7Zw7KsGp5ZPNzR793gGg%3D\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Add to Twitter\" src=\"http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/twitter.png\" alt=\"Add to Twitter\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4a09acb97e22904353e433a0148966d4\u0026amp;p=1\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4a09acb97e22904353e433a0148966d4\u0026amp;p=1\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=AppleMac\u0026amp;partnerID=167\u0026amp;key=segment\" height=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" /\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.23050.rss.AppleMac.1870,cat.AppleMac.rss\" height=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" /\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/">AppleInsider</a></p>With sales of its iPhone handset and accessories hitting $10.47 billion in the winter 2010 quarter, Apple has now surpassed Nokia to become the world's largest mobile phone maker in terms of revenue.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:71f3fff8d3789c2641e86aaea85db253:RognUz%2BO0jm0Uy5UKwlFQk6ysGLHkoeGeUnfiZjrZqoEApeygSc4z8hIT1j7Zw7KsGp5ZPNzR793gGg%3D"><img title="Add to Twitter" src="http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/twitter.png" alt="Add to Twitter" /></a> <br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4a09acb97e22904353e433a0148966d4&amp;p=1"><img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4a09acb97e22904353e433a0148966d4&amp;p=1" alt="" /></a> <img src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=AppleMac&amp;partnerID=167&amp;key=segment" height="0" alt="" width="0" /><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.23050.rss.AppleMac.1870,cat.AppleMac.rss" height="0" alt="" width="0" />Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:40:00 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/103326579/Apple-now-the-largest-mobile-phone-vendorurn:www-soup-io:1:103326579regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"In The Race To 10 Billion Downloads, Apple Uncovers The Top All-Time Apps","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/UViqjT6NYQA/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com\"\u003ETechCrunch\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EShared by Alex \n\u003Cbr /\u003E\nOur iTranslate is #73 US free app of all time. YEAH!!!!!!\u003C/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"aa\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/aa1.png?w=620\u0026amp;h=266\" height=\"266\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you had to guess what the top downloaded iOS app of all time was, what would you say? You\u2019ll probably get it. It\u2019s an obvious one. It\u2019s Facebook. Number two is fairly easy too: Pandora. But did you know that number three is the Google Mobile App? I wonder what Apple thinks of that?\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs they countdown to 10 billion...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://techcrunch.com">TechCrunch</a></p><blockquote>Shared by Alex <br /> Our iTranslate is #73 US free app of all time. YEAH!!!!!!</blockquote><p><img title="aa" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/aa1.png?w=620&amp;h=266" height="266" alt="" width="620" /></p><p>If you had to guess what the top downloaded iOS app of all time was, what would you say? You’ll probably get it. It’s an obvious one. It’s Facebook. Number two is fairly easy too: Pandora. But did you know that number three is the Google Mobile App? I wonder what Apple thinks of that?</p><p>As they countdown to 10 billion...</p>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:00:59 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/103183871/In-The-Race-To-10-Billion-Downloadsurn:www-soup-io:1:103183871regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"In The Race To 10 Billion Downloads, Apple Uncovers The Top All-Time Apps","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/UViqjT6NYQA/","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com\"\u003ETechCrunch\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"aa\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/aa1.png?w=620\u0026amp;h=266\" height=\"266\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you had to guess what the top downloaded iOS app of all time was, what would you say? You\u2019ll probably get it. It\u2019s an obvious one. It\u2019s Facebook. Number two is fairly easy too: Pandora. But did you know that number three is the Google Mobile App? I wonder what Apple thinks of that?\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs they countdown to 10 billion total app downloads, Apple has unveiled a \u003Ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?fcId=413171452\"\u003Epage\u003C/a\u003E within the iTunes Store that...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://techcrunch.com">TechCrunch</a></p><p><img title="aa" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/aa1.png?w=620&amp;h=266" height="266" alt="" width="620" /></p><p>If you had to guess what the top downloaded iOS app of all time was, what would you say? You’ll probably get it. It’s an obvious one. It’s Facebook. Number two is fairly easy too: Pandora. But did you know that number three is the Google Mobile App? I wonder what Apple thinks of that?</p><p>As they countdown to 10 billion total app downloads, Apple has unveiled a <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?fcId=413171452">page</a> within the iTunes Store that...</p>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:52:18 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/103183873/In-The-Race-To-10-Billion-Downloadsurn:www-soup-io:1:103183873regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"App Store r\u00fcckt auf 10 Milliarden Download-Marke zu","source":"http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32789/f/525640/s/11aa7dfa/l/0L0Siphoneblog0Bde0C20A110C0A10C150Capp0Estore0Eruckt0Eauf0E10A0Emilliarden0Edownload0Emarke0Ezu0C/story01.htm","body":"\u003Cp class=\"from\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de\"\u003EiPhoneBlog.de\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"iPhoneBlog.de_10_Milliarden.jpg\" src=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/iPhoneBlog.de_10_Milliarden.jpg\" height=\"417\" alt=\"iPhoneBlog.de_10_Milliarden.jpg\" width=\"626\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EDie App Store-Geschichte in Downloads ist schnell \u003Cdel\u003Eerz\u00e4hlt\u003C/del\u003E aufgez\u00e4hlt: \u003C/p\u003E \u003Cul\u003E \u003Cli\u003E1 Millarde (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2009/04/24/app-store-tausend-millionen-downloads-von-35000-programmen/\"\u003E24. April 2009\u003C/a\u003E)\u003C/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003E1.5 Milliarden (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2009/07/14/apple-pr-65000-apps-15-milliarden-downloads-und-100000-iphone-entwickler/\"\u003E14. Juli 2009\u003C/a\u003E)\u003C/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003E2 Milliarden (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2009/09/28/apple-pr-85-000-apps-2-milliarden-downloads-125-000-entwickler/\"\u003E28. September 2009\u003C/a\u003E)\u003C/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003E3 Milliarden (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/01/29/ein-abend-fur-alte-manner/\"\u003E05. Januar 2010\u003C/a\u003E)\u003C/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003E4 Milliarden (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/04/20/apples-geschaftszahlen-q2-2010/\"\u003E20. April 2010\u003C/a\u003E)\u003C/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003E5 Milliarden (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/06/07/berichterstattung-zur-wwdc-keynote-updates-folgen/\"\u003E07. Juni 2010\u003C/a\u003E)\u003C/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003E6.5 Milliarden (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/09/02/ipod-touch-1-portable-game-player/\"\u003E02. September 2010\u003C/a\u003E)\u003C/li\u003E \u003C/ul\u003E \u003Cp\u003EDer Countdown zum 10 milliardsten App-Download ist im vollem Gange (\u003Ca href=\"http://clkde.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23761\u0026amp;a=1529572\u0026amp;url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?fcId=413167111\u0026amp;partnerId=2003\"\u003EApp Store-Link\u003C/a\u003E). 3.5 neue...\u003C/p\u003E"} <p class="from"><a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de">iPhoneBlog.de</a></p><p><img title="iPhoneBlog.de_10_Milliarden.jpg" src="http://www.iphoneblog.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/iPhoneBlog.de_10_Milliarden.jpg" height="417" alt="iPhoneBlog.de_10_Milliarden.jpg" width="626" /></p> <p>Die App Store-Geschichte in Downloads ist schnell <del>erzählt</del> aufgezählt: </p> <ul> <li>1 Millarde (<a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2009/04/24/app-store-tausend-millionen-downloads-von-35000-programmen/">24. April 2009</a>)</li> <li>1.5 Milliarden (<a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2009/07/14/apple-pr-65000-apps-15-milliarden-downloads-und-100000-iphone-entwickler/">14. Juli 2009</a>)</li> <li>2 Milliarden (<a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2009/09/28/apple-pr-85-000-apps-2-milliarden-downloads-125-000-entwickler/">28. September 2009</a>)</li> <li>3 Milliarden (<a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/01/29/ein-abend-fur-alte-manner/">05. Januar 2010</a>)</li> <li>4 Milliarden (<a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/04/20/apples-geschaftszahlen-q2-2010/">20. April 2010</a>)</li> <li>5 Milliarden (<a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/06/07/berichterstattung-zur-wwdc-keynote-updates-folgen/">07. Juni 2010</a>)</li> <li>6.5 Milliarden (<a href="http://www.iphoneblog.de/2010/09/02/ipod-touch-1-portable-game-player/">02. September 2010</a>)</li> </ul> <p>Der Countdown zum 10 milliardsten App-Download ist im vollem Gange (<a href="http://clkde.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23761&amp;a=1529572&amp;url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?fcId=413167111&amp;partnerId=2003">App Store-Link</a>). 3.5 neue...</p>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:02:45 GMThttp://alexmarktl.soup.io/post/102073859/App-Store-r-ckt-auf-10-Milliardenurn:www-soup-io:1:102073859regular