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I wrote about this a while back: http://arpitonline.com/blog/2010/03/28/is-the-file-system-an...

Not having a mess of folders I need to deal with is mostly a welcome change in the new devices. On iOS I never have to think about the files, but if I do uninstall an app (say if I get a better drawing app or something), all my work done in app 1 is lost. On Android thats not always the case though I do find folders of data written by apps that I have uninstalled and had no idea was still around.

I think having a file system is a good thing, but it doesnt need to be very much in a user's face. A middle ground may be where a user doesn't see a file system but can get a prompt like "Get data from app..." that then negotiates with the other app to actually find the relevant directories.

If you haven't already, go read TheVerge's excellent piece on WebOS. Lots of interesting details there. http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/5/3062611/palm-webos-hp-insid...

For those asking for an API for something like this, take a look at PushOver(https://pushover.net/). While PushOver doesn't support files, it does have a nice API and can also be used in IFTTT recipes.

As a software developer I love this part about my job. But its these freedoms that I feel are now challenged by the App Stores.I hope they don't foretell the future of our industry.

Shallow social integration like "tweet this" or "like that" is crap, I am really not interested in that. What I am really hoping to build is an app that users can connect over their friends with. I guess there are two reasons for social integration: promotion, which involves broadcasting the users participation to his circles (and I care less for that), but the other is engagement (come back to the app because the users friends did something interesting there). Games like Draw Something or Words With Friends for example are fun even when you aren;t tweeting actions to the non-participating audience. But its a lot less fun if its just a game you play with the computer itself.

I thought Apple lost in Japan: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-31/apple-loses-japan-p...

This is clearly not my domain, so I am sure I am missing something, but how is this different from creating, say, a Wufoo form to prompt users to enter information that you need? (WuFoo seems to be $0.05 per entry)

I dont get why Maps releases are tied to OS releases. If the Maps api to other apps doesn't change, why can't maps be updated as other apps are?

My thoughts: http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2012/08/02/open-for-value/

I just installed Pushover (https://pushover.net/) which seems to do the same thing for both iOS and Android, seems better designed and gets bonus points for IFTTT support.

>There is no equivalent for Android.

Have you tried MonkeyWrite? http://www.monkeywriteapp.com/

(Android only)

I dont use it, but Blekko had some interesting ideas with slashtags

http://blekko.com/

A lot of my other opinions have already been brought up so I won't restate them, but I further don't understand why you didn't use KickStarter? I dont know enough about your funding system to trust it with my money or info. KS has built a reputation and I trust I won't be charged in case the project goes under (not to mention you miss out on any network effects).

I am adding to that 0.00001%. Ciao Apple

This quote by paulg playing in my head today: http://webquotes.tumblr.com/post/251619085/the-other-reason-...

There seems to be an article like this every month or so that makes it appear that the Android OS is full of security holes and its trivial to trick/phish users. But is there any actual reported widespread case? For how big the Android user base is, why is there nothing at the scale of the Windows viruses of yesteryear.

For the last couple of years I have been trying to stay objective about this (I actually do quite a bit of iOS programming in my day job in addition to Android) and have always tried to be more pro-android than anti-Apple, but I am finally done trying to walk the fence. Enough of this bullshit. Its time for consumers to be aware that every time they buy an Apple product, they are damaging the software industry and the spirit of innovation. Its like buying blood diamonds. Sure they are pretty but the cost isnt worth it.

My question: Is there a central point for sending out this message? I would love to see someone setup a messaging page like "Say No to Apple" or something like that that I can link to. Some activity the level of the SOPA blackouts would be awesome (though probably not realistic, but hey, I can dream), with JavaScript popups for idevices etc.What about things like Twitter badges or sidebar widgets that we can install on our blogs, profile pages etc?

I think the normal folks (consumers) don't get how bad this is.

Me either. I think the keyword on that link may be "visual framework", ie not functional. Wish there was an "about" page or blurb.

This is pretty cool. Are you using the data apis from FlightWise or FlightTest or something you built yourself?

I think this article was more newsworthy when they accidentally quoted it as 500M instead of 500K (thats how I saw it on my Twitter feeds). The update to reflect the correct amount makes the title feel out of place.

Agreed, though the gamble was more than 300K, I am sure their own legal fees was much bigger than that.

Almost skipped the link, I thought it was some app for high school teachers or something since I mostly associate that with grades. Maybe some reference to the fact that its about restaurants may be a good idea.

I wrote a desktop Google Reader client in Adobe AIR a while back. Free and works on Mac, Win and Linux: http://espressoreader.com/

For those having trouble with the site, I ended up looking at Google's cached copy and then finding the walkthrough youtube video that you can watch here: http://www.youtube.com/embed/QkwDDB0I5_g?autoplay=1

...or Stamped http://stamped.com/

Free service and free apps? Whats the business model?

Booo....the video is in Silverlight.I cant watch it on any of the devices I own (besides a desktop :( )

Nothing native, but third party services like Instapaper and Read It Later are popular

I think it depends on the kind of startup. If your startup is trying to grow an audience around a service with a free app, Android is a good place to start, if you are dependent on sales of the app for revenue, I'd go with iOS.

I think this is another "make the platform better" move more than anything else. My biggest gripe with every new app is the "Sign in to Twitter to share" button and off late I have stopped doing that. This feature now lets developers use a simpler API to allow sharing while removing the hassle to end users. Again this is one of the features I love in Android where any application just sends a "share" intent and other installed apps can respond to it, allowing app content to be sharable beyond the services the developer could have imagined.