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They should just put up Kevin Rose's original php version.

the most expensive internet application? what do you mean?

I think you need to add about 50% to all those prices.

A/B test, yadda yadda...

Let's not kid ourselves, browser based instant messaging across different protocols is not that interesting anymore. Facebook, What's App and iMessages won.

This will free up this capable team to work on something more current.

The top 1000 Alexa ranking is impressive. I was scratching my head thinking that has got to be a tiny niche, but apparently it's something a lot of people need.

Amazing really. Execute well and you can be one the top 1000 biggest sites on the internet. No matter how trivial or small your idea may seem. Wow!

Skål!

A little off-topic, but does amazon charge a fee for the authorization that kickstarter does before the project is successful and they charge you? In other words, do unsuccessful projects cost Kickstarter something?

Can employees still sell their shares on secondmarket now that FB is public?

You can fix that with a "report this" link.

I wonder how chrome will handle it. Type in "Pepsi" and you get taken to search results that make google money. What if it becomes a valid URI?

I really want to agree with you, but I think he found a profitable little niche. The type of apps (actually concepts) he's building for $99 will end up being very cookie cutter and should take a good developer less than an hour (and sometimes 15 minutes).

I think this could scale well too if you find decent, dependable developers that want to make a quick buck here and there...

And I thought the $2.75 slice at that place at 16th and valencia was a good deal.

How did you get so many people to sign up pre-launch? Well done!

verifying them with apple = typing them in to iTunes?

This sounds like a good idea on paper, but I'd think long and hard before building a brand around a domain that you don't own.

but then they'd have a local presence in the states they ship to and would have to charge sales tax. they'd lose their ~10% price advantage.

i hope this is incredibly subtle satire.

I wonder if there's cola that is still made with active coca ingredients somewhere in the world. I believe chewing on coca leaves is legal in some parts of South America and cocaine is legal in some european countries... with the recent "boutique soda" craze, it must exist.

edit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/14/coca-colla-real-...

iBooks Author widget export is huge. Well done!

I feel like this is one of the best deals in software. $50 is an absolute steal.

I really like something about this.

I wouldn't call it a hyperlocal flea market, that makes me think of craigslist for my block, when I think what you're trying to do is more of an etsy meets gumroad.

you don't release payment to the seller for X days. enough time for the buyer to file a complaint...

I guess Airbnb and Dropbox could go public if they wanted. The stock market likes companies that print money!

internet access is not a human right. the crimes this guy is on trial for mostly took place on the internet...

he can talk to his lawyers on the phone.

he should be happy to be out of jail and go enjoy the outdoors!

I'd add StackOverflow to that list!

while I agree that it sucks, that would be really hard to change.

if parking pages were to become illegal, it wouldn't take long for parking providers to turn in to "blog hosters" or whatever.

I see empty storefronts in prime areas of SF all the time... I guess the owner's just looking for a big pay day.

sucks, but i don't think there's anything you can do.

Would have been funny to include craigslist.

Now that you've sold your startup you could climb again, right?

I've heard a good break can bring your skills to the next level!

The other day I was reading a printed version of the NY Times and I caught myself trying to flick scroll a column with my index finger once I reached the fold.

It made me smile.

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