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According to https://www.apple.com/apple-pay/ in-app Apple Pay does not work with Apple Watch.

Actually iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can all do Apple Pay with the Apple Watch.

I've only heard about 5s supporting Apple Pay with Apple Watch.

fbpcmon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2014)

Intermediate to expert level iOS and Android engineers - Austin, TX

We build mobile apps for our customers and have more exciting projects on the table than we have bandwidth to do them so we're looking for a whole round of new team members right now.

Our website is jackrabbitmobile.com and we've got a jobs page at http://www.jackrabbitmobile.com/jobs

fbpcmon Ask HN: Cheapest iOS development option?

Mac Mini

fbpcmon Show HN: Clean & Simple Shopping List (my first iPhone app)

I don't like when apps put badges on the icon that don't go away but otherwise I like it.

fbpcmon Ask HN: How do I sell an iOS app to a local dentist's business?

http://waitingroomapp.com/

fbpcmon An app that I don't want you to look at.

I'm not a soccer referee but it looks really good.

fbpcmon StackMob is shutting down

Here's StackMob recommending people switch from Parse after FB acquired them.

https://blog.stackmob.com/2013/04/27011/

fbpcmon Fell in love with coding

Big Nerd Ranch has a great book on iOS programming. If you're in Austin, I'm doing a intro to iOS class in the next month.

fbpcmon Ask HN: What are the best sources of news for iOS app dev?

Hacker News http://hn.algolia.com/legacy#!/story/sort_by_date/prefix/0/i...

fbpcmon Ask HN: How to become a freelancer?

Find a business owner that needs web development done that doesn't have time to do it herself or knows a little bit less about it than you.

You can charge that business owner now. Any language will work and there are trade offs for each language.

fbpcmon Tidbit: Client-Side Bitcoin Mining

24 million hours at 20KH/sec nets you $6.80 at current difficulty and price.

fbpcmon Ask HN: What are the best blogs and websites for mobile app developers?

I subscribe to objc.io, iosdevweekly.com and nshipster.com.

fbpcmon Show HN: Degrees — Accurate Weather (iOS app, promo codes in discussion)

I used promo code E46J6WR73MPR

It's a good looking app. Unfortunately you can't review a product after you use a promo code.

fbpcmon Ask HN: Paid app as open-source

Yes you can open source a paid app. The licensing of the source you release just has to be compatible with the App Store licensing. If you go with a MIT license you'll be good.

fbpcmon How Much To Charge for iOS development

I build iOS apps for businesses and have to set and justify prices for project all the time. I also started an web design company when I was a sophomore in high school and it would have been great having someone advise me on pricing back then so I will gladly help you. Send me an email and we'll figure out how much the app is worth to the law firm and what you should charge them for the app. My email is david . olesch at gmail.

fbpcmon Ask HN: What iOS 7 framework should I build?

A PFQueryCollectionViewController is on my to do list.

If you are familiar with Parse.com's iOS framework it would be like a PFQueryTableViewController (https://parse.com/tutorials/parse-query-table) except the controller would show the cells in a UICollectionView instead of in a UITableView.

I would love to work on it together with someone. Here's my github https://github.com/davidolesch if you want to connect.

fbpcmon Ask HN: I want to go from 0 to iOS Developer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Reilly_Media#Animal_books

fbpcmon Ask HN: I want to go from 0 to iOS Developer

I started iOS development 2 years ago with a good understanding of programming but no objective c experience. After picking up a copy of IOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide I was able to get my first app into the App Store within 3 months.

If you are looking for video courses I've done the Lynda.com iOS development course and highly recommend it.

fbpcmon Paid app is better or free app is better as your first app

It is difficult to sell an app that doesn't have reviews. I recommend setting it to free until you get some review.

fbpcmon Ask: What free fonts can I use in my app for in app purchase?

I answered a similar question on Quora and we came to the same conclusions as @michaelpinto

http://www.quora.com/Licensing/Can-I-use-a-font-that-states-...

fbpcmon Ask HN: What is the best way to get my iOS app developed?

If you can't build it yourself and you don't have the money to pay someone to build you will need to find someone that can build it or has the money to have it built.

A good place to do that is at an event like 3 Day Startup (http://3daystartup.org). I'm a iOS developer, but one of the 3 co-founder on our 3DS team isn't a developer and our company wouldn't be where it is now without him.

fbpcmon Ask HN: How to get an iOS 4.3 iThing for testing? Anybody have one for sale?

I'll have one I don't need anymore when the new iPhone comes out.

fbpcmon Productizing A Freelancing / Consulting Business

I think he was being sarcastic.

fbpcmon Vesper app

The app is sold by Q Branch LLC

fbpcmon Cognitive Overhead, Or Why Your Product Isn’t As Simple As You Think

Looks like an email campaign tracking url

fbpcmon The market for paid iOS apps isn’t dead

I put my first app into the App Store last July and had it selling for free until 2 months ago when I set it to $1.99. People continued to buy it even though I don't advertise it.

After that success (2 figure revenue!), I built another app and put it on the App Store for $9.99. People are downloading that as well. I admit that I am making more off of contract work, but based on my estimates the App Store converts really well, even at >$5 and has the potential to be profitable with paid apps.

(anecdotal evidence based on my sales of http://free2goapp.com/download)