Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
With previews from ThreeWeeks and themselves, the smartphone application that covers the Edinburgh Fringe with user reviews and their own editorial, iFringe is a worthy download for iOS (here it is in the App Store), with Android on the way in time for the fun in August. Oh and the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast has a section in the app as well – always go where the crowds are!
They sold a lot, at a high margin, and won’t tell us what they’ll spend the money on. And supplied a bundle of page-views to all the tech blogs saying the same thing but with over a thousand words.
From the other Ewan:  Indeed, if you really, really want to screw up Apple, one would imagine that you should setup a company, invent a lot of useless stupid patents — or buy some existing ones for a lump of dosh — and set-about PR’ing the hell out of your infringement war, scaring all and sundry and demanding millions in compensation from each developer. You obviously wouldn’t need to go through with it to have an effect on Apple. Twitter, Facebook (and now Google+) mean that our world is super-hyper-amazingly connected. Developers even more so. What would happen to Apple’s
This averages to (about) $100 of content for each installed device; suggesting switching costs are relatively high Throw in cloud syncing solutions, media warehouses, long term contracts to cultivate the growth of data, and you’ve created mental lock-in. Apple have it, Nokia tried it with Ovi, and Google have a parallel solution thanks to Gmail, Calendar and Android. Oh and Microsoft? They have Facebook.
"I visited the Apple campus. But that’s all I’m allowed to say."
GetJar, which bills itself as “the world’s largest free app store†and distributes apps for Android, BlackBerry, Java, Symbian and the mobile web, received a cease and desist letter from Apple’s attorneys over the use of the phrase “app store.†Perhaps Steve Jobs’ company is counting on GetJar having smaller pocket than Amazon… and then using it as a precedent on others?
