One of the single most important decisions a startup’s founders can make is deciding which platform is going be their first. The era when Bill (Gates) and Steve (Jobs) defined a duopoly of two desktop platforms on which startups could build is well and truly over. Today, SaaS, PaaS, Social, Mobile, Hybrid, Open Source CMS [...]
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Update (January 11, 2012) – Google Maps API Free changed slightly in April 2011 in two ways: “You can require users to log in to your Maps API Implementation if you do not require users to pay a fee.” and “You can charge a fee for your Maps API Implementation if it is an Android [...]
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The MicroISV Digest for the week ending July 13th, 2009. (If you have an announcement of interest to your fellow microISV, indies or startups, please email me at bob.walsh@47hats.com with the word digest in the subject.) News and Announcements Chris Randall, Co-Founder of Devenius, Inc., has released a new version of Service Broker Assistant. This [...]
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How do you get press attention for your startup? How do you get any attention for your startup? Those are the two main questions Chapter 6 of my new book, The Web Startup Success Guide answers and you can get that chapter right now from Apress. Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest [...]
Continue reading...Late last night Google announced it would build Google Chrome OS – a new operating system initially for netbooks. The online tech media immediately did its version of over-the-top Michael Jackson-like coverage: TechCrunch’s “Google Drops A Nuclear Bomb On Microsoft. And It’s Made of Chrome” was typical. The announcement’s timing is strange: At 9:37 pm [...]
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The MicroISV Digest for the week ending June 29th, 2009. (Note: no Digest next week, I’m taking next Monday off for the 4th of July holiday.) (If you have an announcement of interest to your fellow microISV, indies or startups, please email me at bob.walsh@47hats.com with the word digest in the subject.) News and Announcements [...]
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The MicroISV Digest for the week ending June 22nd, 2009. (If you have an announcement of interest to your fellow microISV, indies or startups, please email me at bob.walsh@47hats.com with the word digest in the subject.) News and Announcements They’re at it again-tomorrow! Want some free help with your microISV site? Sharon Housley of NotePage, [...]
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By Jason Moore uSightRead Background So here I am, maker of a iPhone App, not exactly what I planned. I always wanted to make and sell my own software. After college I worked for a large goverment contractor, and I mostly viewed that as my “day job”. The real work was done at night, behind [...]
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The MicroISV Digest for the week ending June 15th, 2009. (If you have an announcement of interest to your fellow microISV, indies or startups, please email me at bob.walsh@47hats.com with the word digest in the subject.) News and Announcements They’re at it again! Want some free help with your microISV site? Sharon Housley of NotePage, [...]
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The MicroISV Digest for the week ending June 8th, 2009. (If you have an announcement of interest to your fellow microISV, indies or startups, please email me at bob.walsh@47hats.com with the word digest in the subject.) News and Announcements Atle Iversen, PpcSoft, has released PpcSoft iKnow, a Windows personal knowledge management tool specifically designed to [...]
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