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Opera Mini approved for iPhone
Keep up on what's happening at Opera by following our latest public announcements.
Five rational arguments against Apple's 3.3.1 policy
Many developers are up in arms about a new policy from Apple that mandates all iOS applications to be written in either a flavor of C or JavaScript. It’s original motivation is apparently to prevent Adobe’s imminent Flash-to-iOS compiler in CS5 from working, but the collateral damage is…
Steve Jobs’ response on Section 3.3.1
After posting my reaction to clause 3.3.1 of the iPhone SDK terms I decided to write Steve Jobs the following email:
Bringing Down a Copycat Site
Dec. 24, 2004: I received an e-mail from a former colleague in the shareware industry saying he had received an e-mail from a company selling our MailList King software and was surprised to hear we had sold it?
Faster Firefox landing page increases download conversion by 15%
Let's start with the punchline: By making a few minor tweaks to our top landing pages, we can drive an additional 60,000,000 Firefox downloads per ...
Shoes and software
Yesterday, during an interview with Andrew Warner at Mixergy, I spoke about my early work experience bagging groceries, selling shoes, pumping gas, etc. There’s nothing particularly unique about these jobs – they are common jobs. But they taught me some important lessons about people, h…
Why you should never pay more than $10 for an HDMI cable (Infographic)
The latest around all things personal finance. Staying informed about your money doesn't have to be difficult.
Not for sale
You can’t say your company is not for sale these days without incredulous stares and doubtful gasps. The big flip has become the holy grail. Worshipped to the point where non-believers are chastised, straight-faced, for refusing to give up their life’s work. See, the new world of …
Profits = Freedom
There are many reasons why someone would want to start a company. There’s the pursuit of wealth, glory, and fame, but above all, I believe most founders are searching for freedom. Freedom to run things the way they see fit, freedom to be the masters of their own domain. But until you have …
A new approach to China: an update
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
How CRE made SEOmoz $1 million
Our CRE Methodology™ increased SEOmoz’s revenue by $1 million a year. This case study reveals how we did it. What can our methodology do for your business?
DHH vs. Calacanis on This Week in Startups
An intense debate about business models, bubbles, capitalism, quality of life, market share vs. profit share, running a business vs. selling a business, and a variety of other related topics from episode 46 of This Week in Startups. This is really good stuff. (There’s 47 minutes of mater…
How I Ran An Ad on Fox News via Google TV Ads
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Karl Rove's book vs. Rework - what the American People need to know
REWORK, our new book on starting, building, and growing — or not growing — a business was released one week ago today. The book is selling out around the country and rocketed to #3 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list. Thanks to everyone who picked up a copy and spread the word. But…