The App Store Chronicle Blog
Ello (the new social network) may be ad-free, but some founders are already seeing massive profits. Thanks to some clever maneuvering, we estimate that Ello founder Paul Budnitz has made over $250,000 thanks to Ello, by using his founder’s status to promote his other businesses. Ello may just be the greatest small-business growth-hack in history. Your First Friend Being the founder of a social network...
I understand the need to advertise to make money, but after watching two individual four-minute ad blocks on Hulu, waiting for my show to resume, I knew that Hulu was just greedy. Still, I didn’t want to sacrifice the convenience of watching things on Hulu. Luckily, today I came across a legal, easy solution – or at least a temporary solution to Hulu’s greed....
Self-driving cars are closer than we thought. According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, some Tesla cars will be 90% autonomous by next year! Those are cars on the road, driven by consumers. Not just theoretical, experimental cars. For decades, self-driving cars were but a pipe-dream, professed by futurists as the answer to all of life’s problems. In modern times, Google and other companies have...
Tech book club is coming, and it’s going to be amazing. Back in June, we unveiled Tech Book Club, a club for reading and discussing books related to tech. We also announced our first book, “The Everything Store” by Brad Stone, a fascinating history of Jeff Bezos, and the creation of Amazon. After months of prep, we’re finally ready to release our first author...
This morning/last night, we released two coupon codes from Verizon, offering free lightning cables, and free shipping. It was a great deal for the 800+ fans of ours who took advantage, but a terrible deal for them. It turns out that our little leak caused them to shut down their entire coupon system, for all of Verizon Wireless! I can’t keep from laughing at their misfortunate – schadenfreude....