Posted on February 15, 2010
A lot of people were surprised when I brought out iFart. Until then, I was best known as an AdSense expert. I'd written a book that explained how to make... Continue Reading
Posted on February 13, 2010
There are now over 150,000 unique apps in the iTunes AppStore. The over fifty million iPhone and iPod Touch owners have downloaded several billion apps, and there is no sign... Continue Reading
Posted on February 09, 2010
The iPhone and the iTunes AppStore have become a staple of our culture and our daily lives in a very short time. Over fifty million iPhone and iPod Touch units... Continue Reading
Posted on January 19, 2010
Tragedies have a way of helping us forget our differences and of reminding us how vulnerable we all are. The massive earthquake in Haiti has claimed tens of thousands of... Continue Reading
Posted on January 14, 2010
After the success of iFart, I remember asking my teenagers what kind of apps they would like to own. My daughter has several "button" apps on her device. The Hallelujah... Continue Reading
Posted on January 06, 2010
December 12, 2008. A day that will live in infamy. The aftershocks are still being felt (and smelt) throughout the iPhone universe. And the world has never been quite the... Continue Reading
Posted on December 28, 2009
I few months ago I came up with the idea of creating a simple app that entrepreneurs would enjoy. Being a big fan of buttons that make sounds (eg: The... Continue Reading
Posted on December 19, 2009
After many months of development and then working through the Apple iTunes AppStore approval process, I'm pleased to announce that our new app is finally available. GameDock is the world's... Continue Reading
Posted on December 07, 2009
Multiplayer gaming on the iPhone has been one of the most requested features. To date, a few developers have created multiplayer gaming for local area network and bluetooth phones, but... Continue Reading
Posted on December 04, 2009
A lot of online affiliates use ClickBank to promote, buy and sell digital products. It's an easy way to sellebooks, audio and member sites, and earn commissions. We have just... Continue Reading
Posted on November 20, 2009
Our iPhone development team is responsible for some great apps in the iTunes app store. iVote Mobile was in the first batch of 500 apps that were released in the... Continue Reading
Posted on November 18, 2009
Since Apple has opened the iTunes App Store, my company has released a number of applications. iVote was one of the first 500 apps released. iFart has gone on to... Continue Reading
Posted on November 16, 2009
Nearly one year after the release of iFart, the app continues to sell like clockwork. I believe that iFart is also the most-referenced app in iPhone history. It seems like... Continue Reading
Posted on October 02, 2009
I've had a ton of different business ideas. At the time I dreamt them up, they all looked like winners. It didn't always pan out that way. There have been... Continue Reading
Posted on September 25, 2009
Alright, so maybe it wasn't the legal dispute of the century. But you've got to admit, for two little iPhone flatulence apps, we sure did make a stink! As you... Continue Reading
Posted on April 14, 2009
It had to happen. The world was waiting for it. And then it was unleashed on the world like a tazmanian devil on steroids. Yes, I am talking about none... Continue Reading
Posted on March 28, 2009
I've been a fan of UStream.tv ever since I discovered them a little over a year ago. Every Wednesday, I do a live show with my co-host Dan Nickerson. It's... Continue Reading
Posted on February 17, 2009
I wish I hadn't done it. And I wish I could tell you all the things that I wish I hadn't done but there are too many incidents to remember... Continue Reading
Posted on February 13, 2009
My team and I came up with the idea for an iPhone fart application in summer of 2008. We knew it would be a hit. We just needed to develop... Continue Reading
Posted on February 01, 2009
A few weeks ago when iFart was at the height of its popularity, I was contacted by Rob Walker. Rob writes the Consumed article for the New York Times Magazine... Continue Reading
Posted on January 30, 2009
A few weeks ago we announced the release of our Mobile Syndication Solutions turn-key system where anyone could easily get their own iPhone app developed for a fraction of the... Continue Reading
Posted on January 11, 2009
As of this writing, There are over 13,000 applications in the iTunes app store. There are games, utilities, novelty apps, lifestyle apps, social networking, weather and several other categories. New... Continue Reading
Posted on December 27, 2008
I said I was going to go into silent mode regarding our sales, but so many people have asked me what happened through Christmas Day that I have decided to... Continue Reading
Posted on December 23, 2008
Well, we've done it. A combination of marketing, timing, quality and providence has landed our application as the #1 best-selling app in the iTunes app store. I appreciate the coverage... Continue Reading
Posted on December 21, 2008
A few days ago I became the first app store developer to reveal sales-to-rank data. Some other sites have confirmed an interest in this data, such as The UnOfficial Apple... Continue Reading
Posted on December 18, 2008
Since the iTunes App store launched, many developers have been wondering exactly how app store rank relates to actual sales. I haven't seen anyone release this data as of yet... Continue Reading
Posted on December 18, 2008
It's been an interesting week in Apple-world. A few months ago, a news story broke that Apple was rejecting certain applications based on their "lack of utility." The application that... Continue Reading
Posted on December 04, 2008
Here's a new time-waster that may be fun. The application is called Photoswap. The concept is simple. Take a photo with your iPhone and send it. Photoswap will send it... Continue Reading
Posted on December 03, 2008
I've been a huge fan of Amazon.com since Bezos launched the site out of his garage. When the pundits said "It'll never work", I said they were clueless. Of course... Continue Reading
Posted on September 07, 2008
Today we released v1.1 of iVote, the mobile application for the iPhone. The app has been out just a couple weeks and we've already surpassed 10,000 users. Even more exciting... Continue Reading
Posted on August 21, 2008
I'm very excited about the first day that our new iPhone application has been live. We've had about 2000 people download and use the application already and it seems to... Continue Reading
Posted on August 20, 2008
When Apple released the iPhone in 2007, they effectively announced "game over" to the rest of the cell phone world. With the release of the 3G and the iTunes App... Continue Reading
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