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   by edowling 14y ago

   As other commenters have pointed out, 500 is way more international than YC. Over half of the companies in the current batch (of which I am one) are international. Dave McClure, Paul Singh, etc spend HUGE amounts of time travelling the worl
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   Kickfolio lets you embed iOS apps on any webpage(9to5mac.com)

   4 points by edowling 14y ago|0 comments
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   by edowling 14y ago

   The Facebook API is hugely varied and wide, so I'm guessing they want to try it with simpler APIs first before going after something huge like FB or Twitter (which is complicated by OAuth).
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   by edowling 14y ago

   There seems to be a lot of data centres cropping up in Sydney, with Amazon being the biggest. Has anything changed in the AU landscape which has made data centres more viable now?
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   by edowling 14y ago

   It depends hugely on what you are doing. At Kickfolio, we needed to think about dev ops and infrastructure right from the start. Kickfolio launched with 13 servers in place (10 Mac Mini's, EC2 load balancers, Heroku front end). Having been
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   Kickfolio Brings iOS Applications To The Browser(techcrunch.com)

   3 points by edowling 14y ago|0 comments
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   by edowling 14y ago

   Apple recently got into a lot of trouble in Australia after routing earnings through its Ireland operation. http://m.smh.com.au/business/tax-office-takes-285m-bite-out-...
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   by edowling 14y ago

   I use Parse for several high-usage apps, both iOS and web apps, and have never had a problem. I log every single connection error to analytics, and see very few problems.
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   Ask HN: Technical/Code Validation as part of an investment round.

   1 points by edowling 14y ago|2 comments
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Not yet possible to change app url. Definitely coming soon, along with Android. We don't check for updates to screenshots and reviews yet - you can remove the app and add it again. We don't like the idea of updating someone else's website i
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Thanks. We'd love to have the demos not require Flash but it is how Pieceable works. With the team moving to Facebook, we have a few options to explore about the future of the tech. Thanks for pointing out ooomf. I hadn't seen them before.
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    by edowling 14y ago

    At the moment it sorted by most recent. Would love to have them jiggle like the home screen so you could move them around! Would be a fun bit of jQuery.
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Thanks for that. Will look at ways we can improve the experience.
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Great to hear! Definitely coming soon - if you have signed up for a free account, you'll be the first to know when we add it.
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    by edowling 14y ago

    That gave me an idea - to resolve disputes, we could simply send a link to the iTunes-listed support email and have people verify through that. Don't want to make it mandatory, but in cases where it becomes an issue, it could work well. Tha
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    by edowling 14y ago

    I touched on this with this reply: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4196850 In short, we're focusing on a folio element and also the interactive app demos, allowing visitors to actually try and app before the download it.
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Just wanted to touch on differences with other services. We've really focused on the folio element, allowing people and businesses to create a complete presence online. Instead of single pages, we feel developers want to create a complete o
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Fair comment. Custom CSS is available for pro and unlimited plans, so you can customise how it looks. Ultimately, we'd love to have several themes and templates available.
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Thanks! I'll fix it now and push it later today.
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    by edowling 14y ago

    The demo's are an optional extra. You can check out a demo here: http://www.edwarddowling.com/victorian-opera or here: http://kickfolio.com/examples/modest Just click play twice and away you go! (Tech is from the great guys at Pieceable
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! I've just spotted your error in the logs so will work to fix it today. Preview view is a good idea - will see about how we can implement it. We're planning on adding a dispute resolution process for apps. One of the
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    by edowling 14y ago

    Yep - thats the best one.
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    Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos(kickfolio.com)

    55 points by edowling 14y ago|48 comments