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Question about downloading youtube clips to local pc [closed]
i have question about something that im not sure if its legal or not
logic tells me there is problem in creating application to download YouTube clips and convert them to mp3 for example .
this can ...
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How to license closed source free-ware application for distribution to the public?
I have created a small application/tool, and I would like to release it to the public under those conditions:
It is free. (donations are welcome)
It is closed source.
In the future, I might create a ...
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Windows - Where to sell a desktop application? [closed]
I'm currently working on a productivity desktop application for Windows and Mac.
For the Mac version I will distribute it through the Mac App Store.
What is the most popular place to sell a desktop ...
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Post Hackathon hack theft :(
I competed in a Facebook hosted hackathon at my university and my team and I were able to create a product that won second place in the competition - and for discussion's sake lets call it AppX.
The ...
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Copyright infringement issue google play (An android app)
Today I received a mail from Google which state that your app has been removed from Google play due to copyright infringement. The person who register this copyright issue is a person who run his non ...
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Funding for developing a mobile application
We are college students currently developing an iPad application and seek a small investment to complete the development before submitting to the app store. We have tried several avenues for asking ...
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Developer Proceeds for Apple Appstore - Tax Advice
As you can see here, appstore application sales in Europe are not that profitable for developers.
To talk precisely, if you sell an app:
in USA for 3.99 USD, you earn 2.80 USD
in Europe for 3.99 ...
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Third party social network client monetization
Let's say I have discovered that on an "about-to-go-booming" platform there isn't a social network client (A Facebook client for example). I can create one and submit to the platforms application ...
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To stealth or not to stealth?
I'm currently working on a startup in stealth mode.
Right now we have a pre-launch page with our tag ine. But I feel like I should redesign to give further explanation of what we are doing in order to ...
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How to promote a web application?
Does anyone have any opinions on the best way to promote a web application aimed at developers? We have spent the last few months developing an application and it will be released some time this week.
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Do we really need to translate our app in order to release it to other countries?
If we want to release our iPhone based (free) app to countries like Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Spain, Singapore, do we really need to translate them to local languages? Our app provides location ...
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What should I put as “the nature of business” in my LLC application?
I am filing for a LLC. It asks for the nature of business, what I should put in there? What my company doing, in one sentence, is - "provide location based service via web/website and mobile device ...
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Is there a site like “app.net” for Desktop Software landing pages?
I have an app in the Mac App Store and I need a landing page for it. The web site app.net provides simple, attractive templates home pages for mobile sites.
The application I've written is called ...
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Benefits of building an app on Facebook
What are the benefits of building a web app on Facebook opposed to an independent website?
Any responses welcome,
Thanks
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iOS app development
What's the fastest way to get an application built and submitted to the app store?
We're willing to pay a development house (or individual, though we prefer teams). We'd prefer to use a domestic ...
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Web software platform for skill sharing
I was hoping to use opensource stack exchange software to create a site where people can swap their skills. ie: if I can fix your computer and you can fix my car, we will be matched.
However, the ...
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Selling a Product in the open market
While i was working in a company, i was told to develop an application. I want to know if it's possible to sell that application as a product in an open market now that i have left that company. What ...
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How do I know if I am infringing on a technology patent?
I want to create an app for the Ipad which uses "videoconferencing" technology, very similar to what skype does.
How do I know if that is patented?
What happens if it IS patent protected and I use the ...
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What would you charge for this app?
We are in talks with our first app-development client, who are first-time app-development customers and have done no research on custom app pricing or gotten other bids. It's been a bit of a ...
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planning a full scale web application
I've been wanting to build a full scale CMS application that will target certain career workflows but the obstacle that has been in my path is that I would need to sit down and fully learn the career ...
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Should I give away my idea to an incubator program?
I'm considering applying my site, currently early in development, to YCombinator. Do I risk having my idea stolen by going through with the application process? They're asking very specific questions ...
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iphone app credit idea
I am looking to develop a mobile application that allows users to sell and purchase a digital asset using a micropayment credit system. We also may require using internal functionality of the mobile ...
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What is the Average Monthly Income per User for Facebook Games?
What is the average, or an expected, monthly income per user (daily or monthly) that you can expect from a facebook game? How does that change based on different monetization strategies, like highly ...
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Looking for a web app for business expectations or goals
I started my own business about 7-8 months ago. Everything looks great and we are growing very nicely. I like web apps to keep my business organized (teamworkpm for project management, freshbooks for ...
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Cutting the price for Mac App from $40 to $0 (going freemium)
I'm selling a Mac application for $40 and thinking about to go freemium. For now is just a mac app and I'm going to build a web service with an api, native cloud sync + win client + web app = ...
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What is the best invoicing tool you have discovered? [closed]
We're running an online store of electronic devices, and we need to start creating invoices for our clients.
What is the best invoicing tool you have discovered?
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What do you use/do to stay in touch with business partners that are in a different geographical location?
I'm looking for a good way to stay in touch with the hosts of my Momtrepreneur Exchanges around the country. There's a host in each of our 23 cities so far. It's a pile of people in different time ...
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Is a great name usable if someone has the domain name parked?
I am writing a mobile application and I have a great name for it. The problem is, someone has parked the .com domain name for it and won't take less than $5,000. They have owned the domain name for ...
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need help determining idea's worth
My friend and I are currently developing an iPhone app, it's very challenging and we may have to outsource the development of some core features, which is going to cost a lot.
the problem is that we ...
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Technical co-founder or pay someone to build
I have an idea for an off shoot of an already successful business that would allow me to scale it quickly and greater than I can now. However, the idea requires the building of a web ...
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How does a company (squarespace) get 40million in minority investment when its revenue is say 5 million?
If a company (squarespace) is doing around 5-8million, how could they possible get a minority investment of almost 40 million?
Minority to me means less than 50%, so that would put the companies ...
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So I'm building a web application
I'm building a pretty standard web application - login, do some searches via some well defined paramaters, get a list of results, drill down on a result to see details about the results. While I've ...
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Is hiring another software house to build my web-based app prototype a good idea?
I am starting up my web-based application business. I have an idea and already done some research on this idea. And now I want to realize it. There are two choices for me either to hire a soft ...
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What are the particulars of registering a software patent?
Greetings all,
Situation
In the realm of software, much of what we do can be found elsewhere in other developers' softwares. I am concerned because while my web app is unique and novel in certain ...
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App Developers this question is for you
I've asked a couple of questions before but I don't think I'm asking the right question...
App developers - Would you be interested in marketing services for your applications?
I am an experienced ...
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Launch during summer or wait till autumn?
We are planning to launch productivity web app :)
Summer is defiantly slow time on web and I was thinking, is it better not to launch in summer and wait till autumn?
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Crossing the chasm - your advices for single guy moving a product from free alpha to paid beta stage
I'm a developer and I work in my spare time on a small mac app: http://totalfinder.binaryage.com
Current stats:
15K users (who are updating the app with every new release)
the web
~500 daily ...
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Mobile Application Development Startup
I am in the begining stages of a startup that offers mobile app design, development, and marketing, but I can't afford to hire full time developers yet. Do you think I should hire them on a freelance ...
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Can you still dock a Facebook app? [closed]
Hey guys. Im looking into creating a facebook applications. Do you guys know if we still have the option of choosing where and how we want to dock the application? I heard that it might have been ...
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Should each founder submit applications for YCombinator?
I'm not sure if this is the right place, but HN didn't seem appropriate and Paul Graham may not answer too quickly.
I'm going to soon submit an application for YC for this summer with a co-founder. ...
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Do you *mark* your products' installers?
Do you use any unique markers in your products' installers in order to track if some pirated version of your app starts circulating on the warez sites?
What I mean is: do you put some customer ...
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Have any good tips for a TechStars application?
There are a variety of tips for YCombinator, but we haven't been able to find anything related to TechStars. Anyone out there have experience with them?
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what web apps you would like to see as desktop? [closed]
hello all
i just wander what web apps you wish they could be desktop apps?
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Looking for .NET CMS [closed]
I'm looking for .NET content management system.
I've done some research and found a lot of software (like Telerik's Sitefinity or DotNetNuke), but I don't want to make wrong decision. Please advice.
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How to market an android application?
My colleagues and I have just completed our first Android app. This is going to be a free multimedia application that can download/preview ringtones and wallpapers to your android.
Now we need to ...
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Where can I learn the basics of software development?
I have mobile app and social media site ideas but not sure how to get them started seeing that I don't have any computer science background. I have contacted some local consulting firms but they ...
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How to pick a platform for a startup web 2.0 app?
I am looking for recommendatins from the successfull entreprenurs on this forum to advise me on the best software technology platform to develop my web2 webapp on.
The web2 app will potentially be ...
