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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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Considerations in outsourcing your website and app development
Before contracting a developer, what should be considered? Legally what documents are standard and recommended, and why?
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Steps to take after designing an app prototype
We are going to start creating an iPhone app prototype with Keynotopia.com. The app will be an add-on to our website which is currently in dev.
Once the app prototype is complete, what are the next ...
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How to grow a social media business based on location, from one location to global?
I assume Foursquare faced this issue. You've got a social service that is location based but requires a lot of users to make valuable. I'm in a similar boat with an upcoming start up, and I'm trying ...
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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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Wait to develop mobile apps?
I'm in the middle of developing a site that focuses on restaurant reviews. My dilemma is whether or not to develop a mobile app and release it at the same time as the site launch. The site itself will ...
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How do I fire a technical co-founder?
I came up with an idea for a business web application and teamed up with a coder to build it. He has a lot of strong points and built a good product (it's 90% done) but to cut a long story short, of ...
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U.S. customer perceptions of foreign based online services/applications
Were are working on an online service that will sell both digital and physical goods in the U.S. Orders for physical goods will be fulfilled by U.S. based suppliers.
I am American but based in Spain ...
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In designing a new product is important to look modern (post 2.0)?
I've got a short snappy name and url, an end user focused mobile app/service that uses user generated content and a wireframe of a minimum viable product that I'm pretty happy with. I'm in the process ...
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Pricing for very first web app
My question concerns pricing and I hope someone here will offer us the benefit of their experience. A friend is moving from avid autodidactic tinkerer to professional web app developer this week ...
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User confirmation of terms
This is more of a legal question but I couldn't find the "Legal" Q&A on StackExchange yet...maybe next week :)
I have a web app and mobile app where users sign up and create an account. I also ...
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Low Google rankings for my site
I have a website with an integrated Web service (an app for card divination online). Age of domain is already almost 2 years. Naturally, I wanted to make my site popular. First I submit my app in the ...
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How does Rovio (Angry Birds) make money?
How does an iPhone developer like Rovio make any money with a free app
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Where can I find businesses for sale? [closed]
I would like to buy a small business. Are there any sites that collects businesses that are for sale? I am asking about this in a general way, because that produces answers, which are relevant for ...
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What is Apple doing to encourage native iPhone apps above web-apps?
Is Apple taking any steps to encourage users and developers to use native iPhone apps instead of web-based apps?
Web-app with iPhone support seem like a way to "cheat" the app store, so I would like ...
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Is it a good idea to create a new app on WordPress?
Is it a good idea to use WordPress as the base for a startup app? Would a VC invest in an app if it was built on WordPress, regardless of the idea? The app, for example, is a photosharing site using ...
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How much does one earn on average for showing an ad in an app on a smart phone?
I am considering entering the smart phone app market by creating an ad-supported app. Where I can find statistics showing the average income per ad impression? (not per click).
Does anybody have hard ...
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How to share income of selling iPhone apps with a friend/partner
I plan to develop an iPhone app with my friend. Each of us is specialized in different parts of the app. For example, I am responsible for interface design and server-side programming while my friend ...
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UI is done, but who can recommend a shop to help polish our mobile apps for graphics? [closed]
We have finished the user-flow for our mobile apps but they can use some polish for branding purposes. It seems like it would be helpful to work with a firm that has experience specifically designing ...
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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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Would you trust time sheet reporting and approval done in the “Cloud”?
It's our belief that the world is ready to trust reporting functions to a cloud-based network (I'm not talking about simply hosted apps, but something that functions more like a LinkedIn letting you ...
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App usage statistics
If I want to start a new website, the first thing I do is check out the competition to see both what they are doing and how much traffic they are generating. I would normally use a site like ...
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Is MS Office is dead? I want to create productivity addins for MS office
We are using Google doc now, but I found lots of flocks are still using MS office (word, power point, excel). I have a created a small addins for MS Office few months back for self use and found ...
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Units sold data on Iphone apps? Where do I find it?
I researching the number of units sold of four particular Iphone apps. Any body know where I can find this information?
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Pricing for iphone app?
We are developing an iphone app for business but we are finding it very hard to put a price to the app? Does anyone know a rule of thumb, have examples or have any tips on what we could charge. I know ...
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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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Web App: Subscriber Growth Modeling Help
I am looking for guidance on building models for subscriber growth to a B2C software app. We have existing channels of distribution (partners) that refer business to us and we provide an offline ...
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What online accounting software would you recommend? [closed]
I've been using QuickBooks Online and the desktop version before that. Since I tend to work off of multiple computers (especially when I'm traveling) I need some accounting software that I can access ...
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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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Looking to Start a Marketing Agency
I work for a social media marketing company and I love what I do, so much so that I would really like to start up my own marketing agency. I know there is currently a big need for app developers to ...
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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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Feasibility of this type of iPhone app
Let's say I create a mobile application that contains a "Top 100" list of local restaurants. Value-adds may include directions, integration with OpenTable, and links to the restaurant menu, among ...
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Would you buy (small) webapps?
I'm not sure about my position on buying and selling webapps. This comes to mind due to the recent 250k sale of retweet.
What I'm thinking is about the practicality of it all: content sites and blogs ...
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Best affiliate solution for freemium/free trial web apps? [closed]
Most affiliate solutions are not designed to work with freemium or free trial business models.
Have you seen an affiliate app that can:
Make it simple to manage affiliate relationships
Can ...
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Best Method for Advertising Mobile Application [closed]
We are looking to get the most bang for our buck, what is the best method for marketing our mobile application? Are there services that specialize in marketing for mobile applications? Any ...
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Looking to get our mobile application idea vetted
My partner and I are looking to develop a mobile application for the service industry. Before we look to get funding we would like to see if our mobile app has any "legs", How should we go about ...
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At what point do you cut features?
I have a couple of features in my product that are really important but, as it stands, are not fully implemented / designed or integrated.
At what point do I remove them from the product?
I know ...
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iPhone development startup
I have a business iPhone development proposition to someone who is willing to partner. No pay is offered up front, we would both be sacrificing our time to build something big - the rewards are there ...
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iPhone apps - enterprise market
How is the trend for Enterprise iPhone apps? We currently have a client base consisting of startups and individuals where we develop all kinds of app (utility tools / entertainment / etc.).
Any ...
