Giuseppe Taibi’s Techlog

I am delighted to report that yours truly has been included in the “Who’s Who: Boston’s Mobile Industry Heavy Hitters”. Congratulations to all the list members and special thanks to Jonathan Kardos of BostInnovation for compiling the list. OK, I have to admit that I am very proud of being the first face in the iPhone [...]

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Shopkick, a Silicon Valley startup that “bridges the mobile and retail worlds“, has been awarded $15M of the smartest money that entrepreneurs can ever dream to get (WSJ, TechCrunch, VentureBeat). It is practically a “Grand Slam” of fund raising, starting with angel money from visionary LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, followed by an A-series from the [...]

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The CEO of Flurry Analytics (who merged with Pinch Media), discusses the market landscape for technology developers who create add-on applications for devices like Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Droid system. Interview by MarketWatch’s Rex Crum in San Francisco.

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The iPad will grab significant market share from longtime Windows users. There is a large pool of Windows XP and Vista users that are just tired of Windows and have considered switching to an Apple computer but have not switched yet because of the price point of the entry level MacBook ($999). Those users are [...]

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I have tested both apps and so far I prefer the performance and ease of use of RedLaser. While ShopSavvy does more than RedLaser, it shows that it is a port of an Android app and it does not feel like a real native iPhone app. For example, RedLaser product detail page fetches the very [...]

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I am pleased to report that major Italian newspaper and news website La Repubblica has published Gabriele Isman’s new interview with me: È un cervello siciliano in fuga a Boston il re delle applicazioni Originario di Montaperto laureato a Palermo vende olio doc su Internet Col software sullo skateboard ha scalato le classifiche. “Mi fa [...]

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Now (well, almost now) you can develop an iPhone app using Flash. source: Adobe Labs – Adobe Flash Professional CS5: Applications for iPhone

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What a great way to start the week! Users get a taste of games and apps with the ‘freemium’ model – The Boston Globe by DC Denison [...] And SmartWorlds, a Cambridge iPhone application (or “app’’) development company that has created successful apps for Apple Inc.’s iPhone, is weeks away from releasing a vegetarian cooking app [...]

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I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of Public Radio Player 2.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch. This app is already half way in the top 10 free Music apps on the iTunes App Store. PRP 2.0 was developed by a team assembled by the great minds at Public Radio Exchange (PRX). Bringing this [...]

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GoLearn Pole Dancing is now available on the App Store. Put it on your iPhone or iPod Touch from http://tinyurl.com/gl-poledancing

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