Daniel and Manton react to Apple’s latest earnings announcement, on the eve of the company reaching a $1 trillion valuation. They assess the company’s rising services revenues, and how it relates to Apple’s 30% App Store cut, and stingy pricing for consumer-facing cloud services. Daniel reports on his resumption of iOS development and the feelings of being a relative newbie on the platform. Finally, they talk about the importance of focusing on a smaller number of features that you know you can follow through on well.
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Links:
- Third Quarter Results – Apple press release about its latest earnings report.
- Facebook Stock Drops – MarketWatch story about the company’s $120-billion stock dive.
- Diving into the Details – Jason Snell reacts to Apple’s earnings report.
- Micro.blog – Manton’s blog-hosting service and social network.
- MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac-based blogging software.
- Gutenberg – WordPress’s next-generation web-based editing experience.
