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Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
Original EnglishAbout a year and a half ago I mentioned Autopest in an HN thread titled "Ask HN: How to start earning $500/month in passive income …
Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote liveblog
Original EnglishIdly, I wonder if they're getting a sufficient cut from the carriers to make the 3GS at no cost profitable, or if rather this is …
Ask HN: How do you find time to code/build your business in the evening?
Original EnglishIt's taken about 3 months* of doing exactly the above, now has paying customers and is an extremely satisfying "side project"!
Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store
Original EnglishWe've worked our assess off to reach profitability and now Apple thinks they can come along an extort 30% of our revenue.
Amazon Ramps Up $13.9 Billion Warehouse Building Spree
Original English52% of Amazon non-media sales come from 3rd party sellers like the companies I work for, last I checked.
Google Cloud Prediction API End of Life
Original EnglishAt big co I worked at, I would routinely see 3-5 year deprecation plans with a possibility of paid support after.
We're not paying enough for apps
Original EnglishI use Synergy, too; I'm all Windows so Mac-compatibility isn't an issue, but it's a nice program.
Ask HN: Do you get paid to contribute to a open source project?
Original EnglishBusinesses buy additional features, I get recurring revenue so that I am paid to maintain the OSS and commercial parts.
Ask HN: Anyone making a living from just 1 app?
Original EnglishBut paying users to install your app is not good business model :-/