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How a Microsoft Employee Became Japan’s iPhone Porn King

nath — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:08:51 +0000

Eugene Lin was a typical Microsoft employee until the iPhone came out. When he heard how much money some developers were making, then Eugene decided to try his hand at iPhone app development.

It was a bumpy road of app rejection, but it eventually lead to him developing one of the top purchased apps in Japan, or in his words becoming an iPhone “Japanese porn king.”

The most recent application he developed is called Peekaboo, and as of this writing is ranked #10 of the Top Paid apps in Japan’s App Store.

Watch the video of his quick presentation (6 minutes) on the path he took to reach success in the App Store, especially in Japan.

iPhone OS on Mac Pro

nath — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:10:26 +0000

There’s a lot of debate about whether this is real or not – either way, it’s an impressive video, whether they’re running the OS on a emulator, or whether the person in the vid has exceptional timing…

Designing iPhone apps? This is the stencil for you…

nath — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:38:08 +0000

Seattle interactive design agency Design Commission Inc. have released an iPhone stencil, perfect for sketching out those app designs that’ll one day make you millions…

You can see more of the stencil in action here

Daft Punk vs iPhone

nath — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:26:24 +0000

I’ve not had a lot of spare time on my hands recently – life at the Pod is a little crazy – so to keep my promise of updating regularly, here’s a clip which can only be described as awesome. In fact that’s a lie, because at 0:35, it can be described as freakin’ awesome.

God bless the hacked iPhone…