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Hi !
Back from holidays and SHOCK and HAWK !
Here comes the infamous announcement!!!
Samsung will have to pay $1.05 billion to Apple (pending appeal)!
Now what can Apple buy in mobile these days with $1 billion?
- 1 Instagram purchase, now approved by the FTC
- 3 Authentecs, Apple's latest finger scanning acquisition
- 3 times the Kenyan high-tech exports for 2012
- 550 patents from Kodak to win more lawsuits... that's if Kodak decides to sell
- 2,625,000 Windows Phones, that's about half of Q2 2012 shipment, which was up 277% from last year
- 3,322,784 Droidcon London tickets which is only 3,321,784 over the venue capacity
- 52,500,000 passes for the Sprint Developer Program Hackathon, which is only approximately 52,499,500 over its capacity
- 54,000,000 Facebook shares (at their new native app not HTML5 valuation, or for the nitty gritty details)
- 358,361,774 sponsored copies of the new version of the guide to the Parallel Universe (contact me)
- Unknown number of new Microsoft logos
- Enough WIP Factory services to let Caroline retire and buy a fleet of yachts
Be sure to scroll down and see what's new with WIP this month. We're all back from vacation and are hitting the road again -- we'd love to catch up with you at any of the events on the right where we'll be in September, and we hope to see you at some of our own events coming up this fall, like Droidcon London October 25-26, or the Sprint Hackathon in San Jose October 23-24!
Best regards,
Thibaut
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You can find us at these upcoming events:
Thibaut
Mobile Monday London
Sept. 3
London, UK
More Info
Thibaut
InnovaBRICS
Sept. 5
London, UK
More Info
Caroline
Mobile 2.0
Sept. 11
San Francisco, USA
More Info
Thibaut
SDP Global Summit
Sept. 11
Rome, Italy
More Info
Caroline
Telecom Council Carrier Connections 2012
Sept. 12-13
Sunnyvale, Calif.
More Info
Caroline
AT&T DevLab
Sept. 25
Mountain View, Calif.
More Info
Caroline
SCREENS 2012
Sept. 27-28
Toronto, Canada
More Info
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 Developer Spotlight is a WIP blog series, where we feature mobile developers we've met and get the latest scoop on what's up with them. If you would like to be featured in the next developer spotlight, email Sam with your story!
Eric Diep is the cofounder of A Thinking Ape. Eric was one of the earliest developers to gain traction on the Facebook platform and the iOS mobile platform and his startup was recently highlighted in the New York Times as one of the top grossing developers on the iPhone platform worldwide. You can find him on Twitter @ediep and on Facebook and Quora as well.
If you had one piece of advice for up and coming developers, what would it be?
Don't be afraid to break things.
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 The Viafo Gateway simplifies the challenge of building and maintaining apps with 3rd party services like Facebook, Twitter or Carrier APIs. It helps developers fix bugs based on third-party APIs more quickly and avoid downtime in the apps, and breaks in service that can cost you users.
Viafo's David O'Neill stopped by the WIP blog to tell us more about it.
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 This section is where we share a little bit of what it's life is like as a WIPster. To find more funny moments and videos, 'like' us on Facebook!
Like a stereotypical Canadian, Sam lives in an igloo and plays hockey. However, an unwritten requirement for all WIPsters is to always be surrounded by developers, so naturally, he plays on the only mobile developer team in town. His team is headed for the playoffs this week so don't be surprised if you see him with a black eye at the next mobile event.
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Gigaom Mobilize
Sept 20 & 21, 2012
San Francisco, CA, USA
WIP Community Discount
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SCREENS
September 27 & 28, 2012
Toronto, Canada
WIP Community Discount
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GMIC SV
October 19 & 20, 2012
San Jose, CA, USA
FREE Developer Passes & WIP Community Discount
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Sprint Developer Program Hackathon
October 23-24, 2012, San Jose, Calif.
We're working with our friends at Sprint to throw a hackathon the day before their Open Solutions Conference starts. Join us in San Jose on October 23 for a 36-hour hackathon with lots of great prizes, then stick around for the Conference -- every hackathon participant will get a free ticket ($375 value). Some of the categories announced so far are NFC apps, HTML5/Hybrid apps, best Commerce apps and more. The Best in Show winner will get recognition during Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's keynote address as well! Find out more info and register now, spaces are limited!
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droidcon London 2012
October 25 & 26, 2012, London, UK
The UK's largest Android conference is dedicated 100% to Android development and applications featuring 30+ speakers and 1000+ participants. It provides a unique opportunity to meet the Android community, get hands on knowledge and see the latest in Android applications and technologies. Share and exchange experience with hundreds of Android enthusiasts at the barcamp. Democamp is the place to see or show the latest in Android software and hardware applications.
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