http://fredbrunel.com/journal Insights about high-tech software and web business Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:35:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With 1 million iPhone sold and [10 million apps](http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/app_store_10_million_downloads.php) downloaded in **three days**, the App Store is a huge success. Top developers already made a shitload of money. http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/07/first-iphone-millionaires/ After the iPhone 3G activation debacle, MobileMe is officially functional. I subscribed to the one month trial but something bugs me: HTTPS is not supported. All services (e.g., calendar, mail, contacts) are accessed through plain (unsecured) HTTP, which is a deal breaker for me. However, during the guided tour video of ... http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/07/is-mobileme-secure/ An activation debacle. Apple has decided to disabled the 2.0 software update for iPhone 2G (it's still not available for me). People who tried before have [bricked](http://www.43folders.com/2008/07/11/apples-bad-day) their phone. Rule #1: never, **ever**, buy a new product (or software update) on day one. http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/07/iphone-3g-launch-failure/ Joel Spolsky: > Realistic schedules are the key to creating good software. It forces you to do the best features first and allows you to make the right decisions about what to build. Which makes your product better, your boss happier, delights your customers, and—best of all—lets you go home at ... http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/07/evidence-based-scheduling/ Touch Arcade unveiled details of the iPhone's hardware capabilities but the graphic chipset specs draw my attention, > [...] Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR MBX Lite 3D accelerator, likely running at the iPhone’s bus speed of 103MHz. This fourth-generation PowerVR chipset is basically an evolution of the second-generation graphics hardware used in ... http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/07/a-dreamcast-in-your-iphone/ Loic wrote a very interesting serie of articles about starting a business on the blog [Envie d'Entreprendre](http://www.enviedentreprendre.com) (french only). http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/07/loic-le-meur-about-starting-a-business/ Karim A. founder of NoiseRiver: > NoiseRiver is a web application based on the friendfeed’s API that aims to extend friendfeed with some notions like: **interests and neigborhood**. You still have all the flow that is in friendfeed but the flow is, from now, on **colored**. Green meaning that you’ll probably ... http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/06/noiseriver-adds-personalized-filters-to-friendfeed/ Today, Bill Gates is retiring as an employee of Microsoft he founded in 1975, to focus on his philanthropic foundation. Love him or hate him, Bill Gates created an entire industry. Thanks to him, he made the PC technology affordable to everyone. We can enjoy his legacy. This is an end of ... http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/06/bill-gates-says-goodbye/ Today, Rogers has announced its data plans for iPhone 3G. With no surprise **they all suck pretty bad.** ### No Unlimited Data, No Flexible Voice Plan The iPhone 3G comes with 4 plan. **None of them include unlimited data**, which is quite dissapointing. The premium plan, comes at **$115 per month** with a ... http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/06/rogers-announces-absurd-iphone-rates-in-canada/ I received this email notice from Apple. Apparently, the App Store is now open to submissions. A pre-release of iTunes 7.7 and the iPhone SDK beta 8 are available for download on the [iPhone Developer Center.](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/) The video of the "Publishing on the App Store" session from WWDC 2008 is also available on ... http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/06/apple-accepting-iphone-apps/