I think there is something to say to how the media is portraying bloody rivalry between tech companies. I'm sure most of them don't have the same tension we have in media, and they are all hang out with each other.
As an anecdote, I know that Steve Jobs used to hang out a lot with Bill Gates and Eric Schmidt, and I also know a few Microsoft employees who are really good friends with Apple and Google employees.
I'm curious as to why you decided to left out push notification. That was one of my favourite Parse features, and I think it's why a lot of people use it.
Was it too hard or time consuming to re implement?
I'd like to add that this is a great example of how a great In App Purchase can be utilised in place of free trials. People are so against IAP because of companies like Zynga, but there are good examples of IAP like this one.
Isn't this the time when Mac App Store supposed to shine? When they found something that's dodgy and linked to a company that has apps on App Store, can't they just turn on the kill switch? That way the malware won't have anywhere to direct the users to.
It actually makes me hopeful that New Horizons will have a chance to look further on things in the Kuiper Belt. It's a very interesting area that doesn't get much attention.
Sorry to be this guy, but how much are you earning from your side projects? And also how do you know which side projects to work on?
I've done a few side projects before and it hardly earns me any money (< $500 revenue per year). It really destroys my motivation when the cost of hosting/etc are even higher than my revenue.
I told a recruiter this one day, and all he said was: "Telling you which company we are recruiting for is like you giving everyone on the street your source code".
I think in the long run Google might be building the correct solution for greater number of people.