12 November 2009 0 Comments

iPhone Apps Take Root as Cottage Industry

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about the effect the iPhone is having on start ups in San Francisco:

Despite the recession, hundreds of start-ups have sprung up in the area since Apple Inc. launched the iPhone two years ago and opened up the device so third-party developers could create games and other software applications for it. “This is our dot-com boom,” said Samir Shah, 26 years old, a co-founder of Mountain View-based Snapture Labs LLC, which makes a $1.99 camera app that has been one of the top-ranked photography apps since September.

[Read iPhone Apps Take Root as Cottage Industry - WSJ.com]

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