Linked List: August 18, 2010

Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Chrome Web App Store to Launch in October ★

Jason Kincaid:

One key piece of news: when the Web Store was first announced, Google VP of Product Sundar Pichai indicated that there would be a standard 70/30 (developer/Google) split — the same as on Apple’s App Store and Android Market. However, the slides from the 1Up report say (in bold text, no less) that Google will take only a 5% “processing fee”, with no additional revenue share.

Translation: ads everywhere.

iPhone 4 a Big Hit in South Korea ★

The South Korea Herald:

KT Corp., the exclusive provider of the iPhone in Korea, said Wednesday that the number of people who made pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 4 surpassed 130,000 in the first 13 hours of registration.

Download Squad: Google Launching Chrome OS Tablet on Verizon, November 26 ★

That’d be one solution to the Android fragmentation problem.

Natural Selection ★

Malibu plastic surgeon drives off cliff while trying to send a tweet about his dog.

The Talk Show #4 ★

Star Wars nerd talk, coin-op arcade etiquette, and Apple TV rumors. What would apps for Apple TV look like? If you like podcasts, maybe you’ll like The Talk Show, the only show co-hosted by yours truly and Dan Benjamin. Sponsored by MailChimp.

Speaking of sponsors, we’ve got some openings in the next few weeks. If you have a product or service you’d like to promote to an audience of world-class Apple and web nerds, get in touch with us.

‘Your Lucky Day’ ★

Cool short film by Dan Brown. (Note for the NSFW crowd: It’d be R-rated if it were rated.)