How to Make a Hit App (Volume One)

So you want to make a hit app. At first glance, you might assume that you need to have a great idea and be the first one to make said idea into software. Well, no.


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First Post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Post
WebCrawler: http://www.webcrawler.com
Netscape Navigator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator
ENIAC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC
First desktop computer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programma_101
First telephone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone
Martin Cooper, inventor of the cell phone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cooper_(inventor)
Apple Watch announcement event: http://www.apple.com/apple-events/2014-oct-event/
Betamax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax
LaserDisc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserDisc
A Brief History of Social Media: http://www2.uncp.edu/home/acurtis/NewMedia/SocialMedia/SocialMediaHistory.html
CompuServe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe
Cisco’s acquisitions summary: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/corporate_development/acquisitions/ac_year/about_cisco_acquisition_years_list.html
Draw Something: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw_Something
Everpix: http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/5/5039216/everpix-life-and-death-inside-the-worlds-best-photo-startup
Loren Brichter: http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/23/2893884/loren-brichter-interview-5-minutes-on-the-verge

Many images courtesy (stolen from) Wikipedia. When they ask for money, give them some.


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