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uptownben

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About uptownben

CEO/Founder/Architect/Developerat uptown4.com

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    Comment #41147910

    This looks like it has great potential. What are the plans for the marketplace?

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    Comment #8438171

    I'd like to signup but still errors out after submitting the form.

  3. story
    Help save kids, feature request for all navigation app developers.

    Over the past few weeks there have been more and more reports of children being forgotten, and dying, in the back seats of cars. Being the father of several young children and a bu…

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    Comment #3536260

    > Money has a different value based on location. I have a hard time understanding the mentality behind statements like that. While currency may have different values based on locat…

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    Comment #3425741

    It's been my experience that even without the visa issue, US companies tend to shy away from hiring remote talent. I am a US citizen with a solid mobile development background, and…

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    Comment #1568781

    I believe the OP said he has a European passport which would probably permit him to work in most parts of Europe. The US apparently is not an option because of it's immigration res…

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    Comment #1568742

    Regardless of where you decide to build your start up there will be local dangers. Not sure of the stats but you are probably more likely to get taken out by a drive-by in Californ…

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    Comment #1568696

    This has not changed.

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    Comment #1568681

    I think that while there seems to be a very active startup community in and around Tel Aviv, I think it could only be considered a real option to people of Jewish decent (who can p…

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    Comment #1263521

    Here is a link to the list of supported locations for developers who want to sell apps. Seems kind of short but I'm keeping my Android developer account open in the hopes that this…

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    Comment #1261810

    Exactly, thank you, that's important for people to know if they are planning to start developing for the Android platform and expect to get paid (directly). Too bad I figured it ou…

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    Comment #1258390

    That sounds like an interesting option but I just think we shouldn't have to do that.

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    Comment #1256430

    Hope you're in the United States or some other country that Google decided to support. I don't mean to sound bitter, but I'm in Israel and it's seems that even with a decent size G…

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    Comment #1244003

    Wow, I guess race is too complicated, even for Hackers. I read your post yesterday and I have since been thinking of how I could post a comment that would express what I think, bei…

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    Comment #1242647

    My wife and I had considered storing cord blood for our second child (now 1 year old). We ordered the kit and in the delivery room the nurse had begun unpacking and asked us to sig…

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    Comment #1039654

    Didn't think about that. Any idea where I could find that VC information?

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    Comment #1039612

    Great advice, thank you!

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    Comment #1037622

    Thank you for the great comments everyone. I spent a few minutes playing with their app. It's already on the app store and it's free (so much for undercutting). While they've creat…

  19. story
    Other startup got there before me. Stop or continue?

    For the past few months I've been hard at work implementing this great iPhone app idea my wife and I thought of. This morning, while reading through my usual tech news, I found an …