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You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
Funny how everybody is "excited", "delighted" and "ecstatic" about being acquired by a mega corporate.
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Funny how everybody is "excited", "delighted" and "ecstatic" about being acquired by a mega corporate.
People in industry seem to be "excited" about everything nowadays. The word is completely overused
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You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
To be fair, even if this were a brand new product from Google people would still be speculating on how long before they decide to shut it down.
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You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
To be fair, even if this were a brand new product from Google people would still be speculating on how long before they decide to shut it down.
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To be fair, even if this were a brand new product from Google people would still be speculating on how long before they decide to shut it down.
How dare companies shut down things that aren't profitable. Ever since Reader shutdown Google seems to be the "go to" reference, but the reality is that it happens a lot. Just look at all of the things Microsoft has either shutdown or discontinued. The list is longer than Google's.
I only meant to cite it as a "running gag" of the tech community.
It's refreshing to see a company getting acquired and instead of shutting down they double down on their product/service. Congratulations to the Pixate team!
You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
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You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
Funny how everybody is "excited", "delighted" and "ecstatic" about being acquired by a mega corporate.
Getting acquired doesn't have to feel so bad for a startup. The optimist can see it as a way to continue working on their project without worrying about profitability or investors, and the pessimist still got paid.
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You might want to read ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com. Usually this kind of announcement is followed by another one, 9 months-2 years later, of the service being shut down. This is just the first step of that pattern again.
Funny how everybody is "excited", "delighted" and "ecstatic" about being acquired by a mega corporate.
Interesting acquisition considering they also bought Form[0]. Would love to see some designer-centric prototyping tools built by Google specifically for Android devices. The OSX/iOS ecosystem is particularly well equipped in this area, and finding good design prototyping tools built for Android is a pain point for many people in UX/UI imo. _ 0. http://www.relativewave.com/form/google/
I'm involved in Neonto, a startup that makes a design tool that targets both iOS and Android: http://neonto.com The unique twist is that Neonto Studio generates real native code (Obj-C for iOS, Java for Android), so it's possible to use it even for complete apps, not just prototypes.
Do you have any example apps that were made using neonto?
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Funny how everybody is "excited", "delighted" and "ecstatic" about being acquired by a mega corporate.
Your comment made me realize i can't remember seeing promising medium or small size companies merge and make this kind of announcement. I mean, you could very well see this kind of company merge with people doing an advanced IDE, or even corporate frameworks. Maybe they usually prefer to create commercial partnerships rather than merge shares.
Merging with a similar sized company means relinquishing control for no immediate return.