January 7, 2010

01.07.10: There's a Show For That

I watched CNBC's Planet of the Apps. Here's their writeup teasing the show,
Apps are popular and profitable. Studies estimate, the Apple iPhone apps store alone generates about $200 million a month in sales. Innovative and often addictive apps are changing the way we work and live.

Welcome to Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution. In this hour we’ll look at how apps have changed our lives, meet some of the creators behind them, and figure out just how big a business they really are.

It's a great piece and tells the story of various people and entities making a run at developing an app that will go viral and make them money. And while the demand grows, it seems that the chance for the home run fades more and more. And yet, the days of the go-go internet craze from 1998-2001 seem to be back. Now on a handheld. At least this time, they're charging.

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