Exactly!! When the control is given to VPAs, its gonna be a big mess. To some extent it may help. More over, user ends up conflicting with VPAs rather than getting things done. Then comes "tips for hacking VPAs". I feel speech-to-text with little intelligence should be good enough.
Though it appears to be marketing his products(competition at the end) and its associates like shopify,appsumo etc, it is informative for a novice like finding ideas, customers, validating etc...Its worth a read
Regarding security, author says "Despite 15 years of attention, over- and under-running string buffers is still a preferred attack vector for criminals, and far too often it pays off." This is same in case of "Str+Len" as well right. Malicious program can manipulate "Len" and can corrupt the program.
Sorry for you.But,this post has brought to light some serious loopholes with Airbnb. Now its up to them to come up with a fix for these kind of issues not to repeat. Probably they need to do some background checks,referrals,FB connections,SSNs etc. Its a lesson for any host also to ensure that they keep their personal things safe before renting it out.
very true...its all Mktng gimmick....this strategy offers free publicity. See what happend to iphone4...huge hit after " Being left at a bar Accidently :D "
SEEKING FREELANCER - REMOTE ONLY: App is more of a personal events tracker... Basically its an Event Recording mechanism which stores events that are happening in Ones life. Able to log those events...data, images, videos.
So app should be able to manage his Data/images and videos along with different presentation styles like piecharts,slideshows (qwiki style) etc. Some one strong in Image, Video handling is required...
My webapp might involve experience in some PHP framework(may be Yii), MySQL + Redis, jquery.
Hit me up with ur portfolio at techeye101 [at] gmail
Its always better to invest in multiple areas. One is Angel investing (check with PG if he is willing to join you as YC partner :), one might be stocks of Google/AAPL (if I were you), Gold and some charity(increase your positive life Karma..as we call it in India)
Thats an inspiring story and informative tips..Iam on my way to build one small app. I am expect atleast half of your earnings. Thats also big for me... as pocket money. Waiting for your next part.