2015-12-18

Cult of Android - Evernote is killing Skitch, Clearly and its Pebble app

Cult of Android - Evernote is killing Skitch, Clearly and its Pebble app Evernote’s efforts to streamline its business will see it chop a number of apps from its lineup, including the popular annotation app Skitch. Clearly, a browser extension for Google Chrome, is also getting the boot — as is Evernote’s Pebble app.
I love it when companies that have an initial first success realize how difficult it is to replicate success in the apps market over and over again.

Apple assigns App Store oversight to Phil Schiller in apparent nod to developer issues

Apple assigns App Store oversight to Phil Schiller in apparent nod to developer issues Apple's decision to split its App Stores out of Eddy Cue's iTunes and iCloud oversight and instead assign them to Phil Schiller, its head of worldwide marketing, appears to based on an effort to differentiate platform management of developers' interactive apps from the reselling of static content from media holders, and to handle each appropriately.
Help us, Obi-Phil, you're our only hope.