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    #11
    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    OK, if you're not capable of that, then could you at least develop a sarcasm font for phones so that people who can't spot humour are given a hint that it's meant to be funny?
    Ho hum.

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      #12
      I think an excuses app would be good. Comes up with plausible excuses when annoying relatives invite you for dinner etc.
      bloggoth

      If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
      John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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        #13
        Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
        Are there any dating apps yet?
        Yes - but none that would be of any use to us on here.

        HTH

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          #14
          I'm working on an app to deliver hookers in ubers. I've given the beta version to FLC to test and it seems to prove the concept.

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            #15
            Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
            I'm working on an app to deliver hookers in ubers. I've given the beta version to FLC to test and it seems to prove the concept.
            KUATB

            A new German-based app wants to cut out the middleman in the sex-work trade by allowing customers to connect directly with escorts to arrange "paid dates."

            The app is called "Ohlala," and it has been dubbed the "Uber for escorts" by TechCrunch.

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              #16
              Originally posted by greenlake View Post
              What is the difference between that and Adult Work?

              Nice for the BBC to give that free publicity on that BBC3 program recently....

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                #17
                Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                What is the difference between that and Adult Work?

                Nice for the BBC to give that free publicity on that BBC3 program recently....
                Prostitution: What's the Harm?

                What basically concluded that street prostitution should be stamped out. And that the laws on brothels are hopelessly outdated.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                  Prostitution: What's the Harm?

                  What basically concluded that street prostitution should be stamped out. And that the laws on brothels are hopelessly outdated.
                  I don't want to interrupt but could we get back to ideas for apps that will me millions.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by woohoo View Post
                    I don't want to interrupt but could we get back to ideas for apps that will me millions.
                    I am afraid to break it to you but the idea that you can write a simple "app" and somehow make millions is completely bogus. It is myth. Any serious research into the subject will tell you that.


                    The average "app" makes it's creator around $600USD per year and take hundreds of hours to create. Do you really have it in you to sacrifice your evenings, your weekends and your holidays to build something that will make you 600 bucks? Are you prepared to give up your contract, remortgage your house and hire a team to work on an app for 6 months with no guarantee of success?


                    If you look at any of the really successful apps then you will realise that they are created by full-funded teams. Uber for example has received $8,000,000,000 of funding. 8 Billion dollars. Which is why the US is so successful in creating global technology firms whereas Europe and Asia are not.

                    Supercell ( creator of Clash of Clans, which took $1.7B last year ) had and I quote from their website

                    "By early 2012 we had five small teams working on new games, all for tablets and mobile. We knew that one of those games would have to be at least moderately successful for the company to have a future."

                    Which tells you a) That they were well funded and b) That they did not really know which would be successful.

                    The idea is worth nothing. It's all in the execution and funding.

                    Here's some ideas.
                    • A School parents evening booking app - arrange parents evenings the easy way
                    • Hire My Tools - Think AirBnB for power tools and chainsaws. Allow people to borrow a power washer from their neighbours for a small fee.


                    Good products do not just appear. They take hours of sweat and toil to create.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by woohoo View Post
                      I need ideas so I can make a few million, the app idea should be fairly simple to do and obviously people will want to pay for it.

                      If I do make a million off it obviously you can download it and use it for free, for at least a year.

                      Radiator bleeding or gladiator apps are out. Ive also asked my accountant and he called me a dick-head, so its down to you lot to make me rich.


                      An app that turns your phone into a tricorder would get my money.

                      Neutrino detection as standard.
                      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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