Stories about iPhone app developers quitting their day jobs after slaving away in bedrooms at night are heartwarming, but a dime a dozen at this point. Rival app stores, like Google's Android Market and Palm App Catalog, are much smaller, with smaller userbases, and have so far lacked such high-profile app stories. Not anymore.
Developer Edward Kim, whose "Car Locator" Android app has been frequently bumped to the "featured app" section in the Market, wrote a blog post outlining the profits he's taken in from his app--and they're just as impressive as any iPhone developer's. Car Locator, which does exactly what you think it does, has been downloaded about 70,000 times (in its free version), but it's the paid version that's important--it's gotten 6,590 downloads so far. Now, Kim nets about $13,000 per month from his app.
Even more impressive is that Car Locator isn't by any means an anomaly: he's only achieved,...
Developer Edward Kim, whose "Car Locator" Android app has been frequently bumped to the "featured app" section in the Market, wrote a blog post outlining the profits he's taken in from his app--and they're just as impressive as any iPhone developer's. Car Locator, which does exactly what you think it does, has been downloaded about 70,000 times (in its free version), but it's the paid version that's important--it's gotten 6,590 downloads so far. Now, Kim nets about $13,000 per month from his app.
Even more impressive is that Car Locator isn't by any means an anomaly: he's only achieved,...
- 3/3/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
The DGA announced Friday the winners of its 2009 student film awards for African-American, Asian-American, Latino and female directors.
In the African-American category, Rashaad Ernesto Green of Nyu ("Premature"), Edward Osei-Gyimah of USC ("Kwame") and Sharon Hill of UCLA ("Shades of Gray") took the prizes.
In the Asian-American category, Theresa Wu of Columbia University ("Smoke and Mirrors"), Edward Kim of UCLA ("To Wander in Pandemonium") and Ken Ochiai of AFI ("Half Kenneth") were the winners.
Antonio Mendez Esparza of Columbia University ("Una y Otra Vez"), David Martin-Porras of UCLA ("Ida y Vuelta") and Jessica McMunn Macias of UCLA ("Soleil") won the Latino category.
And Eliza Subotowicz of Columbia University ("Ben"), Erika Cohn of Chapman University ("When the Voices Fade") and Rebecca Cremona of Art Center College of Design ("Magdalene") took the prizes in the womens category.
All the winning films will be screened and the awards presented in ceremonies at DGA...
In the African-American category, Rashaad Ernesto Green of Nyu ("Premature"), Edward Osei-Gyimah of USC ("Kwame") and Sharon Hill of UCLA ("Shades of Gray") took the prizes.
In the Asian-American category, Theresa Wu of Columbia University ("Smoke and Mirrors"), Edward Kim of UCLA ("To Wander in Pandemonium") and Ken Ochiai of AFI ("Half Kenneth") were the winners.
Antonio Mendez Esparza of Columbia University ("Una y Otra Vez"), David Martin-Porras of UCLA ("Ida y Vuelta") and Jessica McMunn Macias of UCLA ("Soleil") won the Latino category.
And Eliza Subotowicz of Columbia University ("Ben"), Erika Cohn of Chapman University ("When the Voices Fade") and Rebecca Cremona of Art Center College of Design ("Magdalene") took the prizes in the womens category.
All the winning films will be screened and the awards presented in ceremonies at DGA...
- 11/13/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film director and UCLA alumna Gina Prince-Bythewood will be honored as UCLA Filmmaker of the Year on Thursday at the Mann Bruin Theater in Westwood when UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television screens the work of nine students who are winners in its annual Directors Spotlight competition.
Directors Spotlight is part of "UCLA Festival 2009: New Creative Work," a nine-day celebration of the newest work by students from the School of Theater, Film and Television.
The highlighted films were selected by a panel of industry professionals that included director Charles Burnett, director Catherine Hardwicke, producer Michael London, Sundance Institute general manager John Nein and director Alexander Payne.
This year's Directors Spotlight winners are:
Amy Adrion: "Shoegazer
Joaquin Baldwin: "Sebastian's Voodoo"
Nathan Chitayat: "Subbing 4 Julia"
Sharon Hill: "Shades of Gray"
Edward Kim: "To Wander in Pandemonium"
Sijia Luo: "Kidnap"
Puja Maewal: "Sidekick"
Jessica McMunn: "Soleil"
David Martin-Porras...
Directors Spotlight is part of "UCLA Festival 2009: New Creative Work," a nine-day celebration of the newest work by students from the School of Theater, Film and Television.
The highlighted films were selected by a panel of industry professionals that included director Charles Burnett, director Catherine Hardwicke, producer Michael London, Sundance Institute general manager John Nein and director Alexander Payne.
This year's Directors Spotlight winners are:
Amy Adrion: "Shoegazer
Joaquin Baldwin: "Sebastian's Voodoo"
Nathan Chitayat: "Subbing 4 Julia"
Sharon Hill: "Shades of Gray"
Edward Kim: "To Wander in Pandemonium"
Sijia Luo: "Kidnap"
Puja Maewal: "Sidekick"
Jessica McMunn: "Soleil"
David Martin-Porras...
- 6/10/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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