A recent article in Time Magazine, entitled “Postcard from Detroit”, looks at the emerging film business in Michigan.

Excerpt from the article:

With two of the Big Three automakers on the verge of collapse and Detroit’s unemployment rate a staggering 22%, the film industry is providing a rare economic boom. Community colleges now offer courses in set-building and stage-lighting for the out-of-work construction workers and electricians. Car-rental companies, caterers, hotels, carpenters, dry cleaners and other service providers are all getting …read more

Was refreshing to run across some good news about a growing, profitable business segment – iPhone Developers. Especially interesting are the small and one-man companies making real profits from their endeavors.

MacRumors detailed some interesting snippets about some of the most successful applications:

“As part of Apple’s one billion app countdown for their iTunes App Store, they have also compiled a list of the all-time top 20 apps for both Paid and Free apps.

Perhaps most interesting is what the potential market for a very successful paid iPhone app might be. A few numbers have been released for some of the top iPhone apps that gives us an idea of the numbers involved. Here is …read more