• All of them are successful, just booming at the moment
• They are among the hottest companies in the eyes of third party developer community

From freelancing coders to web development companies, the latest formula for squeezing out revenues by utilizing their existing programming skills is to build a platform centric/web application using the API of the platform provider and making it a hot seller among the millions of users on that platform.

Take the case of App Store for millions of iPhone users, Android Market for millions of Android phone users, Facebook apps for Facebook users or Twitter apps for twitter users, the app developer community has literally propelled these platforms and opened up plenty of revenue streams for the platform owners as well.

And developers are building Out-of-the-box applications on various platforms. It is often surprising yet interesting to explore amazing applications on various platforms. For instance, you can catch hold of some utility android apps here and Twitter apps here.

Many developers are innovative enough as they carve out sensible business avenues out of these social platforms. Take the case of Twitter app called TweetyJobs. The application has been developed by San Francisco Web Design Company, Freshout which has created a system for employers and job seekers to mine into Twitter data stream in an easy way and get the most relevant people existent on Twitter for the required job. Although Freshout, just like other development firms, does offer plenty of other custom web development services, Twitter or any other platform’s apps are no prerogative of web development companies only. Many freelancers have been able to single-handedly develop and made a gold-rush out of Twitter apps or Android apps in no time. And freelancers smartly pick tips and development ideas from resources like Web design tips , makeuseof.com amongst other available resources.

Epitomizing the overall assertion, it has now become an utmost priority for any platform owner in the business of Technology to successfully attract developer community and make it work hard for them. The one who fails to attract those Independent geeky birds would surely find it tough to sail through the troughs of business cycle.