Marco Arment (born June 11, 1982) is an American iOS developer and web developer, podcaster, technology writer and former magazine editor.[1] As a developer, he is best known for being chief technology officer for Tumblr and creating Instapaper and Overcast.
In October 2012, Arment released The Magazine, an electronic, biweekly publication. In May 2013, one month after the sale of Instapaper, Arment announced he was selling The Magazine to Glenn Fleishman, its editor.[12][11]
In July 2013,[13][non-primary source needed] Marco released Bugshot, an application to quickly mark up screenshots so that beta testers of Overcast could easily send him bug reports. Marco sold Bugshot to Lickability[14][15][non-primary source needed] and the app was renamed to Pinpoint.[16]
On September 16, 2015, Arment released Peace, a Safaricontent blocker for iOS 9 using the Ghostery database.[17] After Peace had held the top spot on the App Store's list of paid apps for 36 hours, Arment pulled it from the App Store, stating he didn't "feel good" with its resounding success.[18] He elaborated, "While [ad blockers] do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don't deserve the hit."[19][non-primary source needed]
Podcasts
Between November 2010 and December 2012, Arment hosted a podcast, Build and Analyze, with Dan Benjamin on 5by5 Studios. More recently, he has hosted two podcasts: Neutral and the Accidental Tech Podcast, with John Siracusa and Casey Liss.[20] He also hosts Top Four with his wife Tiffany Arment and Under the Radar with David Smith, both on Relay FM.[21][22][non-primary source needed]
In July 2014, Arment released Overcast, a podcast application for iOS. He had been working on the application since fall 2012, and publicly announced it at the XOXO festival in September 2013.[23][24]